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.
06.08.2023
Not everyone will be able to return from working in the fields this week. Cholera is taking a deadly toll here, especially among those who are forced to tend their crops in areas where no medical help can be found. And yet one has to eat and feed one’s family, so many take this deadly […]
03.08.2023
“Such children are often discharged from hospitals because they cannot be helped. I am convinced that this would have been the case with Meshak,” says Agnieszka, “but he responds with movement, there is some contact. There is hope.” Cerebral malaria is an extremely difficult opponent. Drowsiness passing to disorientation and then coma can last for […]
24.07.2023
“So, Philip, are we going to get some popcorn?” Agnieszka asks the six-year-old, and his eyes light up with joy. They had already taken a short drive through the surrounding villages that day, so that Philip could at least look at the children playing outside, play with the radio and pretend to change gears in […]
