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Start with One

Posted in compassion, justice, tagged on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

“If I can’t yet mourn a million people who left this world in a single day, I’ll start with one, and move from there,” says “Leah” in Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Poisonwood Bible. “And this is why I went to the Democratic Republic of Congo last year,” writes Tonya Sargent.

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Rape a “Weapon of War” in Eastern Congo

Posted in compassion, justice, tagged , , on January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

An epidemic of brutal sexual violence plagues the region where women are being raped with impunity. “It’s a strategy of war,” says Justine Masika who works for a Goma-based NGO that helps victims of sexual violence in North Kivu.

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Remembering the Orphans and Widows

Posted in compassion, tagged , , on November 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Tanya Morrison is part of a team that is building a dream in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They purchased land for Elikia Village with the vision to provide homes and a future for orphans. But it wasn’t that long ago that she closed the previous chapter on her life and began taking steps towards this new frontier.

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A Small Stone In My Hand

Posted in compassion, justice, tagged , on November 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »

When she heard about the crisis in the Congo, Tonya Sargent refused to stand by and do nothing. She wanted the Congolese people to know their lives matter. Besides raising awareness and funds, she left on a trip to spend time with the people whose plight captured her heart.

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