There comes a time where I hear about something that just makes me absolutely sick to my stomach, and it’s a deep gut-feeling that eats away at my insides and destroys me. When I hear about the crisis in Congo, it is far worse than that. The situation in Congo is a complicated one, filled with 125 years of slavery, rape, dictatorship, war and many other unfortunate incidents. However I am going to focus on just a single problem that is afflicting the Congo. This problem is mining. Mining itself if not the problem, but it is what the people are doing in order to reach these minerals that is the problem. Entire villages are wiped out in order to get to what they need. Murder, rape, and forced labor are not strangers in this situation and millions or Congolese people are succumb to this horror.
Now don’t get me wrong these minerals should be mined because of their importance to our industries, but there is a far better alternative to do so. Though these minerals are important to us, they are not worth the millions of lives sacrificed to retrieve them. Perhaps instead of just the Freddy Kruger version slashing and burning in order to get to the minerals, they could actually talk to …show more content…
But fear is holding them back. Congo’s self-esteem as a country has never been very high but with everything that has happened, it is lower than ever. This country cannot defend itself and we have done nothing to help. Sure we have given the people our money, but what does that really help? You would think that a death count that surpasses the Holocaust would make us at least bat and eye, but so far no such luck. What Congo needs is a leader, someone to stand up and say “no more!” Whether we can help with that or not I’m not sure, but the fact is that nothing is going to change in Congo unless someone has the courage to do something about
Now don’t get me wrong these minerals should be mined because of their importance to our industries, but there is a far better alternative to do so. Though these minerals are important to us, they are not worth the millions of lives sacrificed to retrieve them. Perhaps instead of just the Freddy Kruger version slashing and burning in order to get to the minerals, they could actually talk to …show more content…
But fear is holding them back. Congo’s self-esteem as a country has never been very high but with everything that has happened, it is lower than ever. This country cannot defend itself and we have done nothing to help. Sure we have given the people our money, but what does that really help? You would think that a death count that surpasses the Holocaust would make us at least bat and eye, but so far no such luck. What Congo needs is a leader, someone to stand up and say “no more!” Whether we can help with that or not I’m not sure, but the fact is that nothing is going to change in Congo unless someone has the courage to do something about