The IRC's Vision Not Victim Project enabled adolescent girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo to envision a positive future for themselves, and by sharing their ambitions, create change in their lives and communities.
“In this image I am helping a pregnant woman who has a problem with her stomach. I'm trying to diagnose what is making her suffer. At this moment in the future, I work hard at the hospital every day, and every evening I come home to my family. My life has been difficult. Struggling when I was younger without my father, I had to make a lot of sacrifices to support my studies.