The number of children with severe malnutrition is rising by the day in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

40% of children are currently suffering from life-threatening hunger.

And many children won’t survive the coming months.

Families have endured armed conflict and food shortages for years. And most people can’t access healthcare services at all.

You can save lives of malnourished children in Congo. Will you help us stop life-threatening hunger in its tracks by donating today?

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The crisis in the DRC

  • 25.4m

    25.4 million people are food insecure in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • 6.7m

    6.7 million people in the DRC suffer from severe acute malnutrition – the most life-threatening form of hunger. Many of them are children.

  • 14,500

    Every month, we reach 14,500 people in our health centres in the DRC.

Woman in Congo holding her child in malnutrition treatment centre.

How you can help children in Congo

It takes an average of just six weeks to save the life of a child suffering from malnutrition.

Each month in our 34 health centres in the DRC:
- we treat 1,000 children for free
- 7,000 children attend medical appointments
- 5,500 pregnant attend pre-natal consultations
- 1,000 women give birth with our help

Donating today means we can continue providing life-saving support to children and families in Congo. Will you make a gift to our DRC appeal today?

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Women in Democratic Republic of Congo wearing colourful shirt feeding baby.

Meet Dorca from Democratic Republic of Congo

When a serious injury at work left Dorcas’ husband bedbound, she was left to feed her 7-month-old twins with almost no income.

Read Dorca's story

Why your gift to Congo matters

We’re working across the DRC and around the world to fight hunger and malnutrition.

We know that hunger is preventable and treatable. And that treatment is cheap. But right now, we can’t keep up the accelerating rates of hunger.

If we act quickly, we can save thousands of people facing famine. But we need your help.

Your donation could save a child from severe acute malnutrition by:

  • providing urgent treatment to help children recover from malnutrition at our treatment centres
  • supplying children with nutrient-rich therapeutic food and milk
  • supporting health workers to carry out home checks to ensure children continue on their road to health
  • teaching parents and carers how to spot early signs of malnutrition so they know when to get help
  • running mobile health and nutrition programmes to support families in hard-to-reach parts of countries like the DRC
  • providing cash transfers so families can buy any essentials they need
  • working with communities to help them grow drought-resistant crops
  • supplying clean water so families have enough to drink and farmers can feed their livestock
  • creating early warning systems to better predict the areas facing the highest rates of malnutrition
  • supporting farmers to increase their crop production and protect livestock with vaccinations
  • giving urgent medical treatment to those who are suffering from complications caused by chronic hunger, such as weakness, dehydration and low blood pressure.