Goma camps

Child malnourishment is a severe problem in DR Congo since renewed fighting in November 2008 [CAFOD]

Girl stands at a refugee camp

Girl stands at a refugee camp in Kibati near Goma in eastern Congo November 9, 2008 [REUTERS/Finbarr O' Reilly, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

People queueing for food

Congolese civilians displaced by fighting queue at a food distribution center in the town of Kibati,eastern Congo [REUTERS/Sarah Elliott courtesy of www.alertnet.org]

Refugees gather

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]

Refugees who fled fighting

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]

Alfred Buju meets miners in the DRC

Alfred Buju meets miners in the DRC

Bienfait and Patrick

The Halindirwari's. (LtoR): Patrick Nsengiyumva, 12; Bienfait Nzabrindia, 14; Justin Mutimutuje, 12 months [Richard Wainwright]

Odette Tuyishime, 11, enjoys milk

Odette Tuyishime, 11, enjoys milk from the cowherd. Caritas Goma has been working on the Masisi programme which is helping people who were forced to leave their homes during the war in DRC [Richard Wainwright]

Andre Habayo, 50, one of two cowherders

Andre Habayo, 50, one of two cowherders in Lushebere, DRC. Caritas Goma funded the replacement of some lost livestock owned by ten farmers' associations which comprise different ethnic groups [Richard Wainwright]

Neville Mubi Kahombo, 33, a secondary school teacher

Neville Mubi Kahombo, 33, a secondary school teacher, learns about DRC politics at the Civic & Electoral Education programme run by CAFOD partner Caritas Goma [Richard Wainwright]

Schoolteachers learn about politics

Schoolteachers learn about politics in DRC at the Civic and Electoral Education programme, run by CAFOD partner Caritas Goma [Richard Wainwright]

Children enjoy milk from cows

Children enjoy milk from cows funded by a rehabilitation project in Lushebere. Caritas Goma funds a programme that replaces livestock lost during the long war [Richard Wainwright]

Adela returns home

Caritas Goma runs projects assisting people, such as Adela, with returning to their home after the worst of the conflict has passed [Richard Wainwright]

Miner with torch

Gold miners working in the Democratic Republic of Congo get little benefit from the natural wealth of their land. [Richard Wainwright]

Gold nugget

Gold: not so pure as it seems [Richard Wainwright]

Balemba, former child soldier

In a transit centre for children affected by conflict run by Caritas Bukavu, Balemba, a former child soldier, enjoys a laugh with the other boys. He had been part of different military units since 1997, forced to walk across half the country by foot in order to fight [CAFOD]

village school

CAFOD supported Caritas Goma to rebuild the Lusheberevillage school, which was looted during the war [Richard Wainwright]

miners at work

Poor communities should benefit from the wealth that they are surrounded by, rather than being damaged by extractive industries [Richard Wainwright]

soldier with gun

Natural resources, instead of bringing wealth to DRC, have fuelled conflict all over the country [Richard Wainwright]

Boy miner

Young gold miner in Mongbwalu, DRC [Amelia Bookstein]

Galuma, former child soldier

Galuma, 17, is an ex-child soldier who has demobilised in a project run by CAFOD partner Caritas Bukavu [Amelia Bookstein]

Martin Muesso

Martin Muesso (foreground) leads local level justice and peace workers as part of CAFOD's peace and reconciliation programme [Amelia Bookstein]

Local volunteers

Local volunteers are vital to the success being achieved by CAFOD's peace and reconciliation programme [Amelia Bookstein]

Children at nutrition centre DRC

Children at a nutrition centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo [Tim Aldred]

Food distribution warehouse in DRC

This distribution warehouse supplies food to people displaced by conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo [Tim Aldred]