I’m totally overwhelmed lately, figuring out what to do next, from minute to minute and for the bigger decisions about where to live, how to best care for Peanut, my family, and myself.

So when things get tough, I try to focus on something bigger than my little problems. CNN has a moving article about the terrible, disgusting, horrific war on women going on in the Congo. It’s a military tactic to rape as many women as possible, because rape victims are shunned by families and villages. Best way to vanquish an opponent, apparently, is to weakend the famil structure so significantly that there are no families left. Interesting. If you’re a monster.

So here are some links so you can learn more. And help. Please.

I, for one, am terrified of a lot lately: what’s happening to our economy, our election, our country. But not one-millioneth as terrified as the women of the Congo and their children must be. Please, please do something. Learning makes a difference. Talking makes a difference. Organizing makes a difference. Money makes a difference. You can make a difference.

INFO
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/15/congo.women/index.html
http://www.peacewomen.org/news/DRC/Jan06/stigma_of_rape.html

INFO AND DONATE
http://www.vday.org/contents/drcongo
http://www.womenforwomen.org/global-initiatives-helping-women/help-women-congo.php

SPEAK UP
http://www.petitiononline.com/Congo/petition.html

DO SOMETHING
http://www.runforcongowomen.org/