Search
  1. Home
  2. Africa
  3. DRC

Humanitarian agencies begin airlifts in east

    NAIROBI

    The Goma bureau of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) began on Tuesday helicopter airlifts of supplies from Goma to Walikale, where residents were displaced by attacks launched on 30 September by Rwandan Hutu Interahamwe rebels and Congolese Mayi-Mayi militias. A UN source in Goma said that among the supplies to be transported are construction materials from international NGO Save the Children for rehabilitation of the General Hospital of Walikale; school supplies from UNICEF; and seeds and tools from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join