Emergency aid after heavy fighting in Congo

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26.4

million people need humanitarian aid

6.4

million people are internally displaced

400000

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

Emergency aid for refugees in Congo

+++ Hundreds of thousands are displaced as a result of heavy fighting: Help provides emergency aid for displaced families in North Kivu and urgently appeals 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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How is Help providing support in Congo?

Emergency aid for displaced people in North Kivu

The humanitarian situation in eastern Congo is currently coming to a head again. Heavy fighting broke out, particularly in the megacity of Goma, where over 2,900 people were killed. In the first few weeks of the year alone, around 400,000 people have been displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo and are in urgent need of humanitarian aid.

Help is active in the particularly affected region of North Kivu and provides emergency aid for those affected. We are currently supporting around 50,000 refugees with drinking water, disinfectants, hygiene products and diarrhea medication in order to contain the spread of disease. Over 1,000 new cases of cholera have already been reported in the “Rusayo 2” refugee camp near Goma in the past week. We are urgently requesting donations for our refugee aid in Congo:

Creating prospects in Congo

Help also regularly supports projects in the education sector: In spring 2022, a school on the hard-to-reach plateau of Minembwe was completely renovated thanks to our support. We have also equipped 3,500 schoolchildren and teachers in the region with solar lamps to promote the right to education and self-determined learning. In Congo, only a fraction of the population has access to electricity. Many schoolchildren first 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 kerosene lamps, which are harmful to health.

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 growing vegetables to ensure their food security. Help has also been active in the field of education, for example by renovating a school and providing learning materials.

What is the situation like in Congo?

Democratic Republic of Congo: The need is omnipresent

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 Congo is one of the most water-rich countries in the world, only around half of the population has access to clean water. Millions of people are therefore forced to obtain their drinking water from contaminated rivers, putting their health at risk. This often leads to infectious diseases such as cholera or Ebola.

The region of North Kivu, which is characterized by extreme poverty, has been particularly affected by the Ebola epidemic in the last four years. The last outbreak began in October 2021. In total, over 2,300 people have died of Ebola in Congo since 2018. In North Kivu, the population suffers from catastrophic hygiene conditions. Only a few families have access to water and sanitation - the perfect breeding ground for life-threatening diseases such as Ebola, cholera or corona.

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