Sorrows from Africa

I wanted to throw up after I read

Anderson Cooper's blog

(See "This is not a Fairy Tale') about a 3yr. old girl that he met who was gang raped in the Congo. My kid is 3 - how could anyone do that? Cooper has been in Africa all week profiling the horrors of Africa for all to see in gritty detail. I watched last night and I applaud CNN for supporting the airtime for this cause in the midst of more political scandals and celebrity fodder that seems to clog up the news these days. Have a read of his blog on the issues.

Cooper says 'there aren't many miracles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is not a fairy tale, some stories don't have happy endings. Here the men who rape with impunity are rarely brought to justice.' And the women are exptected to simply bear the pain.

ONE THING WE CAN DO: Well, there's an organization called

Heal Africa

in the Congo that is one of the only ones helping girls and women who were raped to heal from their injuries in the hopes they can pick up the pieces and live some sort of a life, as many rape victims are shunned from their villages. The funding for Heal Africa comes from a non-governmental organization, but their funding ends in April. It's not clear what will happen then.

- LT