The harsh life led by the people of the democratic republic of Congo
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded in the country. Multiple actors are responding to the outbreak, and the money is pouring into the country. Eight months since the beginning of the outbreak, the epidemic is still not under control, and Ebola treatment centres have become the target of attacks.
Yet the needs go well beyond Ebola. People in DRC have been struggling for decades with recurring emergency health needs stemming from violence, displacement and continuous obstacles to accessing healthcare – and there is insufficient response from the international community.
Every day, our teams in eastern DRC witness the dramatic effect of violence and insecurity on the people. Each time there is an outbreak of violence, people flee to safer areas. This happens so regularly that we observe a cycle of displacement: one day people find themselves displaced, only to become the ones to host displaced populations themselves the next day. Over and over again.
“We suffer a lot, when we have to flee to the forest. Last time we had to leave our homes and lived in the bush, some of us died,” a 44-year-old displaced woman told our teams on the ground. Sadly, this is not an uncommon story.
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