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![Refugees gather at a makeshift camp near Kibati, 12 km north of the provincial capital of Goma, October 29, 2008 [REUTERS/Stringer, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/refugees-who-fled-fighting/934156-2-eng-GB/refugees-who-fled-fighting_1column50_12space_landscape.jpg)
CAFOD partners are helping thousands of people suffering in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Renewed fighting in the region between Congolese government troops and rebels has left at least 250,000 people homeless.
CAFOD has distributed shelter materials, cooking equipment and clothing to more than 45,750 people forced to flee their homes because of fighting so far, and plans to reach a further 8,500 people in the coming weeks.
CAFOD's partners are also providing medicines to hospitals and health centres in the region, piping drinking water from natural springs and building latrines that will assist 43,000 people.
CAFOD is also providing medical care for women who have been sexually attacked.
![Refugees gather at a makeshift camp near Kibati, 12 km north of the provincial capital of Goma, October 29, 2008 [REUTERS/Stringer, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/refugees-gather/937752-1-eng-GB/refugees-gather_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Give to the Congo Crisis Appeal Make a donation to help those affected by renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - please support our charity work there. A gift from you really will make a difference to thousands of people |
![Dr Luanda outside the Birambizo Hospital near Goma. [Pascale Palmer]](/var/storage/images/about-us/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/dr-luanda/1139166-1-eng-GB/dr-luanda_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Congo: Stopping people from dying One year on from our Congo Crisis appeal, healthcare facilities for people returning home after the conflict have been transformed |
![Cecile and Jean Claude were forced to flee from fighting, and returned to find their home destroyed in eastern Congo. [Peter Kristvik Risholm]](/var/storage/images/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/cecile-and-jean-claude/1033772-1-eng-GB/cecile-and-jean-claude_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Congo: Aid worker killed in Kivu CAFOD calls for an end to the growing climate of insecurity in eastern Congo following the killing of an aid worker from our partner Caritas France |
![Women, some of whom have been sexually attacked, take part in a sewing workshop in Muganga camp, eastern Congo run by our partner, Caritas Goma [Peter Kristvik Risholm]](/var/storage/images/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/women-sewing/1040304-1-eng-GB/women-sewing_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Congo: Rape epidemic traumatising society We have joined forces with a coalition of international organisations to raise awareness of the unacceptable suffering of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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As our partners on the ground report fresh attacks in eastern Congo, Abbe Oswald Musoni, director of Caritas Goma, explains how we are helping people to survive |
![Sophie Kenzia and her family have received food aid from CAFOD's partner, Caritas Goma in Bulengo camp in eastern Congo [Caritas Goma]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/sophie-kenzia/971870-1-eng-GB/sophie-kenzia_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) |
Sophie Kenzia, who was pregnant with her fifth child, ran for her life when her home town was attacked in eastern Congo |
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