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[zenethemoon]

"A voice for Congo.

This young artist uses his talent to shed light on the

struggles and injustices faced by Congolese people every day. From child soldiers to exploited women and stolen resources, it's time the world listens and takes action. Together, we can amplify this message. Thank you for standing with us!"**

Via: www.instagram.com/focuscongo @invisible_kids_academy243

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Liberation for Palestinians 🇵🇸 and Sudanese 🇸🇩 and all

Oppressed peoples. ✊🏾

[disposableteenz]

Dinner for Werrason at Mère Malou’s restaurant, circa 2000. 🇨🇩

[blueaetherr]

dr congo players showing support for those caught up in the genocide in dr congo

[aces-and-angels]

lunch break by the wonderfully talented @mimibayra (click for better quality)

hello friends✨

i am beyond honored to be sharing this amazing artwork i had done for @oh-so-youre-a-nerd and @saibug1022. elliott's done so many beautiful pieces for the windverse, it was about time i returned the favor🖤 mags is notorious for skipping meals, so to be sat down with wind over a basket of pastries is nothing short of a miracle 😂

UPDATE 1.18.25:

this piece was thanks to an art for donations project led by @/mimibayra. her efforts helped raise $185 for various fundraisers. while her project has ended (for now), there are many ongoing campaigns that still need/deserve our attention. if you have the means to do so, i encourage y'all to make a donation to any of the following:

GazaFunds

PadsForPeace

Care for Congo

#SAPAHopeForSudan

Operation Olive Branch <- link goes directly to masterlist of verified gfm campaigns

match my donation to laila's gfm campaign (€5; proof below cut)

#152 on this @/el-shab-hussein + @/nabulsi's list read laila's story here

[flower-tea-fairies]

5 bombs were dropped on a displacement camp in Goma in DRC. There was a video of a little kid having to be ripped off his dead mothers body. Fight for a free congo

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Please read and donate and share

Amplify for Congo

I have 300 followers I think maybe more - if you all donated just £2 that’s £600 right there. That’s more than enough to get one family a tent to live in so they don’t have to sleep on the floor

Follow focuscongo on Instagram they do amazing work and post lots of ways to help

Use your phone and laptop until it breaks don’t buy new technology for the sake of it. When you need a new phone because yours is actually broken get a refurbished one from websites like back market.com that’s where I got mine. I’ve had my refurbished iPhone 8 for 7 years and it works perfectly

[neodymiumcuilz]

KEEP EYES ON CONGO 🇨🇩

Hello everyone, I would like to remind you that there are entire cities/countries worth of people living in displacement, danger and slavery in Congo, yet there is little to no media coverage - and the majority of people speaking for Congo are Congolese themselves. Which shows you how little the world cares about Congo.

Every phone, laptop and car is made with the blood and tears of Congolese men, women and children. The amount of people unaware of this is appalling, there needs to be more awareness about Congo.

Congo is one of the richest countries in the world, yet its people are in poverty and slavery. Many western countries and neighbouring countries of Congo want Conglese minerals and resources. The Congo Basin is one of Africa's largest rainforests. If this areas is destroyed then it will have irreversible and catastrophic concesquences for the environment. And yet many companies still mine there.

HERE is an in depth post I made about Congo, please give a read, some constructive feedback, and any more information you would like to add, please pay attention to Congo.

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WAY TO HELP THE CONGO 🇨🇩💙

Please donate anything you can and share, amplify, talk about Congo. Follow focus Congo on Instagram they’re a non profit they do amazing work. Don’t buy yourself or someone else a new phone or laptop - use your technology until it breaks and then replace them with refurbished items from websites like backmarket.com so you won’t be contributing to the Congolese genocide. I’ve had my refurbished iPhone 8 for 7 years and it still works perfectly

[disposableteenz]

Congolese dedication to Gianni Versace, Roberto Cavalli, and Japanese designers since the late 70s is truly admirable.

Like Papa Wemba used to travel the world wearing those obscure Japanese brands (aside from Yohji, Issey and Rei) that nobody knows.

[aces-and-angels]

title: do not fall apart before they do. tiktok originally made by umnia_ video transcript below the cut

[ID: With the magnitude of what has been happening in Gaza in the last 8-9 months, I really hope you guys deeped it when people of color were trying to tell you to pace yourselves- because now is around the time a lot of you are going to start *clicks tongue, slashes hand over forehead* Like, there's going to be yet another tragic massacre right in front of you on your screen- and you're just not gonna react because you're burnt out. and that's when they get you. This is- this is an endurance test.

