Strengthening the North Kivu region
Help is active in North Kivu, a province where violence and displacement are particularly frequent. Here, Help regularly supports the prevention of infectious diseases such as Ebola and COVID-19, for example by building drinking water sources, latrines and hand washing facilities. In addition, we sensitise the population on how to deal with infectious diseases and supply health facilities with chlorine so that cleaning agents and water can be safely processed on site.
We are currently equipping 3,500 school children and teachers in the region with solar lamps to promote education. In Congo, only a fraction of the population has access to electricity. Many schoolchildren have to help their families with the housework after school and only get to do their homework in the evening. Thanks to our solar lamps, the children no longer have to resort to harmful paraffin lamps.
In the past, we have also provided emergency aid for refugees in South Kivu: Those affected received hygiene articles, clothing and blankets as well as seeds for vegetable cultivation to secure their nutrition. Help was also active in the field of education, among other things by renovating a school and providing learning materials.