DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is located in the center of the west-central area of sub-Saharan Africa. This is a country that has been severely affected by ongoing violence, which led to a major decline in the economy, leading to poverty, disease, and malnutrition. Many organizations, including the UN, have denounced this fighting due to the targeted violence towards women and children.
Due to this situation, UNICEF estimated that there are 4 million orphans in DRC. Problems that affect children heavily include malnutrition, a lack of clean water, and declining primary school enrollment rates. Caring for and providing a good education to orphans and disadvantaged children is the key method to combating poverty, disease, malnutrition, and poor social status of women.
Caro Orphanage
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School in Kinshasa
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Water for School
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Distributing food to children in the camp
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WESTERN CONGO
Reaching Hearts for Kids (RKH) is collaborating with Foundation for Africa, which is a humanitarian non-profit organization in Hungary. Afrikáért runs a school in Kinshasa for 1200 children who are poor and/or orphans. We provide the school fees for these children along with one meal a day. Also in partnership with HELP International, we have dug a well for this school in order to provide access to clean water. RHK, together with its partner in Canada, LEPTA International, are sponsoring a home for orphans in Caro, Congo.
Children in a Refugee camp in Congo
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Refugee camp in Goma, Congo
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Shipment of food, clothing and medical supplies to the camp
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Congo mother and child
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EASTERN CONGO
In DRC we are also supporting a feeding program for displaced children in refugee camps in Goma, eastern Congo, where life is desperate for children and their displaced families.
You can help the children of this desperate country by supporting any of these programs. Help rebuild the next generation of DRC so that they may build a more peaceful future for their homeland.
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