Healing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Photographer Monique Jaques documents the struggles and successes of doctors in a country with a troubled past

Sarah Eberspacher
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(Image credit: (Monique Jaques) Photographer Monique Jaques visited a number of medical sites after speaking with health care officials in Goma, the eastern capital of DRC. She spent several days)

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(Image credit: (Monique Jaques)Such challenges are often exacerbated by the still-constant cloud of conflict in the country. And yet, Jaques says, she was surprised to find a pervasive optimi)

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(Image credit: (Monique Jaques)Jaques says she hopes her project will infuse some empathy and positivity into the global perspective on the DRC. Viewers can now put faces and stories to the b)

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(Image credit: (Monique Jaques) **Check out Monique Jaques' work in war-torn Afghanistan; see more of photography on her website, and follow her on Twitter or Instagram**)

Sarah Eberspacher
Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

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