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Child Alert: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Потресаващо!!!
Conflict-related deaths have exacerbated the
national crude mortality rate. The International
Rescue Committee has estimated that
1,200 people die each day in the DRC as a
direct or indirect cause of the conflict. Over
half of them are children.
Case Study
Martha (not her real name) is 14. She comes
from a religious family in North Kivu
Province. When she was 13, her mother sent
her to buy a dress for her own baptism. On
the way home, and as darkness fell, she was
attacked and gang-raped by some people from
her neighbourhood.
As a consequence of the rape, she gave birth
to twin boys born 28 days prematurely. They
lie beside her in an incubator at the Heal
Africa Hospital in Goma. At first, she hated
them. But for the moment, she says, she loves
them.
She is one of many victims of rape receiving
care and counselling at the hospital. The chief
surgeon, Dr. Kasereka Lusi, says: “It’s a
terrible experience. They all become mad,
really furious mad. They would rather be dead
than live like this. At first they see the child as
the enemy within. They try to smack it and kill
it. To heal them, you need the whole
community to counsel them to accept the
baby.”
Case Study
Patrick (not his real name) is 17, and a battlehardened
veteran while still a child. He is one
of 33 demobilized child soldiers at a UNICEF
resettlement centre in Goma. His story is
typical of many: “When I joined the militia I
was 11.5. At 13, I was fully capable of carrying
guns without any assistance. At Kisangani, we
fought the Ugandan Army for six days. After
three days we retreated. In our battalion, 17
soldiers were killed on the battle front. I was
wounded in the shoulder. I have killed many
people. I never want to become a soldier
again. My dream is to become a mechanic and
UNICEF can help me achieve that.”
Case Study
In late 2005 and early 2006, government
forces launched a series of offensives against
rebel militia positions near the border with
Uganda. One of these drove the rebels into
the rain forest, where they in turn attacked the
pygmies, the DRC’s original inhabitants. The
pygmies, armed only with bows and poisontipped
arrows, were powerless to resist. For
the first time in their history they were forced
out of the forest, carrying their bows and
arrows, their musical instruments, a few pots
and pans – and not much else.
Thirty-three pygmy families – about 200
people – have found refuge in an
encampment near Beni. Their head man,
Batsinga Sepi, says: “We did not just hear
about the war, we lived through it. This has
been a serious war and many of our relatives
have been killed in the fighting. Our message
to the world is that we cannot remain living
like this.” The UN force commander in the
area describes their conditions as “miserable
and pathetic”.
Потресаващо!!!
Conflict-related deaths have exacerbated the
national crude mortality rate. The International
Rescue Committee has estimated that
1,200 people die each day in the DRC as a
direct or indirect cause of the conflict. Over
half of them are children.
Case Study
Martha (not her real name) is 14. She comes
from a religious family in North Kivu
Province. When she was 13, her mother sent
her to buy a dress for her own baptism. On
the way home, and as darkness fell, she was
attacked and gang-raped by some people from
her neighbourhood.
As a consequence of the rape, she gave birth
to twin boys born 28 days prematurely. They
lie beside her in an incubator at the Heal
Africa Hospital in Goma. At first, she hated
them. But for the moment, she says, she loves
them.
She is one of many victims of rape receiving
care and counselling at the hospital. The chief
surgeon, Dr. Kasereka Lusi, says: “It’s a
terrible experience. They all become mad,
really furious mad. They would rather be dead
than live like this. At first they see the child as
the enemy within. They try to smack it and kill
it. To heal them, you need the whole
community to counsel them to accept the
baby.”
Case Study
Patrick (not his real name) is 17, and a battlehardened
veteran while still a child. He is one
of 33 demobilized child soldiers at a UNICEF
resettlement centre in Goma. His story is
typical of many: “When I joined the militia I
was 11.5. At 13, I was fully capable of carrying
guns without any assistance. At Kisangani, we
fought the Ugandan Army for six days. After
three days we retreated. In our battalion, 17
soldiers were killed on the battle front. I was
wounded in the shoulder. I have killed many
people. I never want to become a soldier
again. My dream is to become a mechanic and
UNICEF can help me achieve that.”
Case Study
In late 2005 and early 2006, government
forces launched a series of offensives against
rebel militia positions near the border with
Uganda. One of these drove the rebels into
the rain forest, where they in turn attacked the
pygmies, the DRC’s original inhabitants. The
pygmies, armed only with bows and poisontipped
arrows, were powerless to resist. For
the first time in their history they were forced
out of the forest, carrying their bows and
arrows, their musical instruments, a few pots
and pans – and not much else.
Thirty-three pygmy families – about 200
people – have found refuge in an
encampment near Beni. Their head man,
Batsinga Sepi, says: “We did not just hear
about the war, we lived through it. This has
been a serious war and many of our relatives
have been killed in the fighting. Our message
to the world is that we cannot remain living
like this.” The UN force commander in the
area describes their conditions as “miserable
and pathetic”.
