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Women in Congo: Meet our Sisters

Women in the Congo carry the heaviest of burdens. They have been gang raped. Tortured. Watched their husbands and children murdered in front of them. Forced to flee their homes. They are internally displaced persons with no means of supporting themselves or their living children. Many have watched two, four, even seven children die from preventable illnesses.

But they are also survivors. They take in orphans. They build businesses. They are rebuilding their communities and country.

Please take the time to get to know a few of our sisters sponsored through Run for Congo Women to get a flavor of life, despair, and hope in eastern Congo.

Also, please read
"Postcards from the Edge" on oprah.com
"Women left for dead ... and the man who is saving them", by Eve Ensler (creator of The Vagina Monologues), Glamour Magazine, August 2007
"Violence Against Women 'Beyond Rape' In Congo: U.N.", Reuters, July 30, 2007 (PDF)
"More Vicious Than Rape", Newsweek, Nov 13, 2006 (PDF)