Africa is Going to Break My Heart.
October 31, 2008
The Congo is on fire…again. Rebels and conspiracy and murder and rape. Thousands of refugees and counting. The footage is horrifying, but what got me was hearing the palpable exasperation of the aid workers being interviewed, and realizing that I’m starting to know how they feel.
I stood there in the middle of the hallway of the McKay building not sure whether I wanted more to scream or to cry. “Why can’t we stop this!?”
Perhaps the question is so vexing because the answer really is, “We could.”
Entry Filed under: Changing the World, Just Me. Tags: Africa, Congo, Congo civil war, Democratic Republic of Congo, foreign aid, Goma, Hutu, refugees, Tutsi.
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Nicky Burgoyne | October 31, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I have had the same thoughts!!!!