As more families flee the DRC’s Beni Territory, shelter needs are mounting – over 100,000 families who have found safety in North Kivu urgently need a place to stay.

UNHCR is training women in the DRC to learn useful skills that enhance their self-reliance while challenging gender stereotypes. Therese draws a small crowd of curious onlookers as she kneels before the rusty, broken-down engine of a truck parked near her house in the outskirts of Kananga in the Dem...

In eastern DRC where incessant conflict has displaced millions, UNHCR is working with grassroots organizations to provide legal and psychosocial aid to communities. Thousands of women and children like Rosette who have been forcibly displaced by the ongoing conflict in north-eastern DRC are often e...

As Lidia Ajuwa, 30, walks down the hill into Kibarizo, a remote village in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province, she is greeted with smiles as she passes rows of small, grass-thatched houses. Hers is a familiar and friendly face in a region that for years has grappled w...

Une délégation de sept refugies et déplacés internes, soutenus par le Haut-Commissariat pour les Refugies, a eu une audience avec le Pape François le 1er février pour partager leurs souffrances, leurs peines ainsi que leurs aspirations à un futur meilleur. Venus des divers horizons du pays et issus...

In Buchagara settlement, North Kivu, UNHCR and partners completed the construction of 3,000 shelters for vulnerable families. Similarly, in North and South Ubangi, UNHCR and partners built 790 transitional shelters, including shelters for individuals with special needs. The building process was supp...