SUPPORT VULNERABLE DISPLACED PEOPLE FROM CONGO

The Ituri Province of Democratic Republic of Congo is Relatively Calm Compared to the Regions of North Kivu and South Kivu. There are more than 2, 000 people displaced into the Ituri Region mainly from the conflicts in North Kivu. Most of the people stay around churches and they keep getting spiritual counselling. The United Nations says that armed violence has forced more than 6 million people in the DRC to flee their homes, making this the highest number of internally displaced people on the African continent.

Volker Turk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, warns the conditions leading to the deteriorating situation are worsening as the violence of numerous armed groups, notably in the eastern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu, escalates. “The armed groups, M23, ADF, CODECO, Zaire and Nyatura, continue to carry out egregious attacks against the civilian population and they do this with full impunity,” said Turk. “The armed groups, M23, ADF, CODECO, Zaire and Nyatura, continue to carry out egregious attacks against the civilian population and they do this with full impunity,” said Turk.

The displaced people feel insecure and the hope of going back to their homes keeps fading everyday. According to UN More than 100 armed groups operate in the eastern DRC. Human rights experts have expressed concern particularly about the continued hold of large swathes of territory by M23 rebels in North Kivu’s Petit Nord region, noting that violent attacks by the group against local communities and villages have displaced nearly 900,000 people.

Our project in DR.Congo is still looking for support to get the children integrated into schools. Children feel less traumatized when they play with other children in schools.