{"id":1358,"date":"2025-04-20T08:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T08:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2025-12-28T19:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:50:10","slug":"congo-surviving-during-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/congo-surviving-during-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo &#8211; Surviving during Civil War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>GOMA, CONGO<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1476\">Over the past few years, Catherine Habasque has developed a meaningful connection with a group of young dancers from <strong data-start=\"1210\" data-end=\"1255\">Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/strong>. These young men, who contacted her, eager to learn, embody strength, discipline, creativity, and an extraordinary commitment to their community. Through regular exchanges, they have shown a rare combination of artistic passion, generosity, and resilience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1722\">A visit and in-person exchange program had been planned, as they expressed a strong desire to <strong data-start=\"1572\" data-end=\"1624\">learn, train, and expand their artistic horizons<\/strong>. However, due to the worsening civil conflict in the region, the project has had to be postponed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"2011\">In spite of these circumstances, our dialogue continues. Their courage and perseverance remain a profound source of inspiration, and we hold the hope that, when conditions allow, this collaboration will grow into a space of artistic sharing, empowerment, and renewed possibility.<\/p>\n<p><br data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"411\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/VlJ2soUrR5o?feature=share&#8221; el_aspect=&#8221;916&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1745138013145{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] GOMA, CONGO Over the past<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1424,"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions\/1424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfw-ch.com\/humanitarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}