Actress Sienna Miller is currently in the Congo, on a mission to raise awareness of the violence and struggle of the people living there with the International Medical Corps, and is blogging about her experiences every day.
“I guess it’s important to clarify why I’m here,” she wrote yesterday, on the second day of her trip. “International Medical Corps is an incredible organization that is providing healthcare and support to people in dire need. I met with them in Los Angeles two months ago and they approached me to see if and how I could help in anyway. They desperately need funding and general awareness raised both for the organization, and for all the projects they are involved with. If my involvement in any way could contribute to either then I was more than happy to be involved. My one request was that if we were going to start working together, it was imperative, that I see and experience what is going on first hand….So here I am.”
Miller will spend much of her time in the country meeting with aid agencies and the people they work with, witnessing firsthand the attrocities many of them face.
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