TUISHI AMANI: Celebrating the transformation of masculinity 164 couples took part in the closing ceremony of the 15-week therapy groups held by HEAL Africa as part of the implementation of the project “Involvement of men in the maintenance of security and stability in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo”. With support of […]
The Trade Facilitation Project in the Great Lakes Region – Projet de Facilitation du Commerce dans la Région des Grands Lacs (PFCGL) have been building and improving roads along the DR Congo’s borders and its neighbors in the Great Lakes Regions. As local civilians have been hired to work on the infrastructure projects, HEAL Africa […]
“My marriage turned worse after I got raped as I was coming back from field. My husband stopped considering me as his wife when he learned what happened. He even chased my son from the house for trying to protect me.” Yalala’s experience with gender based violence, is a story like that of many other […]
Leave No One Behind-End Violence against Women and Girls Did you notice a lot of #metoo in your social media feeds this fall? If you did not, it was a global outcry from individuals who had experienced various forms of sexual harassment and assault. There were others who chose not to post, but the […]
Rape and gender-based violence is an issue that affects girls and women around the world. It happens in families of privilege as well as those in poverty. It occurs on university campuses, in armed forces and in offices of all kinds. It is an issue that cuts across all sectors of society, all religious groups, […]
A pouring rain slaps meter-high tents, some of which are covered by white tarp while others are sheltered by only tree leaves. Slippery alleys of mud separate hundreds of these makeshift lodges. Children struggle to find small rocks or scraps of wood for their games. Adults scream neediness to whoever approaches them. A wind of […]
After 9 years at HEAL Africa, and twelve surgeries, Nyirana Mataiya is healthy and going home. She came to HEAL Africa with a complicated fistula, a tear in the vaginal or rectal wall resulting in incontinence. Nyirana’s fistula was the result of rape. In 2000, when she was 8 months pregnant, militias in the Masisi […]
Hervé Ladsous, the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping, visited HEAL Africa on January 27, 2012, as part of his official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. During this visit, the French diplomat gained a better idea of the work carried out by HEAL Africa and their partners to support sexual violence survivors […]
HEAL Africa’s Dr. Bienvenu was featured in BBC News article today about sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Click here to read more.