Posted on Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Concern works with 10,000 displaced families in Masisi Province in eastern DRC. Photo: Michael MacSweeney, Masisi, DRC for Concern Worldwide
I have been a humanitarian worker for more than 14 years in some very tough environments, including Angola and Zimbabwe. But working as Concern Worldwide’s Country Director in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the past two years has definitely been one of the greatest challenges of my career—and one of the most humbling experiences of my life.
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Posted by Peter McNichol in Country Director Series, World Humanitarian Day, WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 2010 |
Posted on Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
As World Humanitarian Day approaches, I have just returned from a five-day visit to Masisi, in North Kivu Province – part of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that’s been hardest hit by conflict over recent decades.
Tens of thousands of people, who have been displaced numerous times by warring national and regional groups, are eeking out a living on what should be fertile soil. Many are not so lucky. There are more than 200,000 internally displaced in Masisi. Some 10,000 of them are living in camps in the Masisi town center. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peter McNichol in Country Director Series, DRC, Emergency, World Humanitarian Day |
