V-Day Annual Report 2018 | Page 33

TURNING PAIN TO POWER TO PLANTING To celebrate Eve’s 65th birthday, activists were once again invited to support a collective of women graduates from the City of Joy who are channeling their healing power into planting and cultivating crops. Using the funds raised, the City of Joy purchases plots of land for collectives of these new graduates in regions throughout Congo. Activists love this opportunity to provide direct support to graduates so that they can own and work their land, increasing their financial independence.