{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/648af419f506fe0011c112bf/667888a9d6101000127b4c51?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Voices for Congo Special - An Interview with Ntumba Mutumbo","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/648af419f506fe0011c112bf/1719175005015-f50c4557ca4c48868054e0fffabf35a2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>**This is a 1hr Congo Special raising awareness on the atrocities in East Congo**</p><p>(Apologies for the technical glitches within this recording) </p><p>I speak to Ntumba a.k.a Melodie Mutumbo about the state of East Congo and what we can do to help. Ntumba is a Poet and is currently working with Focus Congo on the Voices for Congo Campaign this month.</p><p>We go into her journey from having to escape her home and staying in a camp as well as her journey from when she arrived in Canada, and how poetry became her calling to activism.</p><p><br></p><p>We need to do more to help those who are in threat as well as those who are going through traumatic challenges. Here is how you can help:</p><p>https://www.focuscongo.com/en/</p><p>https://www.focuscongo.com/en/spende/</p><p>https://gofund.me/193c8b4e </p><p><br></p><p>You can also follow Ntumba on IG: https://www.instagram.com/therealntumba/</p><p><br></p><p>Don't forget you can also follow me on all socials:</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/melhurryfilms</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/themelhurry</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/themelhurry</p>","author_name":"Melissa Hurry"}