July 2009 - Posts

• July 31 - Taking the Ferry to Goma

  Today, we are taking the ferry, Miss Rafiki, to Goma. The ferry takes about 6 hours and my first class ticket including a breakfast of eggs and coffee was $25. Goma was developed as a strategic city on Lake Kivu by the Belgiums in response to the German Read More... Posted Friday, July 31, 2009 12:11 PM by nancyglass | 0 Comments

• July 26 - Children of War

  Yesterday morning I joined my friends again for some basketball--I feel much better if I can get a little exercise it prepares me for the work. After a game or two, I took a break and sat down beside Ginny and Ben -- we had lots of children around us Read More... Posted Monday, July 27, 2009 1:36 PM by nancyglass | 0 Comments

• July 25 - Saturday is a Work Day

  Well it is Saturday morning, in Congo Saturday morning is a work day -- we work until 1pm and then the weekend begins. The last three days of work have focused on interviews for my study on the factors that influence the exile or reintegration of women Read More... Posted Monday, July 27, 2009 1:32 PM by nancyglass | 0 Comments

• July 21, 2009 - Pigs for Peace

  Yesterday, was my day to tour our Pigs for Peace project in the villages surrounding Bukavu. We left early in the morning to reach the villages and have plenty of time to meet with women and families who have received the pigs - my research assistants Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:42 AM by nancyglass | 0 Comments

• July 17, 2009

  We just arrived back from a productive and busy day. Sunday morning is when my colleage who directs Rama Levina Foundation plays basketball with his Masters team - so I invited myself along to play- I was in need of some serious exercise following a week Read More... Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 9:45 AM by nancyglass | 0 Comments

• July 16, 2009

  Hello from Bukavu DR Congo. Bukavu is a city in the South Kivu region in Eastern Congo. It is on the shore of Lake Kivu - one of the deepest lakes in the world. Bukavu was a city of 400,000 when I lived here in 1990 - now the population is around 1 million Read More... Posted Friday, July 17, 2009 3:55 PM by nancyglass | 0 Comments

• July 14, 2009

  Report from DR Congo Yesterday we spent the day working with the Doctors and Nurses of Rama Levina Foundation--a Congolese group of health care providers who run mobile clinics to rural villages to work with rape victims. Today, we will be going to the Read More... Posted Friday, July 17, 2009 3:54 PM by nancyglass | 0 Comments

• July 11, 2009

  Dr. Glass is traveling in central Africa and will be blogging periodically from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. I had the opportunity to visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial today. The memorial was opened in 2004, the 10th anniversary of the Read More... Posted Friday, July 17, 2009 3:53 PM by nancyglass | 0 Comments