400,000 young children in Congo could starve to death

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Source: Axios

There are at least 400,000 severely malnourished children under 5 years old living in the Democratic Republic of Congo who could die within months without emergency intervention, UNICEF warned today.

The gritty details: After 18 months of conflict, displaced people and poor harvests, these children in the Kasai region are the most vulnerable in a population of 750,000 acutely malnourished children in what some say could become the "biggest emergency of 2018."
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There have been ongoing fights between local rebel groups and government troups in the Kasai region after tribal chieftain and rebel Kamwina Nsapu was killed last year, Yahoo reports.

Due to this unrest as well as the everyday, ongoing violence in the African country, 3.9 million people have been displaced in DRC, according to the UN refugee report.


Read more: https://www.axios.com/400-000-young-children-in-congo-could-starve-to-death-2516918576.html

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BBC video report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-42333743/dr-congo-crisis-on-kasai-s-hunger-road

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1. Thanks for posting this. Donations can be made through the Unicef link.

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2. Here is their donation page

https://support.unicef.org/

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3. They have a store where the profits go to Unicef

https://tinyurl.com/y7ddb7aa

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4. Thanks, something to consider for holiday donations

That number is incredible