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 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accounts for one of the world’s largest internal displacement crises, with a stunning 6.5 million people uprooted. The majority are spread across four eastern provinces, where non-state armed groups proliferate and conflict rages. But there’s another threat to humanitarian access in the region: disinformation.

When Olexander and Liubov’s home in Kharkiv came under heavy shelling, they grabbed their two boys and rushed to the basement where they spent the entire night. “We came out of the basement in the morning,” says Liubov.

Abdallah Nassir, Abdallah Yacoub, Abakar, Hissein, Kaltouma, Sima and Hannan are among the 20,000 Sudanese refugees living in Djabal camp, near Goz Beida, Chad.

Discover WFP activities in North Kivu on this map.

Main facts and figures about WFP operations in North Kivu : map with WFP operations, figures per activities (General food distributions, Cash & Voucher, Food For Work, Emergency School Feeding, Nutrition), Logisitics, P4P, map of IPC...

WFP has provided 12 Cash Based Transfers distributions within 7 months in North Kivu in 2015 : - 2 by Electronic cash using one telecommunication company - 6 distributing cash via a local Bank as the financial Partner - 4 using value vouchers with direct payments to local retailers

 The village of Grande Rivière du Nord owes its name to the stream that gently splits it into two shores. But in the last two years, not much water has fallen from the sky, and most harvests were lost.

Funding shortfalls already forced WFP to cut its food vouchers from US$ 12 to US$ 10 per person per month, in March this year. “We are appealing for urgent support so that we can restore rations to the full amount as soon as possible.

During my two days here, I had the chance to engage with people benefitting from WFP programmes including the Government-led National Poverty Targeting Programme.