D.R. Congo
The biggest conflict in the world

■　A deteriorating situation

An estimated 5.4 million people dead since 1998. -Some as a direct result of the violence, but many more from starvation and disease.Millions of people left their homes to jungle and mountains where there are no clean water, food, nor health services and lost their lives. A recent upsurge of fighting in eastern Congo has seen an estimated 250,000 people flee their homes since late January. Oxfam is expanding its emergency response to provide support to more people, but it is not enough.
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■　On film: Conflict in D.R. Congo

Oxfam's Jim Clarken recently visited Lubero, an area badly affected by the upsurge in fighting. (2009.4.27)

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Oxfam is there

We are developing a flexible response to the new crisis that can provide water, sanitation and life-saving hygiene promotion to dispersed groups of people on the move, as well as larger groups of people sheltering in specific areas.


Water Tank at Mugunga 2 camp, Goma.The 94,000 cubic-meter Oxfam water tank, providing an unlimited supply of clean drinking water. Water is pumped directly from nearby Lake Kivu. It travels in endless supply through four kilometres of sophisticated underground piping, arriving in an enormous tank on the edge of the camp where it is treated with chlorine before being pumped out to the numerous tap stands dotted around the camp. This clean water supply has secured an end to countless deaths from cholera and diarrhoea and is helping to keep people alive.(Photo: Suzie O'Keefe/Oxfam)


Clean derinking water is provided at the tap stand in the camp. (Photo: Suzie O'Keefe/Oxfam)(Photo: Suzie O'Keefe/Oxfam)









Children washing their hands at the wash stand provided by Oxfam in Bulengo camp.(Wash stands are placed by every block of toilets to encourage people to wash their hands after using the toilet and prevent the spread of disease)(Photo: Suzie O'Keefe/Oxfam)




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