In 2005, Lisa Shannon saw a story on the Oprah Winfrey show about women in the eastern Congo and Women for Women International's unique program to help women survivors of war there. After learning...
In 2005, Lisa Shannon saw a story on the Oprah Winfrey show about women in the eastern Congo and Women for Women International's unique program to help women survivors of war there. After learning of the 3,300,000 people who have died and the staggering number of human rights violations -- torture, mutilation and sexual violence that has occurred against tens of thousands of women and children, Lisa Shannon set out on her own mission to help women of the Congo. The Run for Congo Women is a true grassroots effort to raise money for Women for Women International's Congo program that has caught on across the nation. Learn more at www.runforcongowomen.org
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Lisa has a book coming out in April, 2010, "A Thousand Sisters". It is personal and powerful. Watch for it...get your friends to read it. so more people will wake up to how much we can do for the women and children and people of Congo!
This is one of the best examples that I have ever seen of a productive response to the profound statement, "No man is an island." Lisa, you are one of the most important thought leaders of our time. I salute you.
Wonderful.we must know the role that we play in the destruction of the congo.the u.s.fuels all sides of the wars thru out africa.our military also trains the militaries that do much of the crimes like what we saw at abu graves in iraq.these atrocities continue so that we have access to the resources without paying for them.if the people were paid fr resources instead of forced from the villages/homes fr the loot of diamonds in their region there wudn't be the massive suffering thru out africa
These women lose EVERYTHING...it is unbeliable that in this time and age we allow sisters and their families to be tortured. How can we permit this? Let's become their voices and scream for the justice these women and girls deserve.
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"No man is an island." Lisa, you are one of the most important thought leaders of our time. I salute you.