Here are some fellow Hoosiers involved in Congo. Giving Back to Africa (GBA) developed a Congolese Fellow program for students who agree to work in rural Congo.
IU junior aims to aid Congo through campus group
In central Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo, ongoing violence perpetuates rape as a weapon of war and one in five children will die before their fifth birthday.
At Indiana University (IU), however, and seemingly a world away, junior Dani Walker is attempting to create change for these people.
Walker single-handedly created the Giving Back to Africa student association, and is president of the organization. She also balances a 30-hour work week between waiting tables at Bloomington’s Village Deli and babysitting.
As a junior in high school, Walker caught a glimpse of what was happening in the DRC through The Oprah Winfrey Show.
“One, I couldn’t believe this was going on and that I have never even heard about it, and two, it was going on and nobody was doing anything about it,” Walker said.
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