The second largest country of Africa, full of paradoxes. On one hand, it is rich in natural resources (including cobalt, copper, coltan, crude oil, diamonds, gold); on the other hand, its inhabitants are among the poorest in the world. For decades, the DRC has been suffering from prolonged conflicts that have led to one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world.
27.03.2023
There are words that should not go together. Children of war. Children fleeing from bombardment. Children going hungry.
Only a mountain range separates our nutrition centre and hospital in Ntamugenga from the war. Not far from this chaos there is one-week-old Abigail, a baby of just one kilogram brought here by her mother. We didn’t know if she would survive.
The warm nest you have provided has already saved more than one such baby, and therapeutic milk is a staple of child nutrition when mothers under stress and hunger lose the ability to produce their own food.
We have no control over the course of the conflict and the the underlying violence, but we can feed and heal those who dream today of a meal and a night without fever. If you want to put your goodwill to use, today you can still donate a cup of therapeutic drink, malaria medication or a meal for a mother fleeing war who is feeding her young child.
Abigail, thanks to your tremendous support, has already gained weight and, most importantly, her mother has regained her breast milk.
Thanks to you, we can dream of soon being able to write these words next to each other: safe children.
24.01.2025
“We have permission to heal!“ – writes Agnieszka Gugała from Congo, sending us a photo straight from the nutrition center. The words have been spoken, and now this promise has over 90,000 witnesses—you. Will you help us make this group bigger and bring even more people to cheer for this boy on his journey to […]
11.09.2024
Little Fabien needs urgent help! Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis sounds mysterious, although it’s estimated that this anatomical defect occurs in as many as 8 in 1,000 children. For Fabien, born in the heart of the Congolese bush, this diagnosis could mean a slow death from starvation and dehydration. His mother was at a loss—her son […]
21.08.2024
A woman who loses her husband is called a widow. A child who loses their parents becomes an orphan. We have words for so many things, but there is no word for a parent who loses a child. Perhaps it’s because such a reversal of the natural order is beyond what our hearts, let alone […]
