Democratic Republic of Congo

One of Africa’s largest countries, with a population of 65 million, DRC is ranked in the bottom 10 countries worldwide on the Human Development Index, despite its vast potential wealth., Years of conflict , have created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

• An estimated 5.4 million people have lost their lives since 1998, most of them from preventable diseases.
• In 2012, there were 2.2 million internally displaced persons in the DRC, the highest in three years.
• An additional 60 000 people fled into neighboring Uganda and Rwanda from the fighting last summer.

While DR Congo is a country abundantly rich in resources, it has struggled to realize its full potential since independence.