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There Is An Element Of Anger Among Women Who've Been Raped. There's Certainly A Major Element Of Humiliation. But It Really Does Seem Like A Medical Condition Of Shock And Horror.

Sometimes I Wish Eastern Congo Could Suffer An Earthquake Or A Tsunami, So That It Might Finally Get The Attention It Needs. The Barbaric Civil War Being Waged Here Is The Most Lethal Conflict Since World War Ii And Has Claimed At Least 30 Times As Many Lives As The Haiti Earthquake.

One Thing The Humanitarian World Doesn't Do Well Is Marketing. As A Journalist, I Get Pitched Every Day By Companies That Have New Products. Meanwhile, You Have Issues Like Clean Water, Literacy For Girls, Female Empowerment. People Flinch At The Idea Of Marketing These Because Marketing Sounds Like Something Only Companies Do.

There Seems To Be This Sense Among Even Well-meaning Americans That Africa Is This Black Hole Of Murder And Mutilation That Can Never Be Fixed, No Matter What Aid Is Brought In.

Most Of The Villagers Were Hiding In The Bush, Where They Were Dying From Bad Water, Malaria And Malnutrition