Help nicolasc get 43 donnations from 43thingers for International Rescue Committee's campaign to help victims of brutal, systematic rape in Congo.

“Goma — Mwinja has known little but rejection in her seven years of life.

Her mother Julienne became pregnant after being raped by soldiers who held her captive in the bush for 14 days. She still struggles to accept her daughter, and often uses her as a scapegoat when things go wrong.

“I am unhappy because of this child,” Julienne said. “I would like to give her [up for adoption] so I could forget the misfortune that came upon me.”

Sexual violence is an epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, where armed groups continue to battle the army, with civilians caught in the middle. The children conceived as a result of rape are seen as a curse by their families and communities, and face a future filled with shame and rejection”
- Nsimira Sara

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