• Goma. Around 3,500 wives and children of soldiers found themselves in a very vulnerable position when the armed forces pulled out of Goma. These families, who have few resources and many young children to care for, sought refuge in schools, churches and host families.
    • Goma. Around 3,500 wives and children of soldiers found themselves in a very vulnerable position when the armed forces pulled out of Goma. These families, who have few resources and many young children to care for, sought refuge in schools, churches and host families.
      © ICRC / T. Glass / cd-e-01498
  • Goma. The ICRC has distributed food rations and essentials such as cooking utensils and mattresses to these 3,500 wives and children of soldiers.
    • Goma. The ICRC has distributed food rations and essentials such as cooking utensils and mattresses to these 3,500 wives and children of soldiers.
      © ICRC / T. Glass / cd-e-01491
  • Goma. Following the events of 20 November, more than 20,000 people took refuge in the Don Bosco camp, which usually houses children formerly associated with armed forces or groups and children separated from their families.
  • Goma. Displaced people who have taken refuge at the Notre Dame d'Afrique centre collect drinking water trucked in by the ICRC. The ICRC makes daily deliveries of up to 100,000 litres of drinking water throughout Goma, including to N'Dosho and Katindo hospitals and to displaced people at Don Bosco camp and here at the Notre Dame d'Afrique centre.

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