Supporting Women and Children

"Silence is the sharpest weapon. break it."

The Shield Her Congo Project is a youth-led initiative exposing one of the most brutal and ignored atrocities of our time.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, women and girls – some as young as 8 – are being raped, mutilated, and massacred in a conflict that has slaughtered over 6 million people since 1996. Sexual violence is not collateral damage – it is being used as a weapon of war.
Entire communities are being shattered while 90% of cases go unpunished; buried by impunity and silence. SHCP fights back - by partnering with frontline charities and communities to fund medical care, trauma recovery, legal justice, and global advocacy. Silence is the sharpest weapon. Help us break it.

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images courtesy of: MONUSCO, OHCHR, Physicians for Human Rights and UNICEF

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Reality in Congo

These are not statistics. They are human lives - silenced, shattered, and too often forgotten. Here's the unfiltered reality:

About Our Mission

The Shield Her Congo Project (SHCP) was born from a simple yet urgent belief: no story of suffering should go unheard - and no survivor should stand alone.

We are a youth-led movement confronting the silence around Congo's humanitarian crisis - where sexual violence has been systematically weaponised against women and girls for decades. Behind the headlines and forgotten UN resolutions lie the shattered lives of survivors, many of whom were never given the chance to heal, speak out, or seek justice.

SHCP works to change that. Through strategic partnerships with grassroots organisations, we mobilise support for medical treatment, psychological recovery, legal aid, and survivor advocacy. But more than that — we fight for remembrance, accountability, and international awareness of a crisis the world too often ignores.

We are not politicians. We are not professionals. We are students, researchers, artists, writers - united by compassion and conviction.

And we will not be silent.

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