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DRC08.1214.GOMA105

Kobenda Walemba, his wife Emerance Masca, and their two children stand in an empty room of the small house they rent for $10 a month in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. The couple has been in Goma for three weeks, which they reached after walking for 9 hours after violence broke out in Kiwanja, where they lived. "We saw that if we went to stay in the camp, we would get diarrhea, we would get sick, because of all the people who stay there," explains Walemba. "We had a little bit of money so we found this house. We don't sleep well, we have no food. To find water to drink is a problem. I hope our children can have a good life."

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Kobenda Walemba, his wife Emerance Masca, and their two children stand in an empty room of the small house they rent for $10 a month in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. The couple has been in Goma for three weeks, which they reached after walking for 9 hours after violence broke out in Kiwanja, where they lived. "We saw that if we went to stay in the camp, we would get diarrhea, we would get sick, because of all the people who stay there," explains Walemba. "We had a little bit of money so we found this house. We don't sleep well, we have no food. To find water to drink is a problem. I hope our children can have a good life."