These can also be found on their page. But one of the easiest ways how to help people in Congo is to pick up the phone. Calling members of congress is a great way to show them what the important issues are on the minds of their constituency. A simple phone call can also get them to consider foreign aid legislation more seriously. Finding phone numbers for congressmen and senators is quite simple.
As severe weather, crippling poverty and war continue to impact children, your support today can help save lives. Donate to the Children's Emergency Fund today. You can access detailed data here. In Kasai Central, we ran mobile clinics and health promotion activities to assist Congolese people pushed out of neighboring Angola. Learn how you can best help in DRC and other countries. In the Kivu provinces, which have been plagued by conflict for many years, MSF has maintained some long-term projects that ensure continuity of care, while also responding to epidemics, mass displacement and other emergencies.
In North Kivu, our teams operate in Goma, Mweso, Walikale, Masisi, Rutshuru, Bambu and Kibirizi health zones to support the delivery of general and specialist health care in hospitals, health centers and posts, and through mobile clinics and community-based outreach activities.
Our services include emergency and intensive care, surgery, referrals, neonatal, pediatric and maternal health care, mental health support, HIV and TB programs, vaccinations, nutrition and treatment for sexual and gender-based violence.
In South Kivu, we support hospitals and health centers in Baraka and, Mulungu, Kalehe and Kimbi-Lulenge health zones, offering treatment for malnutrition , HIV, TB and other infectious diseases, mental health support, and maternal and reproductive health care. In Baraka and Kimbi we work closely with communities to respond to the three main illnesses affecting the population; malaria, diarrhea, and respiratory tract infections. In , we started constructing a new hospital in Baraka and upgraded Kusisa and Tushunguti hospitals by installing a solar energy system.
We have teams working in clinics in both Kivu provinces, as well as Kasai Central, Maniema, and Ituri, offering reproductive health care, including safe abortion care, and medical and psychological treatment for victims of sexual and gender-based violence.
With multiple forms of violence often perpetrated at the community level, MSF is training people to be first responders, or trusted focal points, for victims in their own communities. Most are female, as the majority of victims are women and girls. MSF tries to tackle the prejudice that leads to stigma and even family rejection, and tries to organize referrals to other organizations who can offer socioeconomic assistance.
Please donate to support our work in DRC and other countries around the world now. Throughout , our teams supported the national response to large cholera outbreaks across both Kivu provinces.
Our teams treated patients in cholera treatment centers CTCs and ensured that they and their care takers were made aware of good hygiene and sanitation practices to reduce the risk of spreading.
We also carried out epidemiological surveys and donated medicines. During an outbreak between May and September, we opened a temporary CTC in Kyeshero Goma , Lubumbashi Katanga and four more in Masisi, where we treated almost patients in one month, most of them displaced people living in precarious conditions in camps.
Malaria also continues to be a major health issue in DRC. At Baraka hospital in South Kivu, we increase treatment capacity every year with beds to respond to the seasonal peak. Congo has the largest displaced population in Africa with more than 5. Efforts to solve this chronic displacement crisis are hindered by poor governance and infrastructure, and ongoing insecurity in conflict-affected areas.
We first began working in Congo in , providing emergency assistance and humanitarian aid to those affected by violence and uprooted from their homes. We also worked with local communities to help them rebuild and to create education and health care programs. As the country struggles to recover from decades of conflict and widespread disease, the IRC is focusing our efforts in Tanganyika, Kasai Central, and North and South Kivu by:. We pledge to put the needs of those most affected by crisis, specifically women and girls, at the forefront of our efforts and to achieve measurable improvements in health, safety, education, and economic wellbeing.
We will continue to support Congolese who have been forced from their homes by crisis, expanding our reach based on where the greatest need is and where we can create the biggest impact.
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