DR CONGO A day in the life of an IDP
It’s like the whole of North Kivu (DRC) is in motion, on the road, fleeing fighting, arriving to or leaving camps. There is fighting, fleeing. And raping.
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It’s like the whole of North Kivu (DRC) is in motion, on the road, fleeing fighting, arriving to or leaving camps. There is fighting, fleeing. And raping.
38-year-old Joel used to be a primary school teacher. He comes across well spoken and thoughtful. You can imagine him being good with his students.
Ask women in rural Africa when they were born, and they would invariably answer you surprised, full of uncertainty: “I think it was in 1981 or 1982”.
The women of Kitchanga keep arriving to the camps on the outskirts of Goma, DRC. They have had to flee their homes as their town of Kitchanga was caught up in violence and fighting between armed groups earlier in March.
“Are you Syrian? Will you marry me?” These are just some of the questions that 34 year old Mufeeda has been hearing since her husband went missing in Syria.
“When I was married, I thought my husband had to do everything. Now, I don’t think anymore that I can’t live without him. I feel good. I don’t feel threatened anymore.” Clemantine Namulao, from Kyeshero, North Kivu, DRC
Raivo, a 41-year old women with two children, living in the village of Andaboly tells CARE how she experienced cyclone Haruna’s landfall.
On February 22 at six o’clock in the morning, Cyclone Haruna made landfall in southwestern Madagascar. The storm went across the island over a period of 24 hours, bringing with it extreme winds up to 200 km/h.
The small kingdom of Lesotho is experiencing a severe food crisis for many months. But first of all: where is Lesotho located?
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.