Mission Statement
Fesser and Friends is an American-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the mission to END THE CYCLE OF CHILD SOLDIER AND SEX WORKER RECRUITMENT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Our focus is to ensure the safety, psychological and physical well-being of children affected by indiscriminate violence in Eastern DRC.
What We Are Doing To Help
In the midst of ongoing war, disease and poverty, we at Fesser and Friends have teamed up with the local non-profit, World Hope Givers, to create a small yet dedicated safe haven for children orphaned by the ongoing violence ravaging the East of the country. At our center we are isolating our children from violence and conflict by providing them with a safe and nurturing environment where they can thrive, play and grow.
Working together with WHG we help identify and care for high-risk children by sending locally trained staff into areas affected by conflict and instability. We have managed to identify dozens of orphans that are at high risk of becoming malnourished, abused, and/or recruited as child soldiers or sex workers by rebel militias. At our center we now currently house, feed, love, educate, and care for twenty of these children.
Whether this is your first time visiting us or are a regular contributor, we thank you for your looking us up and for supporting our work. We can't do this without you.
We Need Your Help
Without this center and without your support, all of these children would have been forced to continue to survive on the streets, putting them at risk for trafficking, famine, disease, military recruitment, and even death. As our local staff member and site director Freddy often says, "this place is the last resort, without us I'm not sure these kids would still be here today."
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Conflict Minerals, Rebels and Child Soldiers in Congo
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Warlords, soldiers, and child laborers all toil over a mineral you've never even heard of. Coltan is a conflict mineral in nearly every cell phone, laptop, and electronic device. It's also tied to the deaths of over 5 million people in Congo since 1990. Hosted by Alison Suroosh Alvi | Originally released in 2011 at http://vice.com Click here to help: http://www.raisehopeforcongo.org/ Watch more VICE documentaries here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Presents Subscribe for videos that are actually good: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/user/vice/videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Read our tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.comNews & Politics
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DR Congo's journey into chaos - BBC News
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The Democratic Republic of Congo should be one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The BBC's Africa Editor Fergal Keane looks at what went wrong. Producers: Charlotte Pamment and Piers Scholfield Graphics: Ian Paul Joyce Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUogNews & Politics
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Congo and Africa's World War: Crash Course World History 221
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In which John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Congo Free State, which used to be the region surrounding the Congo River Basin in central Africa. So the history of this place is a little convoluted. The history of Congo is central to the history of central Africa, and the Congo Wars embroiled neighboring countries like Uganda and Rwanda. John will talk you through the history of Congo and the region. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing this content. Citation 1: David van Reybrouck, Congo: The Epic History of a People. Trans. Sam Garrett. Harper Collins. 2014. Citation 2: van Reybrouck. p 468Education
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