Mugisa
While looking after her mother at the Mumosho Health Center, Mugisa was attacked by three armed men on March 26, 2006. She was raped repeatedly and...
Dorcas
Dorcas was only 13 years old when Rwandan rebels (FDLR) attacked Kasika-Mwenga, her home village in 2005. One of her sisters was killed in the atta...
Eugenie
My name is Eugenie and I was born in Rwanda-Kigali but today am living in the DRC. I have two children. When the 1994 genocide war broke out in Rwa...
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The Kivu Sewing Workshop for the Welfare of Women was created to provide some of the Eastern Congo's victims of sexual-based violence with the opportunity to rebuild their lives on a foundation of hope, dignity, and economic self-sustenance. Read More...
Amani's 'Mission of Compassion' Helping Victims of Sexual Violence
Wednesday, October 15 2008
In my seven years of covering conflict around the world, I've learned that sometimes it's not enough to just observe and report--you have to act.
For all the nobility I believe there is in telling other people's stories--there are moments when you have to be a human being first and surrender t...
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