05/13/2026
Consider walking in Canada and 7 out of every 10 people you meet face acute hunger, and 1 out of 10 are near starvation!!!
That is what the situation is in Congo!
Please give $10 to feed the hungry today and save lives!
Hope for Orphans-Congo have contacts in North & South Kivu who can buy food and distribute it to the people near the famine stage!
Donate by E-transfer today at: [email protected]
Excerpt: UN News May 12, 2026.
© WFP/Benjamin Anguandia The UN is providing lifesaving assistance to crisis-affected communities across DR Congo. (However less than 25% of the needs are being met by WFP).
12 May 2026 Peace and Security
More than 26.5 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing acute hunger, according to a new analysis from UN-backed food security experts published Tuesday.
Ongoing conflict in the country’s east is driving mass displacement and pushing millions into crisis or emergency levels of hunger. Nearly 3.6 million people are at emergency levels of food security – one step from famine – while a further 22.9 million are in crisis.
The situation is most severe in eastern provinces, where fighting between Congolese forces, and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and other armed groups has displaced tens of thousands of people since the start of 2026.
Insecurity and funding shortfalls
Around 3.59 million people are internally displaced in eastern DRC, with South Kivu and North Kivu provinces the hardest hit. The closure of Goma airport following the city’s fall last year further disrupted humanitarian access and supply chains across the region.
Despite the scale of the crisis, food assistance reached only about 1.1 million people in the four worst-affected eastern provinces in January and February – just 23 per cent of those targeted under the 2026 humanitarian response plan – leaving an estimated 3.8 million without support.
Funding shortfalls have forced some partners to suspend operations entirely, while insecurity, deteriorating roads and rising food prices continue to worsen the crisis.
