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Emergency aid in DR Congo

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Eine Ärztin und ein Arzt in einem Gesundheitszentrum für Vertriebene im Kongo
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Ebola relief in the Congo

+++ Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo: Together with our partner organisation, we are providing Ebola relief and we urgently appeal for donations.  +++

Violence, disease, displacement: The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the poorest countries in the world and suffers from numerous conflicts. Around a third of the population is dependent on humanitarian aid. Help is active and provides assistance in the particularly poverty-stricken region of North Kivu.

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26.4

million people need humanitarian aid

6.4

million people are internally displaced

700000

people have been displaced in 2025 since the beginning of the year.

How is Help providing support in Congo?

Ebola response and refugee assistance in North Kivu

Hospital staff in protective suits providing emergency Ebola care in the Congo.
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Our partner organisation is helping the ‘Clinique Isoko’ clinic in the Congo to protect against Ebola.

The humanitarian situation in eastern Congo is catastrophic. Over 7 million people are currently displaced within the country and are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. In May 2026, a new outbreak of the Ebola virus was confirmed, and the World Health Organisation has declared an international public health emergency.

Together with our partner organisation UGEAFI, we are currently focusing on providing Ebola response in the North Kivu region. Several cases of Ebola have been confirmed in our project region. Rapid action is now needed to contain the spread of the Ebola virus.

How we help

  • Our partner organisation supports local healthcare facilities and schools, for example by providing chlorine for disinfection, handwashing stations, soap and protective equipment.
  • Through mobile teams and local radio stations, we are raising awareness of the Ebola virus among 30,000 people and explaining how to recognise symptoms, what protective measures to take and how to report suspected cases.
  • Our partner organisation conducts hygiene trainings and shows healthcare workers and community representatives how to protect themselves from infection with the Ebola virus.
  • We provide around 50,000 refugees with food, drinking water, disinfectants, hygiene products and medication for diarrhoea.
  • We run a mobile clinic to improve access to healthcare.
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What is the situation like in Congo?

Democratic Republic of Congo: The need is omnipresent

Zwei Kinder sitzen in einem Flüchtlingscamp
Children in a refugee camp in the Congo.

The population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been suffering from a complex crisis for over 20 years. The east of the country in particular is characterized by armed conflicts, which are mainly due to ethnic conflicts and foreign interventions. Time and again, families are forced to flee the violence. Around 6.4 million people are currently displaced within the country and a further 5.4 million people have fled abroad.

Although the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the world’s most water-rich countries, only around half of the population has access to clean water. Millions of people are therefore forced to obtain their drinking water from polluted rivers, thereby putting their health at risk. This often leads to infectious diseases such as cholera or Ebola. Since the discovery of the Ebola virus in 1976, there have already been 17 outbreaks of the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In May 2026, there has been an outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo variant, for which there is no vaccine. So far, there have been over 900 suspected cases and over 200 deaths.

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Kind hält leuchtende Little Sun-Solarlampe hoch und lächelt
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A man in a wheelchair receives food aid
"Wir sind sehr dankbar für die Unterstützung durch UGEAFI und Help. In all diesen Situationen, die wir durchgemacht haben, gab es keine andere Organisation, die uns unterstützt hat", berichtet Amani Jackson, Vorsitzender für Menschen mit Behinderungen, die im Flüchtlingscamp "Cinquantenaire" bei Goma leben.
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Humanitarian aid workers distribute sacks of rice and beans to displaced people in Congo
Help and UGEAFI provide people in need with rice and beans. ‘I am very grateful for the support. I haven't eaten since yesterday morning,’ one woman tells us.
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A doctor in a health centre for displaced people in the Congo
Free round-the-clock healthcare: Together with our partner organisation, we have set up a mobile clinic for displaced families near Goma.
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Medical team from the Baraka health centre receive medical products
Safe births are now possible here: together with our partner organisation, we have equipped the ‘Baraka’ health centre in Goma with medical products for deliveries.
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A doctor treats a mother and her child
‘We used to suffer a lot and some died on the way to the nearest health centre. Now we are happy that there is a solution nearby,’ this mother from the refugee camp near Goma tells us.
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An employee of our partner organization in Congo conducts hygiene training in the Rusayo refugee camp
Preventing the spread of disease: An employee of our partner organization conducts hygiene training in a refugee camp near Goma so that residents can protect themselves from diseases such as cholera.
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Reception of a refugee camp in Congo
Catastrophic conditions prevail in the Congolese refugee camps.
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Catastrophic conditions in a Congolese refugee camp
The living conditions in the Congolese refugee camps are inhumane. Together with our partner, we are providing vital emergency aid in the Goma region, supplying chlorine to disinfect drinking water for twelve clinics and distributing drinking water and tarpaulins to families.
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Numerous people queue for drinking water in a Congolese refugee camp
The drinking water supply in the Congolese refugee camps is dramatic. Diseases such as cholera are spreading rapidly.
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A woman prepares a hot meal in a Congolese refugee camp.
The living conditions in the Congolese refugee camps are catastrophic: a woman prepares a hot meal in a homemade oven.
Participants in a hygiene training course in Congo
In the “Rusayo 2” refugee camp near Goma, residents learned how best to protect themselves from infection in one of our hygiene training sessions.
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Aerial view of a refugee camp in the Congo
Aerial view of a refugee camp near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo: countless people have been forcibly displaced from their homes.
Ein Junge kann dank der Solarlampe auch abends seine Hausaufgaben machen
Help has equipped schoolchildren and teachers with solar lamps from "Little Sun" so that they can also learn in the dark. Only around 1 percent of Congo's rural population has access to electricity.
Trinkwasser an einer Schule im Kongo
Help has supported schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo in improving the children's drinking water supply.
Schulkinder im Kongo
The ISOKO school in Minembwe was equipped with 100 new desks by Help. The children also received new writing materials.
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Last edited on 12.06.2026