Colonialism *laughs* and- and death and destruction. Necropolitics is an endurance test. How many people can we kill before you tap out on even seeing them as people? Until you- until you don't get it. Until you just- it no longer registers. How many people does it need to be? 300,000? 400? It- they will just keep going.

They don't see them as people. So what- what avenue do they have to stop? What avenue do they have to go, "oh, my god!" Like- they don't have one. They don't see these- they see them as- they don't even see them as numbers on a sheet. They don't think of these massacres by the numbers. Everyone else has to do the numbers. They don't even see the numbers. They're thinking in terms of the spreadsheet that has the bombs and the money on it. They're not thinking about the people, ever.

200 people? Okay *muttered speech* They have this double tap thing (which is a violation). It's a war crime where they go, "We'll do a little small explosion here. Everyone will run to try and try to save everybody- and we'll do another one." That would've horrified you in October, and now you're just like, "Yeah, cause it's Israel." That's how they get you. That's how they get you! That's how they get you.

(speaker mimicking others' most common comments) Well, what are we supposed to do? They say it's a civil war in Sudan. Wha- how am I meant to boycott gold like that? How does that even work? Like- I'm being asked to boycott so many things.

This- this is- this is when people of color have told you all of the different pitfalls. It was for the moment here- this moment- where Meta keeps switching off the political content even when you switch it back on again. It's for the "I haven't seen anything about Palestine in like, four days." It's for the "they- they bombed the school and they burned all the kids inside- all the kids." And you go, "Yeah- I mean, god, Israel- just- is there no low they won't stoop to?" It's for that moment. It's for that moment. That's when they get you. That is when they get you. That is when they get you.

And it's now no time for half measures. You've gotta be "October heated" about every single moment. And some of that means that you don't tap in until like 2 PM each day. Or you have- you cannot be guilty about the one or two things you do a day that are for you. You don't have to feel guilty about the week where you are just silent reposting and getting your mental back because at least you're doing something.

Like- that is how you maintain your humanity as they keep going. Because they can't- they don't- they won't stop. And if you can keep up with them, they run out of money, and that's when you can get them. And there's no recourse for them anymore. They need someone at every single speech going, "You're funding a genocide." They need everyone turning up to vote against them.

They- there's so many different avenues that mean you don't have to sacrifice your daily coffee and your nice little bubble bath to ruin their lives when they do this- when they kill this amount of people. You can really disrupt stuff. Even if it just means that your one action for the whole week is explaining to all your co-workers why that person who shouted at Jimmy Kimmel is an icon. That's the- that's the one.

Because finally- one day they run out of money- they run out of goodwill. They are worn down by the fact that you won't let this go, and they stop. You've disrupted their balls- you've disrupted their interviews- you've disrupted their money. Boycott, boycott, boycott. And eventually *speaker makes explosion sound* it all shuts down.

We're watching it shut down right now. That's why they're getting vicious. One might argue this entire assault is the final flamethrow of a dying empire. Do not let them guilt you into using everything you have in your power to maintain your humanity and stay in the fight. And that does not mean you have to be burning yourself out every day. It means sometimes that your only daily action is those instagram posts- those instagram stories. But you're still not stopping. No one's gonna shut you up.

Go as slow as you need to as long as you want. Do not stop. Because this is the moment. This is the moment that they're waiting for you to cave. They're waiting for you to burn out and to not- and to not see those kids as kids-- and to not see that granddad-- and to go, "What?! Another atrocity? What- another thing they're doing in the prison? What? Another thing? Ah, look at the dog! The dog they sent on the poor grandma."

You can't just be like *clicks tongue, slashes hand over forehead* and you can't just go like, "Why does no one care?!" You just have to beat them at the endurance test.

The- if you ever- if you ever-- I mean all people of color can do this for you, but if you ever need an example of an endurance test, pay attention to Palestinians. Follow Palestinians. They have been in this for a time- a length of time you cannot fathom. There are people who have been born into this who were born of people who were born into this, okay? They know endurance. Follow their lead. They're still graduating. They're still having their coffees. They're still doing their makeup, and--

And you just keep going. Just keep going. Just keep going. Just keep going. Because the thing is, you can- you can maintain your sanity. They cannot maintain this. This cannot go on forever. This will end up falling apart, but only if you don't fall apart first. END ID]

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DONATION LINKS TO HELP CONGOLESE PEOPLE 🇨🇩🔗

[anotherhumansthings]

Don't stop talking about DRC 🇨🇩

Don't stop talking about Palestine 🇵🇸🍉

[fun-geography-facts]

Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩

It was a Congolese doctor who actually discovered the Ebola virus, but his work is often forgotten and miscredited, as is the work of many other African doctors. His name is Jean-Jacques Muyembe, and you can read about him here