Democratic Republic of Congo, November 2012
Kanyaruchinya camp for displaced in Goma.
Since April, the conflict between the army and the M23 rebel group in North Kivu has forced 340,000 people to flee their homes. Many are staying in impromptu Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps just outside Goma. 60,000 people have sought refuge in Kanyaruchinya (a small village to the north of the town).
Cholera is already present in the Kanyaruchinya camp and in Goma, and the camps that are receiving displaced people are seriously short of water and sanitation facilities. Humanitarian aid has been too slow in arriving.
