04.03.10
In the war-torn North-eastern part of DR Congo, ongoing conflicts have resulted in 500.000 internally displaced, many of them orphaned children and violated women. In Faredje the airlifted 27 ton of aid from the Danish Refugee Council marked the beginning of a long process leading to self-reliance and durable solutions for the internal refugees of the area.
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is one of the very few humanitarian organizations active in the North-eastern part of DR Congo where a mix of foreign backed rebel groups and government forces has been fighting for control with changing intensity for years, victimizing the civil population.
“Watching the line of people waiting for the airplanes with their eyes fixed on the skyline, you feel as though you just took the first step of a very long journey. The cargo of the airplanes landing today will provide basic things like blankets, plastic sheets and pots and pans for 20.000 people, but ultimately we are here to make durable solutions and give the internal refugees of DR Congo the chance to become self-reliant, “says Marco Savio, DRC Country Director in DR Congo.
Distribution of tools and seeds and relevant education will ensure agricultural development and allow the refugee families an income and a future.
“The trademark of the DRC is the fact that we engage, not only in handing out emergency aid, but invest in durable solutions helping our beneficiary’s to become self-reliant – we do not want to leave the beneficiary’s passive - they are the main resource of our joint effort to make lasting changes,” says Marco Savio.
The lack of clean water, insufficient food supply and the lack of basic education are among the problems that will be targeted by the DRC in the years to come.
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