This little girl was making waves in Goma, DRC. She was a young activist for women’s rights and she had just read a poem for her classroom. The look of pride in her face when she was finished was touching. Thankfully more and more girls are finding their voice because of programs like IMA’s Ushindi, …
A young woman poses in a safe house in North Kivu after telling me her story of survival. Magic 287/365, A Safe House, DRC, 2017
I traveled to a village in Nord-Kivu to interview these women, who were all survivors of rape. The message I took away from this experience was not one of hurt but one of togetherness. Read the whole story here. Magic 235/365, Together, Walikale, February 14, 2017