WFP DRC
@WFPDRC

Official account of the United Nations World Food Programme (@WFP) in #DRC 🇨🇩 Saving lives and Changing lives to achieve #ZeroHunger

 République Démocratique Congo
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Joined May 2013
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#Ituri 🇨🇩 “When I see a shipment moving, I feel hopeful. I know it could help save someone’s life.” Before medical supplies reach Ebola treatment centres, Antoinette Chuda, a @WFP tally clerk in Bunia, helps make sure they are accounted for and dispatched where they are needed.
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“Patients who are not in good nutritional condition can end up dying more easily than those who are.” Adequate food is a vital part of Ebola treatment & recovery. 🎦Dr Marta Lado, @WHO Team Lead🇨🇩 for case management, explains why good nutrition matters for people receiving care.
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📍🇨🇩 DRC "If I became President, I would develop agriculture, so everyone has enough to eat," says Dieudo, 11 years old. Once arriving at 🎒school hungry, he now receives @wfp 🍽️daily nutritious meals in Kananga, helping him learn, participate and dream bigger.
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Last week’s #UNDay celebrations brought #WFP together with partners in Kinshasa & Kananga around a shared commitment: leave no one behind. From emergency food assistance to nutrition and resilience, @WFP works with communities and partners to reach those most in need across 🇨🇩.
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“Patients who receive care early recover,” says Dr Elisabeth Mathe, Director of Musienene Hospital🇨🇩. Since Ebola reached Musienene, she has seen how early treatment - alongside food assistance for patients and their families -can help people cope during recovery. Learn more 👇
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📍Eastern DRC🇨🇩 Forced to flee violence in Ituri, Esther Androsi now lives in Oicha, North Kivu. Insecurity keeps her from farming. With @WFP cash assistance funded by the DRC Humanitarian Fund, she started a small business to help support her five children. Watch her story ⬇️
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In Nyamilima, eastern #DRC 🇨🇩, Solange serves locally produced palm oil through #ChakulaSokoni, a WFP programme that gives families digital credit to buy the food they need from local shops. There, @WFP has supported 21,000 people, while strengthening local markets & livelihoods.
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WFP DRC retweeted
Luke J. Lindberg
@WFPChief
Oct 29
Hunger — and the work to eliminate it — belongs at the forefront of the world’s attention. Behind every statistic is a person. Behind every meal is a @WFP team member delivering hope. Those stories matter. Today at the @UN, I urged journalists to keep hunger in the spotlight.
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In Butembo🇨🇩, Marie Edgarde is a mother of six, a banana seller & a community volunteer. She goes door to door to listen, answer questions & share trusted information on Ebola prevention. “At first, people did not believe the disease was real. Today, more people are listening.”
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🇨🇩 “We are here, we are survivors.” When Ebola reached her community, Darlene was working as a nurse. After she contracted the disease, her family feared she might never return home. Today, she is back at work and encouraging others to seek care as soon as symptoms appear.
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#HappeningNow: Ready for takeoff! Our logistics teams in Entebbe have just finished loading humanitarian supplies from @WHO and @MSF for the Ebola response, including PPEs and temperature-sensitive cargo. ✈️ Next stop: DRC.
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#SudKivu 🇨🇩 “It has changed my life because I started earning money.” After @WFP-supported vocational training, Ghislaine received cash assistance. She invested in her doughnut business. The mother of 5 is among 2,000 women trained through WFP’s resilience project in Walungu.
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Welcome to @LukeJLindberg as he begins his tenure as @WFP Executive Director. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo🇨🇩, conflict and hunger remind us why this mission matters. With government, partners and communities, we can ensure vital assistance reaches those most in need.
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≈ 3.5 million pple in Ebola-affected areas of DRC face Crisis-level hunger or worse. Conflict & displacement have already stretched families to the limit. @WFP's David Stevenson explains how food & nutrition assistance so patients & families can remain in treatment or isolation.
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A warm welcome to our new @WFPChief, Executive Director @LukeJLindberg.
World Food Programme
@WFP
Oct 26
WFP welcomes a new @WFPChief today. Executive Director Luke J. Lindberg assumed office today with a call for action to donors, partners and supporters across the world to help sustain the organization’s life-saving work. Read more: bit.ly/4dZKUXe
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ONU Info
@ONUinfo
Oct 25
RDC : la crise alimentaire s’aggrave dans les zones touchées par Ebola @WFPDRC I @OMSRDCONGO I @UNOCHA_DRC news.un.org/fr/story/2026/10…

RDC : la crise alimentaire s’aggrave dans les zones touchées par Ebola

Alors que l'épidémie d'Ebola de souche Bundibugyo s’est propagée au Nigéria, près de 3,5 millions de personnes sont confrontées à de graves pénuries alimentaires dans les zones touchées par cette...

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🇨🇩Francine survived Ebola with two of her children but lost another. Conflict keeps her from reaching her fields, making food assistance a lifeline for her family. 📢Earlier, @WFP's David Stevenson shared her story with world: tinyurl.com/mrvmwrku 📹Now hear it from her👇
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🚨 #DRCongo: Ebola has spread to an eighth province. @WFP is delivering food, supporting treatment centres and keeping critical supplies and responders moving as the outbreak expands. 🗞️Read the latest bit.ly/3UjQVr5
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The #Ebola response is not over. Since the beginning of the operation, @WFP_UNHAS 🇨🇩 has managed 🚁1,255 flights, transported 10,200 + passengers👥and 153 tons of critical cargo📦. Ensuring humanitarian & health partners can reach affected communities when it matters most.📦
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#NorthKivu 🇨🇩 “My children are happy when I return from the market because they know they’ll have enough to eat.”  Through WFP’s Chakula Sokoni, Fabiola, a mother of six in Rutshuru, uses electronic vouchers to choose the food her family needs from local traders.
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