Eleanor's Post

  Before being asked to research the Congo by Mr. Williams I only knew it as a country in Africa. However everyday hundreds of women and girls are raped, hundreds of small children are sent to war, drugged and beaten to make them stay, and hundreds are dying from violence and raids which is destroying their homes and families. Sarah and I were in charge of searching for NGO's, non-government organizations, and their were literally hundreds. This makes we wonder why there is still all of this pain and suffering happening to those mostly innocent citizens of the Congo. Little did I realize there is a difference. In the dark night of the war a candle is shining through and with a bit more wax this light can shine stronger, and brighter than ever before.