Today, our founder turns 60 years old! I can’t imagine a world without Mama Gorethy. She had a dream growing up as a young Congolese orphan, then a young Congolese attorney, then a refugee living in Dallas as her country was torn apart by war. She cried a lot during those days. That dream: To […]
During this special time, we want to thank you for your support this year. Because of you in 2021: • 40 new students joined our all girls primary school. We now have 120 girls in grades 1 through 4. • 80 women graduated from our sewing school. • We celebrated the 10-year anniversary of our sewing […]
Click on the image for special Thanksgiving message! From our children. From our sewing school students. From our teachers. From Mama Gorethy. From our board of directors. We are so incredibly thankful for you. May your Thanksgiving be as blessed as you make us feel every day. Dawn McMullanChair […]
Big news about special women at Congo Restoration International Women’s Day is a huge deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo — and in most countries. I want to share three things with you today as you take a moment to honor and celebrate this special day. 1. Update on Mama Gorethy: Our founder and executive director […]
In honor of this International Women’s Day, I want to share the story of Espe. At 19, Espe is the mother of a 7-year-old girl who attends our Congo Restoration primary school for girls. Espe was raped when she was only 12, then abandoned by her family and community. Our Congo Restoration family took her in and […]
As Chair of the Congo Restoration Board of Directors, Dawn McMullan has led the U.S.-funding arm of the organization since 2008. In partnership with founder Gorethy Nabushosi, they have grown the organization’s reach from caring for 30 orphans, to empowering women, educating girls, and providing college scholarships to young adults. Dawn is a freelance writer/editor and mother to two […]
Gorethy Nabushoshi fled the Congo on Sept. 23, 1997, followed by her husband Bona, and six children (ages 3 to 11 at the time) 20 months later. Her work as an attorney standing up for women’s rights put her family in danger in the DRC, so she had no choice but to leave. Gorethy and […]
Restoring hope and dignity to the Eastern Congo through education.
