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

July 27th, 2009
Eyewitness, Uélé dossier, Women dossier

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 testimony.

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Photos: Avril Benoît/MSF

Song: thanks to Lucie, the cook of MSF’s project in Masisi, North Kivu

Read more information on Haut Uélé and MSF’s work in the region.

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    July 6th, 2010

    02:40 AM

    Mandy Mansfield UNITED KINGDOM said:

    We are aware of your plight we will do everything we can to change this so you can laugh and smile again to put an end to your suffering
    Peace and Love
    xxx

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