UPDATE!!: “A group of 17 dependents who came out wanting to surrender to the UN in Duru having listened to radio. They knew where to find the UN because they followed the sound of the generator. They left 8 combatants in the bush which we are broadcasting to seriously to get out. [The new mobile FM unit] got out of customs and up to Dungu. We are getting alot of LRA dependents out lately so are moving the radio around trying to follow the groups that are left.” — Field Report to The Voice Project from MONUSCO, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, November 2011

Through your donations we were recently able to purchase a new mobile FM broadcast unit to support the UN’s DDR/RR (Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration and Resettlement) efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. FM radio broadcasts encouraging safe surrender and community sensitization about the crisis are one of the key factors in potentially bringing an end to Africa’s longest running conflict. Many abductees are kept from trying to escape or surrender by commanders telling them they would be killed by peacekeepers or local forces; information about how and where to surrender safely as well as information to local communities are critical in the remote areas the LRA are currently active.