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Supporting Vulnerable Human Rights Defenders in the Congo

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Patrick Ball, Benetech's Chief Scientist and Vice President of our Human Rights Program, is spending much of this year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Patrick is working with a UN human rights project.

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Raising Hope for Congo

Forum One

The conflict in the Democratic Republic Congo has received scant attention from policymakers and the news media even as over 5.4 Fortunately, new organizations are now leading the charge to bring attention to the horrors being perpetrated in the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo. million people have died in the past 10 years.

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Crowdsourcing Crisis Information: Tracking the Eastern Congo Conflict / Democratic Republic of Congo

Forum One

Via GlobalVoices , information about the ongoing crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some 1 million people have fled the province of North Kivu. Newsfeed here.). An interesting, and hopefully valuable, effort to mitigate the situation is the "Ushahidi" web site for reporting of incidents of violence and abuse.

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Training Human Rights Defenders in the DRC

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I have just completed two 2-day trainings of human rights NGOs in the Democratic Republic of Congo. During my visit, I also had an opportunity to meet staff members at the United Nations Mission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Tags: Tripathi Kinshasa Martus MONUC ICTJ Goma Congo DRC.

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How Nelson Mandela’s Legacy to Advance Access to Education Lives On

Saleforce Nonprofit

One example of the incredible change that education can bring to a community is Malaika , a grassroots nonprofit that educates and empowers girls and communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo through a school, a community center, a clean water program, technical classes and and organic farm.

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The Mismeasure of War

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This claim is based in large part on the authors’ graphical representations of pre- and post-conflict mortality rates for a variety of countries, and on their critique of five surveys conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2000 and 2007. Quite the opposite.

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Nonprofit Leader Spotlight

Care2

Lisa was mobilized when she first learned of the millions in Congo that had died from a war that was so rarely mentioned in the U.S. Instead, her early involvement prompted her to organize more runs, beginning the grassroots movement Run for Congo Women. Still, this did not satiate the need to treat the disease of warfare.