"My Journey"

I was born in Lubumbashi in the Republic Democratic of Congo, I moved to South Africa since 2005.

I grew up in a modest family; my parents run a small business to sustain the family of eight children. I attended a good primary and secondary school. We lived in a rural area. Girls in my family were mostly train towards a marriage life and boys were train to be the pillars of the family.

That culture disturbed me a lot as a young girl. Nowadays, I see women raising their voice to say NO to ill-treatment, based on that I learnt to choose between being a victim or an action taker.

I start at home, I teach my children how to be responsible human beings and how to remain positive in this changing world, I always encourage my girls to take education very seriously, because education is the key to self-empowerment and a bridge to financial freedom.

The high rates of unemployment in the country affects women and results in lack of financial freedom, under this circumstances, I think it is time I stop waiting for others (government) to make jobs available and start creating jobs.