Visual mission: Vulnerable children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNICEF estimates that some 600 children continue to die daily in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Children bear the burden of conflict, dying of disease and violence. For many children growing up in DRC, their childhood is brief. They risk abduction by various armed groups in the eastern part of the country, suffer malnourishment, and are forced to work to support their families.
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Vulnerable children in central Katanga
06/28/2006
Children in the DRC must assist with household duties. Refugees International met these young children out by themselves and asked them why they were alone. They told us: “We were sent by our family to collect firewood. There is nobody to go with us, so we all go alone”. Children in Katanga are at risk for abduction to serve as child combatants by armed groups in this area. There have also been recorded cases of both boys and girls enduring rape and other gender-based violence abuses while collecting firewood.
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