“It (the Intervention) has taken away our dignity and our identity,” Miliwanga says. “We used to have a Council of Elders in our community … people were well aware that if they did something wrong we would have this council solve it for us … the Intervention took all that away.”

The Council of Elders isn't all the Intervention has taken away from the Beswick community. It's taken control over community members' lives. Miliwanga reveals she's even fighting to stay in the house she currently lives in.

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