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  • Maombi, 15, (right) and her family in the classroom where they live at the Angalisho adventist primary school in Goma, Eastern DRC, on Sunday December 14, 2008. Maombi and her family found shelter the school when they arrived in Goma after conflict forced them out of their home in Burumba, 12km from Goma. Every morning, they vacate the classroom to allow children to attend school, and come back in the afternoon. they've lived here for five weeks.
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  • Maombi, 15, stands in front of the blackboard in a classroom at the Angalisho adventist primary school in Goma, Eastern DRC, on Sunday December 14, 2008. "When I finish school, I want to become a teacher, I want to be someone in life," she says. Maombi and her family found shelter the school when they arrived in Goma after conflict forced them out of their home in Burumba, 12km from Goma. Every morning, they vacate the classroom to allow children to attend school, and come back in the afternoon. "I feel uncomfortable living here. I sleep on stones, i dont eat well. I like to go to school, now I do nothing," says Maombi. "I'm jealous to see other children go to school."
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  • Maombi, 15, stands in front of the blackboard in a classroom at the Angalisho adventist primary school in Goma, Eastern DRC, on Sunday December 14, 2008. "When I finish school, I want to become a teacher, I want to be someone in life," she says. Maombi and her family found shelter the school when they arrived in Goma after conflict forced them out of their home in Burumba, 12km from Goma. Every morning, they vacate the classroom to allow children to attend school, and come back in the afternoon. "I feel uncomfortable living here. I sleep on stones, i dont eat well. I like to go to school, now I do nothing," says Maombi. "I'm jealous to see other children go to school."
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  • Jeanine Kahindo, 28, and her children in the Majengo neighborhood in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday December 20, 2008. Originally from Kikumba, she fled six weeks ago when violence broke out, her brother in law killed during his sleep. Her husband and herself pay 5$ to rent a small house in Goma where they live with their children. A few days ago, she says, soldiers looted the neighbors' home in broad daylight, taking radios, cookware, matresses, everything.
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  • A boy carries a jerican of water back home in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. Goma's Majengo neighborhood is almost entirely built on lava, after the nearby volcano erupted in 2002. As a result, there is no working water supply network, and residents, often children, must sometimes walk several kilometers to go buy water from tanks spread around the area.
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  • Children prepare to carry jericans of water back home in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. Goma's Majengo neighborhood is almost entirely built on lava, after the nearby volcano erupted in 2002. As a result, there is no working water supply network, and residents, often children, must sometimes walk several kilometers to go buy water from tanks spread around the area.
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  • Displaced children sit on a tarp among their parents in the house where they sleep in Goma, Eastern Democratic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. Justine Faida, who lives in the house with her husband and four children, decided to take in 20 people from Rutshuru, about 70km north of Goma, after they reached the provincial capital, running away from conflict.
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  • Jeanne Kahindo, 35, stands in front of her home with her children and the  12 displaced people she shelters in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday December 14, 2008. All of them come from Kibumba, 40km north of Goma, and have been living with Kahindo for two months. "The people were suffering, under the rain, that's why I offered them to come in", she says. She explains that when someone finds something to eat they bring it back to share it with others. Is it estimated that only 30% of the displaced people in Eastern DRC have found refuge in organized IDP camps. The rest are living in schools, churches, or with host families...
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  • Jeanine Kahindo, 28, walks through lava rocks in the Majengo neighborhood in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday December 20, 2008. Originally from Kikumba, she fled six weeks ago when violence broke out, her brother in law killed during his sleep. Her husband and herself pay 5$ to rent a small house in Goma where they live with their children. A few days ago, she says, soldiers looted the neighbors' home in broad daylight, taking radios, cookware, matresses, everything.
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  • A boy waits to have his jerican filled with water from a water tank in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. Goma's Majengo neighborhood is almost entirely built on lava, after the nearby volcano erupted in 2002. As a result, there is no working water supply network, and residents, often children, must sometimes walk several kilometers to go buy water from tanks spread around the area.
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  • Niamassaka Akizou, 40, a mother of eight, sits with her child inside the home where she has found refuge in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. Akizou and her family have been here for two months, after violence forced them to flee their home in Rutshuru, 70km north of Goma.
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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."
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  • Workers carry UNICEF-sponsored domestic kits to be distributed to displaced populations across eastern DRC at a UNICEF depot in Goma, Eastern Democratic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. The kits contain blankets, a mosquito net, fabric, tarp, soap, cookware, floor mats and a jerican.
