DR Congo: World Vision responds to the growing needs of IDPs exacerbated by the humanitarian crisis in Eastern

By Rodrigue Harakandi, Communications Officer

"As we were fleeing the war, they (the rebels) asked us to stop, my husband was in front with the cattle, they asked him to put everything on the ground, and he put everything on the ground, they told me not to shout and they shot him in front of me", said Zawadi, 35, an internally displaced mother of 6 children.

Similar stories abound in the east of the #DRC. Children like Ushindi, whose father has been missing for months, spend nights and days in total uncertainty. Women and men have been stripped of all their possessions and are struggling to survive in the various camps where they are interned because they have no access to the various resources that could guarantee their survival. They often have nothing to eat.

The recent escalation of the armed conflict has led to the displacement of more than 135,000 people from Masisi territory to the city of Goma, while humanitarian efforts have been severely restricted for almost 697,000 displaced people in Masisi since December 2023, according to the #NorthKivu Displacement Monitoring Matrix (January 2024).

As the humanitarian crisis deepens and needs increase, World Vision DRC is responding by assisting displaced people with food through the I-LIFE project funded by USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance