When her husband was killed in the Rwandan genocide, Eddisa pressed on. She took in two orphans and has dedicated herself to providing for them. Both are now in school. In 2003 she joined a savings group. Now 77 years old, she operates a business buying and selling charcoal. She is able to provide charcoal for her family free of charge. Through her involvement in her savings group, she has experienced healing and spiritual transformation.
![Before Eveness Mulungu joined the Walusungu (“mercy”) savings group through our church partner in Malawi, she faced days where she and her family ate animal feed because they couldn’t afford human food. But that changed when she joined the savings group. Eveness used her first group loan of about $1.70 (U.S.) to start a business selling doughnuts and beans.
“By the end of my first cycle I made $140 (U.S.),” Eveness shared. “My life is no longer the same now; [I] was regarded as no one in the community. ... This was the first time in my life that I ever touched and owned big money like this!”
Pictured: Eveness, with her husband in front of their piggery—a third successful business that she operates.](https://blog.hopeinternational.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)