Notre Dame School For Girls in Lubumbashi

One of the most rewarding things about doing Humanitarian Work is meeting the incredible people who dedicate their lives to helping the poor and needy. We had the opportunity to meet such a lady  in Lubumbashi a few months ago. We had gone there to visit our Humanitarian Couple, Clark and Shelley Davis. While we were there they took us to see a few of their projects. Elder Davis had told us about Terese before we arrived at her school for girls. Terese and her husband live in a modest home on a small parcel of land where they have built a school for girls. A few years ago the Humanitarian Program provided some sewing machines so that Terese could start a skills lab to teach the girls a marketable skill. Elder and Sister Davis wanted to be sure the previous project had been successful before decided to propose another project with Terese. The Davis's  asked about the sewing machines. They wanted to know if they were still in operating order and if they were being used.  This is what they found.

 

Terese had the sewing machines not only in working order but stored in this cabinet.

 

 Terese then took them to this classroom that was filled with beautiful dresses

Terese explained that the girls not only had learned to sew but they had also learned to knit.

Elder and Sister Davis were so impressed that they were happy to propose we do another project with Terese. Her dream was to have a cooking lab for her girls. Her  husband was building a new classroom and they needed help with the appliances for the cooking lab. Terese and her husband had even saved up enough money to buy some of the pots and pans and utensils for the cooking lab.

The girls were so excited about learning to cook that they made their own aprons.

 

When the Davis's came to our Humanitarian Conference last week they shared these wonderful pictures of Terese and her girls.

 

I love this picture of Terese and the gratitude that shows on her face. She truly is changing lives of hundreds of girls in Lubumbashi.