Ani Tcheba, 19, from Kamako “We left our village in Congo on a Monday morning at 6am, I remember I had no strength. I was heavily pregnant. It had been a difficult pregnancy and I was so worried I’d lose the baby. My husband pulled me. “As...
Gili Ntumba, from Kamako (She was unable to be interviewed)...
Gili Ntumba, from Kamako (She was unable to be interviewed)...
Chantal Kutumbuka, 45, from Kamako “I used to be a farmer, I’m used to working with my hands. So it’s hard for me to be here, I just want to work. We had land, we could sell things, I could look after my children. “When the violence...
Muzi Kingambo, 26, from Kamako “It I not easy. I suffer here. I have many pains in my back, my bladder, pains women shouldn’t have. In Congo I lived with my husband. I want that life again.”...
Carine Rolenga, 20, from Kamako “When we heard gunshots in the village we knew it was time to leave. As a woman I felt particularly under threat. At night they would take the men and rape the women. “In truth I don’t understand why people would...
Carine Rolenga, 20, from Kamako “When we heard gunshots in the village we knew it was time to leave. As a woman I felt particularly under threat. At night they would take the men and rape the women. “In truth I don’t understand why people would...
Mimi Misenga, 45, from Kamako “Sometimes I am very sad at all we have lost. Other times we let it go, we have our lives. “They killed my uncle, his sons. We couldn’t even bury them. It was too much. “My neighbour, they made him rape his daughter....
Rose Lusanda, 46, from Kamako “A woman s a helper. We carry the strength. The women hold the community together,” explains Rose, or Aunty Rose, as she is known. She is in many ways the matriarch of the group. “In the markets they would charge us more...
Thérese Mandaka, 19, from Kamako “Here we suffer a lot. For us women, we were particular targets. The biggest suffering was kept for us. “When the soldiers came, I was separated from my husband. He’d gone to look for work, I was home and sick, I was...