Above: 14yr old Donatia recovers in a CBM supported hospital after being raped and shot by militia. Photo: CBM.
CHILDREN OF WAR NEED YOUR LOVE AND HEALING
Donatia was raped, shot and left for dead by militia. Haju was blinded when a landmine exploded. The future for these two children, from their wounds alone, looked bleak.
Donatia's Story
Fourteen year old Donatia from the Democratic Republic of Congo knew all about hurt and healing when she arrived at a CBM-supported hospital.
She had fled her home in Masisi because of the war. She soon felt homesick and so joined a group of other people on the walk back to her village. Unfortunately, she grew tired and started to lag behind the others, when some extremist militia found her. They raped her.
When Donatia tried to run away from the militia they shot her, fracturing her leg, and later abandoning her. Her pain and suffering must have been greater than many of us could imagine, but she also experienced loving care from the villagers that found her and brought her to the hospital for treatment.
Somebody just like you funded her medical care.
Haju and Donatia are just two of many children who are thrown into conflict, facing a near impossibile struggle to survive with their disability. Haju and Donatia were fortunate to receive medical help and loving care, but we need you to partner us in this life-changing work because together we can do more.
You can change the lives of these children of war.
- For £20, you can GIVE SIGHT to a parent with cataract.
- For £30, you can treat a child with an early case of CLUBFOOT
- For £60, you can EDUCATE a child with a disability for three months.
- For £90, you can give a child with cataract, the GIFT OF SIGHT.
- For £180, you can give TWO children ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT
So if you can, please help CBM by donating online - the fastest and most secure method to give the gift of love and healing.
