Help Family Rebuild After Being Displaced by War

Hello,

My name is Adria, and I’m organizing this fundraiser to support my friends Samuel Muderhwa and Faida Mutula and their household of five children. They have 4 boys ranging in age from 5 to 15 and have also taken in a 4-year-old girl whose father was killed in the war.

They have just returned to their home in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The region of DRC where they live has been devastated by horrific violence over the past few years as Rwandan-backed armed groups have been fighting the Congolese military and UN peacekeepers, causing thousands of deaths and millions of displaced.

Samuel and Faida founded and lead the PCR Foundation, an organization that has long provided peace education and direct assistance across the region. They have helped others for years. Now they themselves, Samuel, Faida, and their family, urgently need our help.

The civil war became so dangerous that they were forced to relocate their family to Uganda this spring temporarily for safety. Life in Uganda was extremely difficult, however. Their children could not attend school.

The family has now made the journey back to the DRC. They need our help to secure food and housing. The war continues, but Samuel and his family are focused on rebuilding their lives there. Then once they have restabilized, they plan to continue to serve the region.

Samuel’s children are now back in school, and the family is deeply grateful for that. However, the region remains unstable, and they are still in need of basic necessities like food, school fees, housing, and medical care as they begin to recover and rebuild in a difficult environment.

Your support will go directly to:

- Ensuring food and shelter for the family

- Paying school fees so the children can continue their education

- Covering daily needs

- Restarting the activities of the PCR Foundation.

Samuel is a pastor, and Samuel and Faida are wise, loving parents doing everything they can to care for their family and continue to work for peace in their country.

Any donation—big or small—makes a real difference. If you’re unable to give right now, you can still help by sharing this campaign with others.

Thank you. Together we can help this resilient and beautiful family move toward greater safety, stability, and hope.

Updates on their children:

They have informally adopted a little girl age 4 whose father was killed; she lives with them. She will start school in the fall. The youngest boy, age 5, will start school in September. The 9-year-old is in primary school, and the two older boys are in secondary school, ages 12 and 15.