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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).
More than 21.2 million Congolese people are in need of humanitarian support
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. It was reported by the International Organisation for Migration that almost 7 million people had been forced to flee their homes, while the United Nations reports that more than 21.2 million people require humanitarian assistance.
Moreover, the DRC also remains the world’s largest food crisis, with over 25.6 million people - a quarter of the population - facing acute food insecurity.
Latest achievements
Clean water distribution
Near Goma, 200,000 people received 15 litres of clean water each day between July 2024 and January 2025 in the Bulengo IDP camp site.
Agricultural kits
Malnutrition screening
Maombi Judith (25) at the Concern distribution site for household and hygiene kits in Shasha. Photo: Samuel Isenge / Concern Worldwide.
Concern's Salomon Kalembu with beneficiaries as they queue to receive their household and hygiene kits. Photo: Samuel Isenge / Concern Worldwide.
Jannette Furaha (40) after receiving the household and hygiene kits from Concern in the FCDO-funded SAFER project. Photo: Samuel Isenge / Concern Worldwide.
Concern DRC team and Programme Director Mougabe Koslengar. Photo: Samuel Isenge / Concern Worldwide.
Mother-of-ten Maria Kasongo Mwabana lost everything she owned after her village of
Kabutonga was attacked and destroyed in 2019. Photo: Eugene Ikua / 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.
Livelihoods
Support groups and healthcare
WASH initiatives
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