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This interview was conducted on 16 October 2017 at the house of Katerina. Questions were posed by two students at Brown University, Aliosha Bielenberg and Jeanelle Wheeler. Audio recording and general assistance was provided by another Brown student, Andrew Robbin. Interpretation and a significant amount of contextual information was given by the director of Women’s Refugee Care, Aline Binyungu. The interview was conducted in French, with Aline providing translation from and

This interview was conducted on 4 November 2017 at the house of Sylvie Bokika. Questions were posed by Aliosha Bielenberg and Jeanelle Wheeler, both students at Brown University. Audio recording and photography was provided by another Brown student, Addy Schuetz. Sylvie’s son was beside her throughout the interview. The interview was conducted in French and has been translated, condensed, and edited for clarity. Significant editorial additions have been indicated with the use

This text was compiled from an interview with Aline Binyungu, the founder and director of Women’s Refugee Care. The interview was conducted on 5 December 2017 by Aliosha Bielenberg and Jeanelle Wheeler, both students at Brown University. The interview was conducted in French and has been translated, condensed, and edited for clarity. Aline Binyungu at her home in Providence. Photo credit: Andrew Robbin. In your opinion, what are the roles of men and women in the Congolese com

The following text is transcribed from an interview conducted on August 10, 2017 by WRC volunteer Piper French. S lives just off of Broad St. with his seven children. His youngest, A, is three; the eldest, C, is 23 and married himself, though his wife is still in the refugee camp in Uganda where S's family lived for 11 years before finally being resettled. During his time in the camp, S’s back was broken twice; he wants to be able to work in the U.S. but is plagued by persist