tanganyika was driven in large part by cell phones. this is a change. it is something we need to recognize. this is not politics as usual in congo, even though some of the contours have been seen before. and, so, with that i think i would just like to close with a couple thoughts of what we would like to see from congress. first of all, thank you for keeping the attention on this country given everything else that is going on. we still need your support. we, but also the congolese people who are working for peace every single day need your support. although there is no military solutions and we know humanitarian solutions will not the end the suffering we see in those places, the vast majority of resources we have, the little bit of resource, the congress conflict fund was what we had to put resources in the hands of the people in conflict-affected places. that is what was deployed in the south african republic and randy -- nd monday >> that is a mistake in his shorts ordinary citizens of the best tools to prevent these conflicts from getting out of han

the great awakening in tanganyika is driven in large part by cell phones. some of the risks in north kivu are being played out over whatsapp groups. this is something we need to recognize. this is not politics as usual even though some of the -- without, i think i would like to close with a couple of cost we see in congress. first of all, thank you for keeping the attention on this country. we still need your support. although there is no military windown in all the humanitarian solutions will end of suffering, acting as a, because of the vast majority of resources we. that is what is the point in essential african republic. that is also being zeroed out in the budget proposal as well as some of the early drafts making their way through congress. that is a mistake and it strips us and or citizens of the best tools to prevent these from getting on a hand. secondly, we need to recognize that after the war started, millions of dollars have been spent while think everyone would acknowledge the tremendous itorts that have been made, is not enough to me to take a

the increasing connectivity, as a pygmy great awakening in tanganyika was driven in large part by cell phones. violence, some of the risks are being played out over groups. -- what saps grew. this is a change and this is an aspiration come something we need to recognize, that this is in politics as usual in congo in the sum of the contours on some of things that seen before. and so with that i think i would like to close with a couple of thoughts for what would like to see from congress first of all thank you for keeping the attention on this country given everything else that's going on. but we still need your support. we but also the congresspeople who are working for peace everything they need your support. although the so military solutions and although we know humanitarian solutions won't end of the suffering we see in these places, at the end of the day those of the vast majority of the resources we have. the little bit of resource the conflict crisis fund with a small mechanism usaid had to put resources enhance of conflict affected people and conflict affected communities they