Get involved

Hundreds of letters are coming in from all over the world.  Please take a minute to write your letter.  Your voice matters!

How can you get involved?

Write to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His Excellency the President of the DR Congo Joseph Kabila Kabange, urging the Government to do more to stop violence against women and girls and bring perpetrators to justice. Send letters to P.O. Box 3862, New York, NY 10163.

Click here to download a letter you can sign and send (in English)

Display the poster in your home and community. Download the poster (available in French or English) and print.  Click on the English or French version below to download.

Download posters: English | French

Tell your friends.  Tell your friends and family about what is happening in DRC and encourage them to visit this site. 

Stay informed. Stay up to date on what’s happening with the Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource: Power To The Women And Girls Of Democratic Republic of Congo campaign by signing Up for V-Mail.

Alert the media. Tell your local media sources - radio, newspaper and television - about the grave situation of women and girls in DRC and what people can do about it.

Host an event. Educate yourself and others by hosting an event about sexual violence in DRC at your school, local community center, church, mosque or synagogue. Use different sources of media such as film, news articles theatre and music, to communicate to your audience. For ideas of films on sexual violence visit the Take Action section of UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Download a brochure about the campaign to use with your event. Click here to download a brochure (in English).

Link to us. Help expand our network of individuals committed to ending rape and sexual violence in DRC by linking to our web site in your e-mails, MySpace, FaceBook or blog  page.  Download our banner (right click on the banner below and ‘save picture as’) and link back to http://www.stoprapeindrc.org.
 

Donate to the Power to Women and Girls of Democratic Republic of Congo Campaign via V-Day or UNICEF.