The widening conflict in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine continue to hold the world’s attention. But numerous other conflicts garner far less attention as they grind on around the globe – testing the sense of those caught up in them that their lives, in fact, matter.

Today, we visit with residents of a camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo whose lives have been utterly upended by dehumanizing conflict. Yet they hold to dignity, very intentionally asserting even in mourning that each life in their community holds value and has meaning.