Posts Tagged ‘Family’

Survivors of a horrific attack in north-east DRC tell their story

August 21st, 2009
Eyewitness, Uélé dossier
Survivors of a horrific attack in north-east DRC tell their story
Since September last year inhabitants of the Haut Uélé district in north-eastern DRC have been living in constant fear and are facing a critical humanitarian situation. They are trapped in a region wracked by waves of violence. The conflict between armed forces and the Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army is estimated to have [...]

“I thought I would see my little sister again one day but now I am not sure anymore”

August 3rd, 2009
Eyewitness, Uélé dossier
“I thought I would see my little sister again one day but now I am not sure anymore”
Francine* has worked as a nurse for MSF in Haut-Uélé district since February 2009. She has fled the extreme violence to which the people of this region are subjected on many occasions. Last May, when the Ugandan rebels of the “Lord’s Resistance Army” attacked her village, her family fled in different directions. Her parents sought [...]

Slideshow: “We run away to escape our own fear”

July 27th, 2009
Eyewitness, Uélé dossier, Women dossier
Slideshow: “We run away to escape our own fear”
This woman had to flee her village, in the middle the night, in the heart of an attack. She ran away with her two children and her sister. At the time MSF medical teams met her, she still had no news from her husband, who ran in another direction during that night. Here is her [...]

Bauma: “I hope for peace, mostly for the sake of my child”

July 24th, 2009
Eyewitness, Youth dossier
Bauma: “I hope for peace, mostly for the sake of my child”
Teenagers speak out on Condition: Critical. Bauma, 18 years old, Kibaramgirio, Masisi territory, North Kivu “I came back to Kibaramgiriro a month ago. I was living in Minova with my husband before that. We had to flee during the fighting last August. We went to Minova because I have some relatives there who were able to [...]

Neema Baeni: “I have always gone to school, except when there was fighting”

July 2nd, 2009
Eyewitness, Youth dossier
Neema Baeni: “I have always gone to school, except when there was fighting”
Neema Baeni, 14 years old, Kibaramgiriro, territory of Masisi, North Kivu “I have always lived in “Kiba”, that’s what we call my village even though its full name is Kibaramgiriro. But that’s too long to say! It is a small village in Masisi territory, a two hour walk from the centre of Masisi. You have to [...]

“I’d like to become a nurse”

June 24th, 2009
Eyewitness, Youth dossier
“I’d like to become a nurse”
Teenagers speak out on Condition: Critical. They talk about their daily life, school, friends, plans and, as always, about the shadow of war and the fighting that makes the life they dream of impossible. Carine, 14 years old “I live in the centre of Masisi town, near the hospital where MSF works. I go to primary school [...]

DRC-Haut-Uélé: Continued flight from the LRA

May 19th, 2009
News, Uélé dossier
Thousands of displaced people have been streaming into the Ariwara area, near Aru, in the northeast of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for several weeks. They’ve been fleeing other parts of neighbouring Haut-Uélé where the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has continued its attacks. MSF project coordinator Patrick Robitaille bears witness to the MSF’s team’s concerns about [...]

Mother’s time in Masisi, North Kivu

May 15th, 2009
News, Women dossier
Mother’s time in Masisi, North Kivu
photos © Sarah Elliott/ Future mothers… staying at the “welcome village of Masisi hospital and consulting at Masisi hospital and health centre. They all receive prenatal care in preparation of their delivery. Mother… as a mother cradles her newborn baby in the camp for displaced people of Masisi. In this region, the war has obliged hundreds [...]

The epitome of loneliness

May 12th, 2009
Blogs, Maartje
The epitome of loneliness
During my visit to the internal medicine ward, my nurses talk to me about one of their patients. They ask me if I can organise transportation for a man who has come from another hospital in Kitchanga. They tell me that we cannot do anything for him. I visit the man who lies still in his [...]

“What do you wish for?” Support the women of Eastern Congo!

March 21st, 2009
Eyewitness, Women dossier
“What do you wish for?” Support the women of Eastern Congo!
The women of Eastern Congo have been living a war for over 15 years. The loss of loved ones, violence and having to flee their homes have shaped their daily lives. But there is hope in the future. These women speak out and tell what their wishes are for their futures. Support these women on Condition:Critical [...]
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