Internet through light in Ivory Coast and dance to cure rape in the DRC

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtube LIVE - Follow FRANCE 24 here: http://f24.my/YTliveFR This week's show takes us to Côte d'Ivoire, where one of our Observers has deployed technology that allows internet access using light! You'll then meet a Franco-Congolese dancer who launched a dance project to help rape victims in the DRC. Finally, you'll meet Charly Kasereka, our Observer in Goma, eastern DRC, who will explain why he's been participating in the France 24 Observers program for the past five years. Topic 1: An Ivorian connects an isolated village to the internet... using light! The system is a first on the African continent, and it's quite surprising: by installing an LED-based lighting system in an Ivorian village on the border with Liberia, an engineer has given 5,000 residents access to the internet and television for the first time. A project that has changed the lives of this isolated village, as its residents attest... To learn more about Ange Frédérick Balma's project with Lifi Led CIV, click here Topic 2: In Kivu, dancing to help women victims of sexual violence For more than twenty years, the provinces of North and South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have been the scene of an armed conflict punctuated by looting and violence. As is often the case, women are the first victims of this war, in which rape becomes a weapon. To support them on their path to healing, Bolewa Sabourin, a Franco-Congolese dancer, organizes dance workshops to help these women reconnect with their bodies. To learn more about our Observer Bolewa Sabourin's Re-creation by Loba project, click here. Subject 3: Portrait of our Observer in Goma, Charly Kasereka He has been collaborating with the France 24 Observers for nearly five years. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the France 24 Observers in December, we present Charly Kasereka, a long-time Observer for France 24 in the city of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He explains his highlights covered on the Observers and how this program has helped him in his career as a citizen journalist. Want to contact us? You can do so by email ([email protected]), on Facebook, or on our WhatsApp: +33 6 30 94 41 36. http://www.france24.com/fr/taxonomy/e... Our website: http://www.france24.com/fr/ Join us on Facebook:   / france24.videos   Follow us on Twitter:   / f24videos