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class="page-header-2__credit-panel" aria-hidden="true"> Photo: WFP/Michael Castofas </div> <a class="page-header-2__credit-toggler js--page-header-2__credit-toggler" href="#credit--1446269487" aria-controls="credit--1446269487" aria-expanded="false">Photo credit</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="page-header-2__stats"> <dl> <dt>5.4 million</dt> <dd>people are food insecure and need life-saving food assistance in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu</dd> <dt>4.5 million </dt> <dd>children under 5 are in need of nutrition treatment </dd> <dt>US$404 million</dt> <dd>WFP's net funding requirement from September 2024 to February 2025 </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="page-header-2__actions"> <a href="https://donate.wfp.org/1244/donation/single/?campaign=3889" 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 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According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, <strong>an estimated 25.6 million  people  are experiencing crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity</strong>, including 5.4 million  in the three eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.</p> <p>The number of <strong>internally displaced people has reached 6.4  million</strong>, with a significant concentration in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. In these three provinces,  5.4 million  people have been forced to abandon their homes. <span>Since the start of 2024, an additional 1.4 million people have been displaced by escalating violence in eastern DRC.</span></p> <p>Since the beginning of 2024, WFP has assisted 3.6 million  people with<strong> food, cash, malnutrition support and resilience interventions </strong>across the country. In the context of escalating conflict, fluctuating food security, and severe funding shortages, WFP is revising its planning to meet increasing needs. </p> <p><strong>We require an additional  US$404 million  to sustain operations until February 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>Eastern DRC Crisis</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel active"> <div class="accordion__item-content">A total 6.5 million  people in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu are experiencing crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity. In the context of escalating conflict, fluctuating food security and severe funding shortages, WFP is revising its planning to meet increasing needs.</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>Emergency response</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">WFP reached 5.3 million people with life-saving support, including food, cash and nutrition assistance in 2023. 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