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Democratic Republic of Congo
Why are we in Democratic Republic of Congo? Concern Worldwide has been working in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1994. Part of our work has been to address the country’s decades-long humanitarian crisis, particularly in the east, through providing support for livelihoods, nutrition, gender equality, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
Over 25 million Congolese will require humanitarian assistance in 2024
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has shifted from national conflict in the late 1990s to a series of localised, region-specific conflicts over land, resources, and power, and involving a multitude of national and regional state and non-state actors. It remains one of the most complex and longstanding humanitarian crises in Africa, and is also the source of the continent’s largest internal displacement crisis. At the end of 2023, 6.2 million internally-displaced Congolese were living in host communities or in displacement sites.
The DRC also remains the world’s largest food crisis, with over 25 million people — a quarter of the population — facing acute food insecurity.
Latest achievements
Emergency assistance
In 2023, Concern supported over 100,000 individuals displaced by conflict and natural disasters in DRC with emergency cash transfers/vouchers and food distributions.
Gender equality
Working together for maximum impact
Irene Ngoyi tending a community garden, Manono Territory, DRC. Photo: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Concern Worldwide
A family leaves their neighbourhood in Goma, after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, DRC. Photo: Esdras Tsongo/Concern Worldwide
Women return from farmland with baskets of vegetables and firewood in the DRC. Photo: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Concern Worldwide
A Concern staff member checks the names of IDPs who have been registered to receive assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Esdras Tsongo/Concern Worldwide
Adrenise in the village of Kaiha, Manono Territory. Photo: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Concern Worldwide
How we're helping in DRC
We’re alleviating suffering in DRC through our emergency response programmes and building resilience by tackling malnutrition and gender equality.
Emergency response
Livelihoods and agriculture
Integrated programming and partnerships
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