MSF's Condition Critical: Voices from the war in Eastern Congo

Watch this. It's powerful.

Condition Critical: Voices from the war in Eastern Congo /feature/

Hundreds of thousands of people are on the run, fleeing a war raging in eastern Congo in the provinces of North and South Kivu. They are frightened. Many are sick or wounded. Others have been harassed or raped, or have had everything they own stolen. For more than a decade, several armed groups and the army have been fighting each other in the Kivus. The violence has made it impossible for people to lead normal lives. Life isn’t just hard in the Kivus: this region is in critical condition. And things aren’t getting any better. The destiny of everyone in this region of Congo is shaped by the war. The story of their struggle to survive needs to be told.

Condition: Critical will be regularly updated by MSF over the coming year with new eyewitness accounts, photos and video of people living through the crisis in eastern Congo.

Médecins Sans Frontieres

I've been working as a Press/Communications Officer for medical humanitarian aid agency, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Ireland since June 2007. On December 1st I'm moving to their Belgian office to work as a Communications Advisor with their Operations.

MSF does incredible work across the globe. The people are inspiring, passionate and slightly crazy. Check out the Irish website to find out more about what they do www.msf.ie

Moving to Brussels

Hi

Welcome to my first blog. Thought I should get one before I move to La Grande Bulge so my mates can keep in touch with me when I leave the island on December 1 to hang out in rainy Brussels.

Will miss gorgeously grey Ireland and all the incredible friends.

Open invitation to visit me in Beer and Waffle Land.