Counseling

EMU is a married woman and mother of 4 children who, along with her siblings, was separated from her father at a very early age. Her father married another woman and rejected all responsibility concerning his first wife and children(including Emu). Emu grew up struggling for basic needs by the meager means of her mother. None of her brothers completed school, and all chose a life of delinquency. At some point, while looking for a way out, Emu was impregnated by an upperclassman in the university, who took her into concubinage without any intention of legally marrying her. In the household, this man has been cruel toward her and lives unfaithfully by cheating on her, disregarding their children despite his income.

This situation caused Emu to develop depression, and in January, she was diagnosed with an early stroke. She entered the Un Jour Nouveau Counseling service, and we walked with her to a place of mental stability. She has learned to work on herself, her emotional autonomy, and life. Her husband has noticed a change in her and has begun to love her and give her consideration as his wife and mother of his children. It’s a positive change, and we hope it will continue to be a healthier family environment.

Peer Counseling

We want to thank our trainer, Mr. Dieudonné BAHATI, for his diligence and especially his know-how for all that we learned from him in the counseling field. We would also like to thank the entire team at Un Jour Nouveau for logistics and also to Pastor Camille NTOTO for teaching conflict resolution. To all the members of the group, we appreciate your desire and perseverance to expand your knowledge in a subject that is not well know to the Congolese public. We know that we are ambassadors of Peer Counseling wherever we are, and we will make good use of all that what we learned.

UJN School

Sun KAZADI is the elder of his family (the first born) and comes from a broken family. The separation of his parents was extremely difficult to process and led to rebellion, thief, and various difficulties.

His mother enrolled him in the UJN school because she had heard rumors that it worked miracles on children like Sun.

It was challenging but not impossible for us to bring this troubled 12-years old boy to realize that he was a solution and that the separation of his parents did not make him and his brothers failures.

After five years of hard work, he has become a model for the whole school—a typical example of a child who is docile, serious, diligent, generous, and compassionate.

His parents are so grateful to UJN and bless God.

Generation Hope

Dieu MERCI is 16 years old and suffered the effects of a broken family before arriving at the Un Jour Nouveau Generation Hope center in Kituku (Goma, DRC).

It has been four years since his parents separated. His mother came to live in Goma and left the children with their father at Nyamilima in RUTSHURU. They had a difficult time with their dad and four months later, Dieu decided to join his mother in Goma. After reuniting with his mom, his suffering intensified because his step-father did not like him. It became so bad that in November 2018, he decided to leave his mom's house and live on the streets.

While there, he learned to steal, smoke hemp, and drink alcoholic beverages to numb the pain of his life. He was arrested several times and put in the children's prison EGE(Etablissement de Garde pour Enfants) for theft and rape.

One of his friends told him about Un Jour Nouveau and asked him to come along to get some food and hear a lesson. He visited on a particular Thursday, and it was the day of his deliverance because the message given spoke to his specific situation. He continued to attend the sessions on a daily basis to eat and learn more.

Two months later, he was brought to the center of Un Jour Nouveau at Kituku. There he and other boys were taught vocational skills such as pastry making, carpentry, literacy, and others. He intends to resume his studies and become a great carpenter for a bright future to benefit himself and his whole family.

Today, he is reunited with his family in Rutshuru and has resumed his studies. He is also doing his commercial activities and is doing well. He is in the 6th form primary class and has created a youth club called TUMAINI Club. He teaches his friends about leadership, entrepreneurship, and the Word of God. The club has 28 young people many of whom are illiterate and they benefit from the presence of older men teaching basic life lessons.

We thank God for reuniting this family after four years of separation.