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Welcome to our September newsletter. This month features the story of Khumi Morare, a brave woman who seized every opportunity to empower herself and who has become a beacon of courage to all. Khumi's story When Khumi Morare came to the Living Hope Health Centre in 2006, she was critically ill from the HIV virus. Alone in Cape Town, she had no one to turn to for herself and her twin babies. Slowly but surely she was nursed back to health but faced a bleak future with no job and no income. Once she heard that a sewing class run by Evangeline Ministries had started at Living Hope, she enrolled in what was the first class. As she became stronger she proved to be a fast learner and her children were all the motivation she needed. Unable to care for them, they were placed in foster care and Khumi determined to get them back.The African animal tote print bags were her way to do that. By the time she left the Health Care Centre she was able to show the social worker she earned enough to take care of her boy and girl. She purchased and furnished a shack and with help from friends began her new life with her kids. Because of her determination, discipline and dependability, Khumi supervises the making of these bags. The sewing class and the tote bags gave Khumi hope where before she had none.
Having attended Living Way’s entrepreneurial training course, Khumi has been empowered to be the distributor in the bag making business. Through a process of micro-loans, Khumi and seven other graduates of the sewing classes formed their own micro-businesses. These businesses operate on a weekly cycle – buying material from Khumi and selling finished products back to her. Each week, the men and women grow their business money and are able to develop capital for future jobs. Sewing any products that the community wants, these men and women are independent. Amazingly, Khumi has paid back her R6000 loan in eight weeks. In fact, all seamstresses' micro-loans have been paid back and an additional three seamstresses have joined the programme. We give God glory for the work he has done in bringing Khumi on this journey of hope. How you can be involved - Distribute Part of Khumi's business model is to ship bags oversees. If you could sell bags on Khumi's behalf wherever you are in the world, you will be sustaining small businesses in Cape Town.- Volunteer There are many different ways that you can serve with Living Way. Contact Richard as to the best way of doing this.
Points
of prayer Economists are coming to acknowledge that
measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average
income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability
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Therefore: We aim to economically empower people to be godly stewards of what they have been entrusted.
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