Africa, DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma, Lake Kivu,  Global Fund for Women. Stop violence in schools campaign by the PAIF organization project. Kisonga Matondo (17 yrs) is an orphan, her mother died at 3 months, her father when she was 8. At 13 she was raped by her 52 yr old teacher while in secondary school. She was afraid to tell anyone but she became pregnant, her baby is now 4 yrs old. The school did nothing. One day she was picked up by a man in his car, working on the boat transport system, who gave her a ride in the rain. He raped her. The baby she is holding is her second from a rape. When she became pregnant her took her in but beat her everyday, and she discovered she was his sixth wife and this was his 8th child. "I suffered suffered suffered, but  had no one to take care of me until I met with PAIF." PAIF will help to sue her husband but if they lose he will kill her. There is no justice in this country.

Congo gender based violence

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Africa, DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma, Lake Kivu, Global Fund for Women. Stop violence in schools campaign by the PAIF organization project. Kisonga Matondo (17 yrs) is an orphan, her mother died at 3 months, her father when she was 8. At 13 she was raped by her 52 yr old teacher while in secondary school. She was afraid to tell anyone but she became pregnant, her baby is now 4 yrs old. The school did nothing. One day she was picked up by a man in his car, working on the boat...
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  • Date: 16 May 2015
  • Location: Goma Lake Kivu Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Filename: AWright_DRC_10854.jpg
  • Image size: 4912x7360 pixels