Tuesday (11/27/2012) four
college students gave a presentation on the Democratic Republic of Congo. They began
with a brief skit on the atrocities of rape and child soldiers. In moments of
silence, broken by a few but powerful words, the students shed light on a single
country that faces nearly 50 rapes per hour and has one of the world’s
largest recruitments of child soldiers. The students’ actions resembled a
uniquely African style of disseminating important information. Across the
continent, particularly in the DRC where remote villages define a large
percentage of the total population, basic education and literacy can sometimes be
scarce. One of the most effective ways of reaching at-risk populations on anything from proper nutrition to the effects of HIV/AIDS is through skits: when utilizing local languages and dramatic actions, word spreads like wildfire.
The students continued to
present on the various international, national and local aspects of the DRC—discussing
the influence of Rwanda and abundance of natural resources. I was invited to
give a brief presentation on my experiences and introduce BOMOI BAGS (though once
I start talking about Congo it is never quite that brief J).
Doane was great!! 
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