Obliterate Poverty

Poverty in Congo consists of starvation, executions, cannibalism, sexual slavery, recruitment of child soldiers, and the transmission of HIV/Aids through rape - where does one begin in trying to tell of the appalling human rights abuses that are daily occurrences in the Congo? Children are dying faster in Congo than in all but ten other countries in the world, according to U.N. statistics.

An International Rescue Committee survey conducted last year found that 1,000 Congolese children a day - are still dying from the indirect consequences of the war.

Malnutrition affects approximately two thirds of the country's population. The number of children suffering from severe malnutrition in Congo is rising dramatically as a result of the ongoing conflict. The conflict has intensified the effects of poverty ten times over and the situation has become dire. More people are killed by starvation or disease than by guns.
 

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• Obliterate Poverty
• Negate Disease
• Gain Knowledge
• Obtain Success