HEAL Africa has a network of councellors in the villages in North Kivu and the other areas where HEAL works. These councellors are well known in their communities and supported by churches and mosques and other public authorities so when rapes occur, people know where to go to get help. The councellors know what to do, provide psychological help, and also are able to refer victims of rape to HEAL for treatment. It is through these councellors that they also obtain PEP drugs for the victims to prevent the spread of AIDS to the victims. It is really to the credit of HEAL and the progress they have made that these victims have any resources at all.
It is through these councellors that we learned two nights ago 38 people, including nine boys were raped in a single village on the other side of the volcano in one night. The FDLR was responsible, and because of the councellors, HEAL is able to provide PEP drugs to these victims within the 72 hours necessary for the drug to be effective in the prevention of HIV. In this land of horrors where 38 people are raped in a single village in a single night, there is resistance to the evil.
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