Leonne Losele

Woman of the Week

There is nothing more beautiful than humble beauty. Someone who no matter what stands by those who they love and care for, someone who close connection with G-d makes them a blessing to lives of those around them.

That person for me is Leonne Losele.

Before we became Beauty Queens we were friends, and she is one of the most supporting, intelligent and understanding women I know. I am so lucky to have her in my life.

Miss Leonne is the beauty second from the left, next to the amazing Miss Eliade Lubaki,  and I on the far right get to stand next our incredible coach Pauline Bakari 

Look out for her, she will be doing great things this year.

Kimya, Elikia, Bolingo 

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Miss Kevine 

Event Selfies

Miss Kevine at the GenoCost Event 

I was being silly in the bathroom after the event. I'm sure Miss Leonne was doing to the same lol x

 

Kimya, Elikia, Bolingo 

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Miss Kevine 

2nd Aug 2013 - GenoCost

2^nd August 2013
GenoCost 

On the 2^nd  Aug 2013, I with your Miss Congo 1^st Runners up Leonne Losele went to an event called GENOCOST.

The event was to mark, and start a long tradition of having a memorial day to reflect on the lives of those, who are no longer with us because of the conflict happening in the East of Congo.

The word “GENOCOST’ was put together by the organisers, essentially what it does is sums up what is happening in the Congo right now.

GENO stands for Genocide, though the international community refuses to recognise what is happening in the Congo as such, bottom line is that is what is happening. Systematic slaughter of a population is Genocide, it happened during the 2^nd World War, it happened in Rwanda in 1994 then Bosnia in 1995. All of those events have taken their place in our history books, as we as human beings need to understand history in order to learn from it. Well a genocide is happening in Congo right now, what are we doing about it.?

Is the life of a Congolese worth nothing that, the world does not want to recognise what is going on and put a stop to it?

No.

This is where the latter of the name comes in; COST, the genocide in Congo right now comes with a cost. Not just the cost of millions of lives but the cost of minerals. Big names in the international community are benefiting from the conflicts, we as citizens of these countries are benefiting too.

There is an economic side to this genocide.

Congo’s minerals constitute a great deal of the world’s booming technology business; Congo is the reason why I have an IPhone, IPad and Mac, same with millions of us around the world.

So it’s a question of, is the world prepared to sacrifice technology for the lives of people they do not know? 

Is Apple willing to put a stop to this by providing with conflict free minerals? Or is that going to cost Apple too much?

It was a really insightful event, the beautiful Leonne Losele (Miss Congo 1^st Runners Up) and I, went away with loads to think about.

 From the speakers to the poets, and the heartfelt candle lighting that marked every million of those who died, really touched me.

I hope to see you there next year, whether you are Congolese or not, the 2^ND August, put it in your diaries and I will see you next year.

If you want to learn more about GENOCOST, and the organisation behind it

Here are their details:

https://www.facebook.com/GenoCost?fref=ts

https://twitter.com/Genocost

Thank you for reading

Kimya, Elikia, Bolingo 

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Miss Kevine