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DR Congo blog

Tearfund's Alice Fay and Gary Swart are in North Kivu province to help with aid assessments for people who have been displaced by fighting. Around 70 per cent of those who are homeless are in camps, 20 per cent are in schools and churches and the remaining number are being hosted by the local population. Read Alice and Gary's regular reports about the situation on the ground.


Congregation rallies to community's needs
We've travelled to the south of Beni to a town called Lubero, together with an assessment team from our partners PPSSP and PEAC. The trip was breathtakingly beautiful, but also backbreaking as the roads were some of the worst we had ever experience...
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Thousands face misery after fleeing fighting
In their first blog, Tearfund's Gary Swart and Alice Fay report on the realities of life for those who have been forced from their homes. Today we had our first glimpse of what life is like for those who have fled the fighting in the Democratic Re...
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Conflict puts women's safety in jeopardy
Today we went to a camp where almost 14,000 displaced people are living. At first it seems that their needs are well covered. The camp looks organised, the shelters, although small and extremely basic, at least have plastic sheeting and there is a ...
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Church provides shelter to the displaced
We visited a church today called Shirika 4, led by Pastor Emmanuel Shamavu. When the first wave of displaced people arrived in early October, the church members hosted 95 families. However when the second wave came in November they could not hos...
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Hospitality
Today I visited Monica, who lives in Sake village. Sake is stunningly beautiful. Just a few kilometres away in the mountains, Nkunde’s troops are fighting, looting, and causing more displacement. I was with one of HEAL Africa’s staff members, Emman...
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Partners show courage during testing times
We are back in Goma with rumours of war, traffic jams that rival London's rush hour and the beautiful Lake Kivu. Most of the day was spent updating Sadiki, Tearfund’s Country Representative for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and partners o...
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Tough times for those in DR Congo camps
Today was quite a tough one. We went to visit some camps about an hour and a half away from Goma, along the side of the lake. One of the camps is now home for 2,000 families and there are almost no facilities there. We came across a German NGO wh...
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