{"id":737,"date":"2025-05-03T13:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T13:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/2025\/05\/03\/unicef-burundi-flash-update-no-5-refugee-response-impact-of-drc-crisis-12-25-april-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T13:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T13:30:56","slug":"unicef-burundi-flash-update-no-5-refugee-response-impact-of-drc-crisis-12-25-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/2025\/05\/03\/unicef-burundi-flash-update-no-5-refugee-response-impact-of-drc-crisis-12-25-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Burundi Flash Update No. 5 (Refugee Response &#8211; Impact of DRC Crisis), 12 &#8211; 25 April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff**\ud83c\udf0e Helping Children in Crisis \ud83c\udf0e**<\/p>\n<p>**Millions of Children&#8217;s Lives Are at Stake**<\/p>\n<p>Over 120,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are living in Burundi, a country also affected by poverty and crisis. Many of these children are struggling to survive, and their lives are at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing severe conflict and violence, which is affecting people, especially children. According to a recent report, months of fighting have led to the deaths of over 4 million people and have critically displaced millions more.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed, a 12-year-old boy from Congo, lives with his family in a crowded refugee camp in Burundi. His family was forced to flee their home due to violence. Mohamed&#8217;s life is marked by uncertainty and struggles to get the basic necessities he needs to stay healthy like food and shelter.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Maria, is worried about their future, &#8220;I never thought we would face such a crisis. I want to give my children the same opportunities but find it difficult with our current situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF is responding to the crisis in DRC and Burundi. With the support of generous donations, they have helped over 220,000 people in the last 9 months, mainly children like Mohamed.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Njeru, the Burundi Humanitarian \u2018s country representative explains that, <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In times of crisis, children are often hit the hardest, but we remain committed to supporting their rights to education, healthcare and other essential needs.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nPlease Donate now so we can help our children and elderly. Any amount no matter how small once only or if you can, on a monthly basis. So many children will be so grateful for you!<br \/>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buddyoutreach.org\/?form=FUNXRGPFDKF\">Donate here! <\/a><\/b><br \/>\n\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff**\ud83c\udf0e Helping Children in Crisis \ud83c\udf0e** **Millions of Children&#8217;s Lives Are at Stake** Over 120,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are living in Burundi, a country also affected by poverty and crisis. Many of these children are struggling to survive, and their lives are at risk. The Democratic Republic of Congo is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buddyoutreach.org\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}