POUR DIFFUSION IMMEDIATE LUCHA/ Communication Unit Save The Congo! Déclaration conjointe des groupes de la société civile congolaise sur La Conférence humanitaire de haut niveau sur la République démocratique du Congo Kinshasa, Londres, le 12 avril 2018 – Nous, les soussignés groupes…
Asking for donations in support of Save the Congo instead of traditional gifts is an inspiring way for family and friends to mark your special occasion and help our life-saving work. More and more people are choosing to ask for donations to charity instead of gifts, and at Save the Congo we are especially grateful if you…
Giving your time, skills and creativity can make an amazing difference. We have over half a dozen of volunteering roles available which can be done from home, at Save the Congo! office or out and about in the community. As a volunteer with Save the Congo!, you’ll receive on-going support, guidance and training from your designated…
Lord Alton of Liverpool takes the ‘Get Cross – Stop the Rape’ in support of Save the Congo’s #48AnHour campaign.
Every Minute One Woman is Rape in Congo
48 Women are Raped in Congo Every Hour
48 women are raped in the Congo alone every hour. Sign now to end this! Little Marie was only 13 years old when she was caught by a militia group and taken into the bush where she was repeatedly abused for 8 endless months. Every single minute, one woman is being mercilessly raped in the…
As part of our #48AnHour campaign, which was launched on Wednesday 26th, Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long, MP, tabled an Early Day Parliamentary Motion (EDM 1180: Tackling Warzone Rape in Congo and Beyond) with cross party support and states to help raise awareness of the use of rape as a weapon of war in Congo and in other…
As part of Save the Congo campaign: “The G8 Time to Save the Congo“, our founder, Vava Tampa, together with Friends of the Congo‘s Spokesperson, Kambale Musavuli; President of the National Union of Student, Liam Burns; former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Sir John Holmes; Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Nathalie Bennett; Filmmaker and director of Blood in the…
As part of Save the Congo’s campaign: ‘The G8 Time to Save the Congo‘, Vava Tampa with 16 parliamentarians, including the former Chair of the Conservative party, Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville CH; former UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Lord Hannay of Chiswick GCMG; the founding Chair of the APPG on the Great Lakes,Baroness King…
Save the Congo’s founder, Vava Tampa, with the Chief Executive of Liberal Judaism, Rabbi Danny Rich; Rwandan genocide survivor, Rene C. Mugenzi; National Black Students’ Officer for the National Union of Students (NUS), Kanja Sessay, Chair of the Society of Black Lawyers, Peter Herbet, OBE; the real life hero of the acclaimed film Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina; and 10 British parliamentarians – including…
In Novermber 2008, five months after Save the Congo was founded, Laurent Nkunda and his CNDP launched a blood attempt to take over Goma, leaving scenes of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Kiwanja and Rutshuru. Save the Congo organised a demonstration (our first ever public action) which went from the Rwandan Embassy to…
In June 2012, after report begun circulating that the newly formed M23 militia group in Congo was being fueled by recruits and support from neighbouring Rwanda, one of our friends in the House of Commons, the Honourable Mike Hacock, MP, CBE, tabled a parliamentary motion, Early Day Motion 149: Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, signed by…
In October 2012, after the publication of a leaked report by the UN Group of Experts report on Congo which said that Rwanda’s Defense Chief, Gen. James Kabarebe, is effectively commanding a militia gang, M23, one of our friends in the House of Commons, the Honourable Mike Hancock, MP, CBE, tabled a parliamentary motion, Early Day Motion 597:…
In December 2012, after months of lobbying and campaigning, the Secretary of State for International Development,Justine Greening stops release of £21m in budget support to Kagame regime over its role in supporting warlords and militia groups destabilizing Congo, one of friends in the House of Commons, the Honourable Mike Hancock, MP, CBE, tabled a parliamentary motion, Early…
In June 2013, during his Africa Tour, President Obama delivered a speech in South Africa at the University of Cape Town. In his speech, he mentioned the Congo a few times to remind South Africans the importance of bringing about peace in Congo. This should motivate all justice seekers for peace in the Congo to…
In July 2013, during his Africa Tour, President Obama was asked in Tanzania by a Congolese journalist, Sahle Mwanamilongo, about US’ role in the international community and on the UN Security Council to pressure Congo’s neighbors, Rwanda and Uganda, to stop destabilizing the Congo.
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