After finishing high school I went to the Government Training Institute to start my secretarial and book keeping cours, after two years I got my certification and I went to stay widh my uncle in Nairobi city and after one week I started to searh for employment. I was waking up very early in the morning without having breakfast because there was nothing in the kitchen to be cooked and go out to the officers, industries, companies, Government offices and private companies to drop my job applications. After three months resieved a calling letter for a job interview , it was on Sunday and I was to go for the interview on Monday so I new that I need strength to walk to that office the following morning so I decided to eat half of my supper and live other half for breakfast because my uncle does not provide breakfast for me. The interview went well and they told me that they will let me know the way forward soon, after five days I reserved a call to go and start working there and I was very happy and thankful to God for giving me the job. I worked with them for seven months then the boss started sexualy harassing me and when I stop him he threatened to suck from work. One day on Friday evening he called me to his office and when I enter he was standing at the door then he pushed me to the floor and starting to rape me, I was straggling to stand up and run away but he was heavy for me but I managed to escape when he was removing it from his underwear I kicked his private part and run away leaving him crying for pain on the floor. From that day I did not go back to work and when I got a nother job the case was just the same sex harassment and I decided to go back to the grass roots community health volunteer. In my village I found that there was so many rape cases and defilement and when I asked why I was told that there is water shortage in our village and women and children are going very fare to fetch water in the river and the way is through the Bush so the bad men are taking the advantages. After few months of thinking about what we can do about the future and the situation I came up with another idea and I gather the woman and told them that we better look for permanent solution and after long discussion I told them that we must start a project of digging boreholes so that we can get clean water near our homes and we all agree with that project the following day we went to the village elder and told him our plans and he called the all community for a meeting and when he announced the project we agree to donate and fundraising for the first borehole then after that one we got many more from well wishes and now we have treated clean water for our village because of wealth of a woman.
This story was submitted in response to #WealthofWomen.
Dear sIster Roselyne
Water is life
This great idea of your has really please me and l believe that this community will ever aprecaite your elfort, thank you sister for this great job .
Thanks for your encouraging comments my God bless you dear sister.
Dear Rosylyne,
You have shown here with such beauty how you have not only survived through sheer determination your goal to find work even with the lack of enough food to sustain yourself, but then after finding work, the horror of not one but two bosses attempting to rape you. Then finding out how many women in your village were experiencing the same horrible violence. But you gathered them, heard their stories and created a solution. You are a beautiful hero! I am so glad that you have found WorldPulse. You are an inspiration of what is possible. The world over, we women are sharing stories of how far-reaching sexual violence is toward women and girls. You have fought back, shone a big light on it, and even brought water to your community. Meeting heroes like you here gives me great hope.
With love in sisterhood,
Tam
Oh, what a wonderful and encouraging comments this is! Really touched my heart and soul. Thank you so much.
Wow,
I feel motivated. Still working on my resource map and this has made me double my efforts.
Wow we are together sis.
My dear Rosilyn. I really appreciate your well thought out idea. You are a brave woman. God will make you great through your inspiring works, amen
Thanks dear sister and may God bless you and your family.
Amen
Hi Rosylyne,
Wow! Thanks for sharing your harrowing tale with us:-( I was really impressed that you not only stood up for yourself twice, and did something about improving the situation for all women. Have the boreholes improved the rape cases?
Good luck with your submission.
Hope you have a great day!
Yes! Yes! Yes the borehole project improves rape cases from my village dear sister and we thank God for the well wishes.
Awesome!!!! Good job:-)
Thanks My lovely sister
You're welcome, dear!
Hi my sister you are indid a superhero, you are a woman of hope, God bless you for Standing up for other women.
Thank you let's help each other dear
Dear Rose,
Another wow one from me. Aren't you amazing?
Sorry you had to go through those awful personal experiences yourself first, but you are doing so great now.
Lots of courage dada
Thank you so much sister Marie Obanga lots of love
Way to go sis
Amen