500 refugee families in Goma received water and jerrycans
As water is crucial for life, the jerrycans will help the families to store water themselves. The refugee families rely on rainwater harvesting.
The older boy in the picture is Ashma. He lives in the Nizule refugee camp with his family. Ashma can not read or write so he's very happy this little contruction will be used also as a school... - maybe he can learn how to read there?
Mrs Ndabuyi Mubawa is a widow living in the refugee camp. She has 6 children and 3 of them are sharing with her this tiny house made of banana grass. Other children are staying with neighbours. She is member of the refugee camp committee.
Mrs Manyangwa is also a widow with 8 children. She, just as Mrs Mubawa, says that the needs of refugee women include clothing, food, plastic sheeting (since houses often leak), kitchen equipment and water storage equipment.
The refugees received food from the World Food Programme including beans, maize ground, salt and vegetable oil.
However, young children still suffer as there is not enough food available for them.
Her name is Furaha. She is making cassava ugali (cassava bread). It's only what she and her family have for the day.
Emergency showers have been constructed at a number of the refugee camps. Before the showers were constructed, IDP women told us they had to wait until dark before they could take shower. But now, they are very happy because they can have shower any time they get water confidently.
12 emergency latrines have been built. There used to be only one.
