DR Congo volunteers try to help displaced children

Volunteers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to bring not only just food but also some happiness, to the thousands of children displaced by the violence and living in precarious conditions in the improvised camps for displaced persons in Nyiragongo region.

The new displacements bring the number of displaced people to at least 237,000 since March. About 60 percent of the displaced are children. Most of the displaced fleeing from the conflict across the country in the last weeks. About 54 percent of the displaced are living with host families. Some of the families have been fleeing to different places during the last eight months, since the conflict started.