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Meet Mulisa from DRC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything single-mom Mulisa does, she does for her family. She\u2019s a devoted mother of four boys; her youngest is 16 and the oldest is 24. \u201cI love raising boys,\u201d she said. \u201cMy family is everything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mulisa, who is from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), came to Idaho in 2014. \u201cWe feel safer here,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had quite a journey getting here, but we are happy to be in Boise.\u201d She and her boys left the DRC years ago because of fighting and violence that was happening all around them.<\/p>\n

Life in the DRC<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Mulisa was in the DRC, she went to college to be a nurse. She was only able to complete a year and half of her studies before the war halted all schooling. Mulisa also worked as a high school teacher while studying to become a nurse. She is the oldest of six children and her brother and sisters still live in the DRC. After Mulisa and her boys left Congo they lived in a refugee camp in Zambia. \u201cLife in the camp was very challenging,\u201d she said. \u201cThere was never enough to eat or clean drinking water, and it was very difficult not to have our own home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting a childcare business<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, Mulisa has her own childcare business here in Boise, which she started about five years ago. \u201cI\u2019ve become best friends with many of the families who bring their kids to me,\u201d she said. \u201cI go to birthday parties at their homes, and we enjoy spending time together.\u201d Mulisa has five children in her childcare business and teaches them to identify numbers and letters and even to read. \u201cI especially love to care for and hold babies,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the future, Mulisa wants to buy a home and continue to help her boys go to school. \u201cI want them to be successful in life,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are very talented and I am so proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

EO is grateful to have the partnership, collaboration and support of our work with refugee childcare providers from Latter-day Saint Charities<\/a> and CapEd Credit Union.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Meet Mulisa from DRC Everything single-mom Mulisa does, she does for her family. She\u2019s a devoted mother of four boys; her youngest is 16 and the oldest is 24. \u201cI love raising boys,\u201d she said. \u201cMy family is everything to me.\u201d Mulisa, who is from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), came to Idaho in 2014. \u201cWe feel safer here,\u201d … <\/p>\n

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