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May 23, 2013
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North Kivu
Posted by The.IRC on December 5th, 2012
While her mother searches for food for the family, this 7-year-old is washing the dishes while also caring for her three siblings. Over 100,000 people who fled recent fighting are still sheltering in camps near the city of Goma. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: emergency relief, Goma, North Kivu, conflict |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on November 30th, 2012
The needs of families displaced by armed violence in eastern Congo are huge. IRC teams are responding in camps near the city of Goma where some 140,000 people have found shelter. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, D.R. Congo | Tags: emergency relief, Goma, North Kivu, conflict |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on November 30th, 2012
A baby's first meal in two days at a camp near Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. An estimated 140,000 people have been displaced by recent fighting between rebels and government soldiers ouside the city. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, D.R. Congo | Tags: emergency relief, Goma, North Kivu, conflict |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on November 26th, 2012
This woman is fleeing the latest armed violence in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is estimated that more than 140,000 people are now sheltering in camps around the provincial capital, Goma. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: Goma, North Kivu, conflict |
Posted by Sinziana.Demian on August 8th, 2012
Thanks to IRC-supported village savings groups, women once destitute are now opening small businesses, acquiring plots of land, raising animals, and contributing to daily expenses in their households. more »
Posted in Gender based Violence, Women, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: North Kivu, livelihoods, South Kivu, conflict, women, poverty, VSLA | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on August 3rd, 2012
The IRC released two statements today expressing concern about the deteriorating conditions for people who have been uprooted by violent conflicts in Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Syria Crisis, Syria, D.R. Congo, Jordan | Tags: emergency relief, North Kivu, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees, Syrian crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on June 20th, 2012
While Esther was giving birth to triplets at an IRC clinic in Congo, fighting swept through her village forcing everyone, including her husband and other children to flee. She doesn’t know where they are and can’t return home. more »
Posted in Emergency Response, Mothers, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: World Refugee Day, North Kivu, photos, conflict, mothers |
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 23rd, 2009
Storm clouds are gathering and the wind is tugging at the plastic sheeting covering the hundreds of makeshift shelters that make up the Mungote camp in Congo’s troubled North Kivu province. Over 30,000 people live here, unable to work and with little access to food. more »
Posted in War, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, North Kivu, conflict, war | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on December 7th, 2009
On Dec 5, The Huffington Post published an article by the IRC's Peter Biro describing the miserable situation for people uprooted by armed clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the most volatile areas in Africa. more »
Posted in War, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: refugees, Huffington Post, humanitarian, North Kivu, conflict, war |
Posted by The.IRC on May 13th, 2009
Posted in Children & Youth, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: refugees, Emily Meehan in Congo, humanitarian, North Kivu |
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