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  • A girl suffering from cholera drinks to re-hydrate herself while recovering at the Virunga cholera treament center in Goma, Eastern Democratic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. Mungwiko is the second of eight siblings to be infected with cholera. With the recent displacement of over 300,000 people in DRC's North Kivu province, thousands of people are living in close proximity, in IDP camps or in host families, increasing the stress on already scarce water supply networks and increasing the transmission rate of infectious diseases such as cholera.
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  • A woman suffering from cholera lies on a bed at the Virunga cholera treament center in Goma, Eastern Democratic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. Mungwiko is the second of eight siblings to be infected with cholera. With the recent displacement of over 300,000 people in DRC's North Kivu province, thousands of people are living in close proximity, in IDP camps or in host families, increasing the stress on already scarce water supply networks and increasing the transmission rate of infectious diseases such as cholera.
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  • A woman suffering from cholera lies on a bed at the Virunga cholera treament center in Goma, Eastern Democratic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. Mungwiko is the second of eight siblings to be infected with cholera. With the recent displacement of over 300,000 people in DRC's North Kivu province, thousands of people are living in close proximity, in IDP camps or in host families, increasing the stress on already scarce water supply networks and increasing the transmission rate of infectious diseases such as cholera.
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  • Residents watch as a MONUC armored vehicle drives by in the Majengo neighborhood in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008.
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  • Workers put bars of soap in a UNICEF-sponsored domestic kit to be distributed to displaced populations across eastern DRC at a UNICEF depot in Goma, Eastern Democratic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. The kits contain blankets, a mosquito net, fabric, tarp, soap, cookware, floor mats and a jerican.
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  • Workers load UNICEF-sponsored domestic kits into a truck for distribution to displaced populations across eastern DRC at a UNICEF depot in Goma, Eastern Democratic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. The kits contain blankets, a mosquito net, fabric, tarp, soap, cookware, floor mats and a jerican.
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  • A girl suffering from cholera sits on her bed at the Virunga cholera treament center in Goma, Eastern Democratic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008.
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  • Nyazaba Njabiya, 35, and her seven children in the classroom where they have lived for the past month at the Angalisho adventist primary school in Goma, Eastern DRC, on Sunday December 14, 2008. They came from Kibuma, 27km away, on the Rwandan border. Every morning, they vacate the classroom to allow children to attend school, and come back in the afternoon. "We have no food, no water. Where we sleep, its very difficult," says Njabiya, adding that they can't go home because the rebels are still occupying their village. They walk 3km every day to fetch water from lake Kivu for their daily needs.
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  • Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, during a visit on Thursday December 11, 2008.
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  • A girl suffering from cholera sits on her bed at the Virunga cholera treament center in Goma, Eastern Democratic of Congo on Monday December 15, 2008. Mungwiko is the second of eight siblings to be infected with cholera. With the recent displacement of over 300,000 people in DRC's North Kivu province, thousands of people are living in close proximity, in IDP camps or in host families, increasing the stress on already scarce water supply networks and increasing the transmission rate of infectious diseases such as cholera.
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  • Walemba Kobenda, 28 (man).Masca Emerance, 18..2 children.9hrs walk to come here.Kiwanja???..theyve been here for 3 weeks..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...We had a little bit of money so we found this house. We pay $10 per month for rent...We don't sleep well, we have no food, to find water to drink is a problem...100F = 20L of water..Children 4 years old, 1.5 years old..I hope our children can have a good life...He's a farmer, and also owns a small provisions shop.
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  • Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, during a visit on Thursday December 11, 2008.
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  • Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, during a visit on Thursday December 11, 2008.
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  • Dieumerci Bishangui, 12, a displaced boy suffering from severe malnutrition, at the Docs hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday December 16, 2008.
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  • Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, during a visit on Thursday December 11, 2008.
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  • A boy sits on volcanic rocks in the middle of a footpath in the Majengo neighborhood in Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday December 16, 2008.
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  • Internally displaced people wait in line to register for re-location to a new camp in Mugunga, on the other side of Goma, at the Kibati IDP camp, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008. People from the Kibati camp are being relocated because the camp is located between government troops and the rebel held territory north of Goma.
