Tears in the Congo: Victims of Sexual Violence
The day after Bonane's return, three of her four children and the husband returned home as well without knowing she would be home. The family was out of touch for three years since her hospitalization, and owned no mobile phones. The 52-year-old husband, far right, who was still wearing a wedding band, did not remarry, and sent his three daughters to the relatives houses and lived with their only son in the mud hut during Bonane's absence. The husband said, "When I saw her bleeding after the rape, I was worried. I informed the village chief so that she could be treated. I said to my wife that I would take her back if her sickness is cured."
