Women Beyond Survival

March 2009, Safiyya Sarkin went to a remote village in Central African Republic outside of Bangui to find many victims of war who were raped, the mothers as well as their daughters.  There was a makeshift community center, sparse with no medicine, supplies or food.  Electricity would come and go.  The area was very poor.  WBS has established an NGO in C.A.R. in partnership with the Prime Minister’s wife.  We will collaborate with the Minister of Cultural Affairs, who, herself, was raped along with her children.  Her husband was shot and killed in front of her.  She dedicated her life inspiring rape victims to believe in themselves and to have the self-esteem that was taken away from them after they were violated.

A community center is greatly needed, which will include a clinic, school, art, music and recreational center, which will help in the healing process, and a women’s center that deals with post traumatic stress disorder.