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The Congo Cause also helps with fund raising to improve the lives of people near the eastern border of the Dem. Rep. of Congo in partnership with UNA-DRC (United Nations Association of the Dem. Rep. of Congo). The Congo Cause grew out of graduate studies work as a graduate student team from the University of Michigan developed an educational project for UNA-DRC. As we learned about Congo, we realized that awareness for others outside of Congo was needed and is the first step in bringing change. We also hope to help alleviate the problems in eastern Congo through fund raising. Our focus for 2008 is on a Malaria Prevention Project - to help provide mosquito bed nets for villages near the eastern border of Congo where over 900,000 people are internally displaced to due rebel fighting. (Recently, in October of 2008, we read reports that the current estimates are that 1,400,000 people are internally displaced from their homes in eastern Congo. When we began this project as students doing graduate work, in July of 2007, there were approximately 500,000 displaced people in eastern Congo. These unimaginable numbers keep growing. Please visit our advocacy page for ways to spread awareness, write letters to your congressperson, or other ideas.) Please visit the news page to learn more about the challenges of eastern Congo In the future, we hope to help bring sponsorship to educate women in career training as well as children - who need basic education. (There are no public schools in Congo.) This website has links to news, videos, mining articles, health articles (related to malaria and AIDS), so that you may increase your knowledge of eastern Congo. And we hope you visit the advocacy page so you can learn how to help Congo through contacting your elected officials. Please watch the What's New page in the future. We are developing educational packages for kids in schools so that students can learn about eastern Congo and even help fund raise for mosquito bed nets. We plan to launch a student program in the spring of 2009.
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