A Thousand Sisters (38 page)

Salbi, Zainab

salt

Samson, Trevor

Save the Children

Second Annual Portland Run for Congo Women

Serge

sexual violence: gang rape; Mai Mai

Sifa

sister visits

South Kivu Province

speaking engagements

speech to rape victims

sponsorship program

stock photography

Sumana

tantalum;
See
coltan mining

tax collection operations

Ted: birthday trip; breakup of relationship; business partnership; family visits; flashlights; long distance call

Therese

Thomas, Kelly: Baraka trip; Congo visit; grassroots activism; Panzi Hospital visit; post-Congo activities; sister visits

Trail of Tears

traumatic fistula

tropical forests

Tutsis

Twa

Uganda

UNICEF

United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR): Kaniola visit; military conflicts; Pakistani Army; presence in Congo; refugee camps

United Nations peacekeeping forces

Vikram, Major

Voss, Susan

Walker, Alice

Walungu, Congo

Wandolyn

War Child

Washington D. C. visit

“When We Stood Close” (Munch)

Wildwood Trail run

Winfrey, Oprah

witchcraft

Women for Women;
See also
Christine: Baraka; country directors; enrollment process; headquarters visit; Run for Congo Women events; sister visits; sponsorship program; Walungu visit

worst wedding day

Wyden, Ron

“You and I Are Disappearing” (Komunyakaa)

Zaire

Zanzibar visit

Zimbabwe

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A THOUSAND SISTERS

My Journey Into the Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 

Shannon, Lisa, 1975-

A thousand sisters : my journey of hope into the worst place on earth to be a woman / by Lisa Shannon.

p. cm.

eISBN : 978-1-580-05346-4

1. Shannon, Lisa, 1975- 2. Women and war—Congo (Democratic Republic) 3. Women refugees—Congo (Democratic Republic) 4. War victims—Congo (Democratic Republic) 5. Civil war—Congo (Democratic Republic) 6. Humanitarian assistance, American—Congo (Democratic Republic) I.

Title.

 

HQ1805.5.S53 2010
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