Democratic Republic of the Congo | World Food Programme

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aria-expanded="false">Photo credit</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="page-header-2__stats"> <dl> <dt>28 million</dt> <dd>people are facing acute food insecurity</dd> <dt>4.5 million </dt> <dd>children under 5 require nutrition treatment</dd> <dt>US$399 million</dt> <dd>needed for WFP to continue operations up to August 2025</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="page-header-2__actions"> <a href="https://donate.wfp.org/1243/donation/regular?campaign=1517" class="button-new button-new--danger--primary button-new--featured">Donate now</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="columns wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <div class="columns__main"> <div class="field field--field-paragraph-description"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-rich-text paragraph--view-mode-full"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text wfp-wrapper clearfix"> <div class="field-rich-text--container mv4 mv5-lg"> <div> <p>A total of <strong>28 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing acute food insecurity</strong> – a record for the country and up by 2.5 million in 3 months.</p> <p>Escalating conflict and the loss of livelihoods continue to drive families deeper into desperation. Surging inflation, disrupted markets and limited humanitarian access are making it even harder for families to access food.</p> <p>Almost 4 million people are experiencing emergency levels of hunger, according to the latest <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories/5-steps-food-security-famine">Integrated Food Security Phase Classification</a>.</p> <p>The crisis is particularly critical in eastern DRC, where 10.3 million people in Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tanganyika are facing acute food insecurity</p> <p>This is one of the largest displacement crises in the world, with<strong> 7.8 million people forced from their homes.</strong> Many of these people are especially vulnerable as they have been displaced multiple times during a decades-long crisis exacerbated by extreme weather events. A significant concentration are in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.</p> <p>DRC also continues to grapple with multiple health crises, including being the epicentre of the <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON522">global Mpox outbreak</a> and enduring epidemics such as cholera, measles and - more recently - severe strains of malaria and influenza. These challenges are compounded by high rates of acute malnutrition.</p> <p>WFP has been forced to prioritize assistance to the most vulnerable people due to projected funding shortfalls. <strong>WFP plans to reach 6.4 million people with food and nutrition assistance in 2025</strong>, while also investing in long-term solutions.</p> <p>WFP requires an additional  <strong>US$399 million to sustain operations until August 2025.  </strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns__side"> </div> </div> <div class="field field--field-paragraphs"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-page-accordion paragraph--view-mode-full mv4 mv5-lg clearfix"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title wfp-wrapper">What the World Food Programme is doing to respond to the DRC emergency</h2> <section class="accordion wfp-wrapper js--accordion"> <dl class="accordion__items js--accordion__items"> <dt class="accordion__item-title active"> <div> <span>Emergency response</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel active"> <div class="accordion__item-content">WFP has resumed operations in parts of North Kivu and South Kivu, but with 4.7 million people across eastern DRC facing emergency hunger, we urgently need unhindered humanitarian access, a cessation in hostilities and immediate funding to scale up lifesaving food assistance, to reach the most vulnerable.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/WFP-Eastern-DRC-Crisis.jpg?itok=0DLScBtq" alt="In the health center Sancta Maria, Demba, province of Kasai central, Helene brings her twin daughters Marie and Christine, for a malnutrition screening. Photo: ©WFP/Vincent Tremeau"> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>Resilience</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">WFP invests in resilience activities to build skills and capacity amongst communities and improve their long-term food security. This included training 70,000 smallholder farmers in post-harvest loss management, literacy, business skills, and collective marketing in eastern DRC – Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, and Tanganyika – in 2024, and 131,000 in total across the country.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/WFP-DRC-Emergency-Response.jpg?itok=Tm4Q81FZ" alt="In Bulengo displacement camp, North Kivu, Beatrice, a mother of four, receives vital food assistance from the World Food Programme. Photo: ©WFP/Benjamin Anguandia"> </div> </aside> </dd> </dl> </section> </div> <section class="stripe-donate stripe-donate--red"> <div class="stripe-donate__body"> <div class="wfp-wrapper"> <h2 class="stripe-donate__title impact-title">How you can help</h2> <div class="stripe-donate__text"> Please donate today and help life-saving food reach those families who need it the most. </div> <a target="_blank" href="https://donate.wfp.org/1243/donation/regular?campaign=1517" class="button-new button-new--large button-new--primary button-new--featured">Donate now</a> </div> </div> </section> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-stories paragraph--view-mode-full wfp-wrapper mv4 mv5-lg"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title">In focus</h2> <section class="explore-new"> <div class="explore-new__wrapper wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <article class="explore-new__item"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories/drc-refugee-surge-strains-humanitarian-support-burundi-and-uganda" title="DRC refugee surge strains 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