Comments on: Children Cast Into the Streets as Witches http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/11/21/children-cast-into-the-streets-as-witches/ The World Affairs Blog Network Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:13:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dan Balluff http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/11/21/children-cast-into-the-streets-as-witches/comment-page-1/#comment-2685 Dan Balluff Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:01:48 +0000 http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/11/21/children-cast-into-the-streets-as-witches/#comment-2685 New documentary "Children of Congo: From War to Witches". Over five million people have died during the past decade as a result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Few people are aware of the unimaginable scale of human suffering, death, and destruction that has occurred in this vast country deep in the heart of Africa. In the aftermath of this brutal war, children have endured the brunt of the suffering. This 67 minute film documents the plight of thousands of street children living in Kinshasa and confirms the wide-spread accusations of child witchcraft, torture and child prostitution. The film also examines the efforts to reintegrate demobilized child soldiers, displaced refugees, and orphaned children following the eruption of the massive Nyiragongo volcano, near the city of Goma in Eastern Congo. These heroic efforts are finally bringing some measure of hope and stability to the lives of the Congolese people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew4rd1YyD7A New documentary “Children of Congo: From War to Witches”.
Over five million people have died during the past decade as a result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Few people are aware of the unimaginable scale of human suffering, death, and destruction that has occurred in this vast country deep in the heart of Africa. In the aftermath of this brutal war, children have endured the brunt of the suffering. This 67 minute film documents the plight of thousands of street children living in Kinshasa and confirms the wide-spread accusations of child witchcraft, torture and child prostitution. The film also examines the efforts to reintegrate demobilized child soldiers, displaced refugees, and orphaned children following the eruption of the massive Nyiragongo volcano, near the city of Goma in Eastern Congo. These heroic efforts are finally bringing some measure of hope and stability to the lives of the Congolese people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew4rd1YyD7A

]]> By: Artem Publishing House http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/11/21/children-cast-into-the-streets-as-witches/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 Artem Publishing House Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:52:16 +0000 http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/11/21/children-cast-into-the-streets-as-witches/#comment-2536 Hello, Artem Publishing House has recently published a book under the title of: « Shegues Children of Congo », the following being entirely devoted to a very present crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The conclusion that my team and myself have drawn is that the war that has recently crippled our country, the DRC, has brought along with itself, a trail of tragedies (orphans, poverty, homelessness, broken families, insecurity, and displaced populations). The entire country has yet to recover from this disaster. However, looking at the problem only from such an angle would be incomplete in itself, because this phenomenon also has spiritual implications. In addition, to blame, as is usually the case, men who claim themselves to be Pastors of existing « revival churches » (whose behaviour is in total contradiction to Biblical teaching), would be missing the target. Nowadays, in the DRC, there exist men and women, christians as well non-christians who do a remarkable work on the ground to help these children and we have to focus our attention towards them by supporting their efforts, each one of us according to its own means and time. This is the reason why Artem Publishing House has just given its contribution with the book "Shegues, Children of Congo". You can obtain a free copy of the book by contacting the editor at the following address: admin@artempublishing.com or you can download it from the following links: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7757073/Shegues-Children-of-Congo http://issuu.com/artempublishing/docs/sh_gu_s_children_of_congo God bless the DRC Andre Kadima MD, Artem Publishing House admin@artempublishing.com Hello,
Artem Publishing House has recently published a book under the title of: « Shegues Children of Congo », the following being entirely devoted to a very present crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The conclusion that my team and myself have drawn is that the war that has recently crippled our country, the DRC, has brought along with itself, a trail of tragedies (orphans, poverty, homelessness, broken families, insecurity, and displaced populations). The entire country has yet to recover from this disaster. However, looking at the problem only from such an angle would be incomplete in itself, because this phenomenon also has spiritual implications. In addition, to blame, as is usually the case, men who claim themselves to be Pastors of existing « revival churches » (whose behaviour is in total contradiction to Biblical teaching), would be missing the target.
Nowadays, in the DRC, there exist men and women, christians as well non-christians who do a remarkable work on the ground to help these children and we have to focus our attention towards them by supporting their efforts, each one of us according to its own means and time.
This is the reason why Artem Publishing House has just given its contribution with the book "Shegues, Children of Congo".
You can obtain a free copy of the book by contacting the editor at the following address: admin@artempublishing.com or you can download it from the following links:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/7757073/Shegues-Children-of-Congo
http://issuu.com/artempublishing/docs/sh_gu_s_children_of_congo

God bless the DRC

Andre Kadima
MD, Artem Publishing House
admin@artempublishing.com

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