Rwanda, Rubavu district, June 2012

 Fighting in the North Kivu province of the DRC forced over 7,000 people to flee their homes to Rwanda in recent weeks and others are still coming.
When the refugees arrive at the Nkamira transit centre, the World Food Programme assists them immediately by giving them enough food to feed themselves and their families for an initial fifteen days. After that, authorities help them relocate to a camp in Rwanda’s Southern province where they will continue to receive assistance from WFP.



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At the end of June 2012, at the border post often called “Grande Barriere”, there was a steady stream of Congolese people crossing on foot to seek refuge in Rwanda.



Photo: WFP/John Paul Sesonga

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Refugees being registered at the Nkamira transit centre.



Photo: WFP/Stephanie Tremblay

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Louise Betta left her North Kivu village when fighting started. She had just crossed the Rwandan border and was waiting to go to the transit centre for refugees with her two children. When asked how she felt, she smiled and said she hoped her husband would join her in Rwanda. He was away when she fled and she wasn’t sure where he was.



Photo: WFP/Stephanie Tremblay