Humanitarian organizations warn that The human cost in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is devastating. According to ACNUR, more than 780 million dollars are urgent to be able to attend to the More than one million Congolese refugees in neighboring countries – such as Burundi, Angola, Rwanda and Uganda – and the almost 8 million internal displaced people who have had to flee from violence and of the clashes between the Congolese army and the rebel militias of the March 23 movement (M23).
On the ground the president of Hambreco.es, Álvaro Cuadrado, regrets that the parties are hindering the entry of humanitarian aidwhich arrives with droppers to cities like Bukavu or rubber. “To access certain territories we have to do it with the approval of the different factions, which makes us the objective of the others“. And remember that his position” is neutral “, his mission is none other than to help vulnerable people.
The president of this Spanish NGO acknowledges that “right now the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most dangerous and complex places in the world”, but the zero hunger commitment to the population “is not punctual.” This humanitarian worker explains that Hunger zero has already sent “a container to Bukavu and two other trucks with food to the Sake area entering by rubber”. A work that, by the way, will remain in time with the sending of 24 containers loaded with humanitarian for the next 12 months, “according to the square.
Human Rights as War Tactics
Humanitarian organizations deployed in RDC denounce that they are being committed Atrocities as war tactics. Entire communities have had to leave their homes and there are right now Hundreds of thousands of women and children displaced exposed to serious human rights violations such as sexual abuse, arbitrary murders or forced recruitment.
