http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/what_we_do/rewritethefuture/blogs/joedrc/joedrc.html Joe shares his experiences of his time in the DRC. en-gb webmaster@save-children-alliance.org webmaster@save-children-alliance.org International Save the Children Alliance, http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/ http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/what_we_do/rewritethefuture/blogs/joedrc/joedrc.html Hi, my name's Joe, I'm based in DRC - the Democratic Republic of Congo - for two months with Save the Children. I'm here to get a better understanding of what the situation is for children, what we can do to help, and to pass this on to other people who don't get a chance to come to this incredible but wartorn country for themselves. If that sounds like it might be you, please read on. I'll try to keep it interesting. Wednesday, 11 June 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/what_we_do/rewritethefuture/blogs/joedrc/joedrc2.html I was keen to get out of Kinshasa and to the East of Congo, where we do a lot of our work with children - and where most of the conflict has been... Wednesday, 11 June 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/what_we_do/rewritethefuture/blogs/joedrc/joedrc3.html Finally I was also getting to see what it means to working here. I went with some of the team here to meet children who had been separated from their parents during the conflict - some because families had to flee in chaos when the fighting came to their village, some because they themselves they had been forced to fight... Wednesday, 11 June 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/what_we_do/rewritethefuture/blogs/joedrc/joedrc4.html It used to take 8 hours to travel the winding, climbing 35 miles from Goma up through the mountains to Masisi. Tuesday, 1 July 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/what_we_do/rewritethefuture/blogs/joedrc/joedrc5.html In Congo I have never seen as many smiles as in the schools. Tuesday, 8 July 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/what_we_do/rewritethefuture/blogs/joedrc/joedrc6.html There was something more surreal about the goldmines of Mongbwalu than anything I had seen so far in Congo. Tuesday, 15 July 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/what_we_do/rewritethefuture/blogs/joedrc/joedrc7.html So suddenly, that was it. But that wasn't it. I wanted to see more of Kinshasa, the big sprawling capital city that holds as many people as London. Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:00:00 +0100