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  • Valerie Kanyere, 54, shows where her shoulder was pierced by a bullet during fighting in her hometown of Rutshuru in March 2007. After being hospitalized for several months in Goma, and losing most of the mobility of her right arm, she was getting ready to head back home when fighting broke out again in Rutshuru. She now lives in the  CCLK (Centre Chrétien du Lac Kivu) spontaneous IDP site near Mugunga, on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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  • Internally displaced people on top of a hill at the Kibati IDP camp, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008. People from the Kibati camp are being relocated because the camp is located between government troops and the rebel held territory north of Goma.
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  • A woman holds her child at the CCLK (Centre Chrétien du Lac Kivu) spontaneous IDP site near Mugunga, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 17, 2008. The site, that sprung up seven months ago, shelters over 2,500 people who have fled conflict.
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  • A boy runs back to the hut where he lives with his family in the Mugunga II IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday December 17, 2008.
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  • Children stand by makeshift huts in the CCLK (Centre Chrétien du Lac Kivu) spontaneous IDP site near Mugunga, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 17, 2008. The site, that sprung up seven months ago, shelters over 2,500 people who have fled conflict.
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  • Children wearing sandals at the Shasha IDP site near the town of Shasha, 23km south-west of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008.
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  • Children look through a hole in a tarp tent at the Shasha IDP site near the town of Shasha, 23km south-west of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008.
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  • Children raise their hands to answer their teacher's question at the Mboga primary school in the town of Kibati, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008. Classes started again on Dec 1 after the school was occupied during 8 weeks by IDPs fleeing fighting.
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  • Children in class at the Mboga primary school in the town of Kibati, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008. Classes started again on Dec 1 after the school was occupied during 8 weeks by IDPs fleeing fighting.
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  • Women stand on top of a hill overlooking the Kibati IDP camp, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008.
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  • An internally displaced girls stands outside makeshift tents made of UNICEF-sponsored tarp at the Kibati IDP camp, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008.
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  • Internally displaced women and children fill jericans with water from a large UNICEF-sponsored bladder outside the Kanyaruchinya school in the town of Kibati, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008. Classes stopped in the school - normally attended by 400 children - when people displaced by recent fighting found refuge inside the school buildings.
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  • An internally displaced woman sits on the ground with her children outside the Kanyaruchinya school in the town of Kibati, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008. Classes stopped in the school - normally attended by 400 children - when people displaced by recent fighting found refuge inside the school buildings.
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  • A boy holds 2 stems of sugar cane in Rutshuru, 70km north of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday December 11, 2008..
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  • Three boys help a man push a wooden scooter (chikudu) loaded with logs in Rutshuru, 70km north of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday December 11, 2008..
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  • A boy carries jericans of water in the Mugunga II IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday December 17, 2008.
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  • Children fill jericans of water from a pipe in the Mugunga II IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday December 17, 2008.
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  • Boys make soccer balls out of plastic bags and rope  in the Mugunga II IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday December 17, 2008.
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  • Children carry jericans of water on their backs in the Mugunga II IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday December 17, 2008.
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  • A woman carries her sleeping child on her back while washing blue berets belonging to MONUC peacekeepers in the CCLK (Centre Chrétien du Lac Kivu) spontaneous IDP site near Mugunga, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 17, 2008. Residents do such favors free of charge for MONUC troops, hoping for better protection. The site, that sprung up seven months ago, shelters over 2,500 people who have fled conflict.
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  • A displaced boy attends school in a 4th grade class at the CCLK (Centre Chrétien du Lac Kivu) primary school outside the CCLK spontaneous IDP site near Mugunga, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 17, 2008. Over half of the children in the school are displaced by conflict, but many more in the IDP site cannot afford school fees and don't attend class.
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  • Children fill jericans with water from a pipe outside the Mboga primary school in the town of Kibati, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008.
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  • A boy stands up to answer his teacher's question at the Mboga primary school in the town of Kibati, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008. Classes started again on Dec 1 after the school was occupied during 8 weeks by IDPs fleeing fighting.
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  • An internally displaced woman sits on a stone at the Kibati IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008.
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  • A patient receives treatment at a cholera treatment center at the Kibati IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008.
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  • A woman and her child sit on a hill overlooking the Kibati IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008
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  • A displaced woman lifts a jerican after filling it with water from a pipe at the Kibati IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008
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  • An internally displaced girls stands outside makeshift tents made of UNICEF-sponsored tarp at the Kibati IDP camp, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008.
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  • An internally displaced woman cuts her son's hair outside the Kanyaruchinya school in the town of Kibati, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008. Classes stopped in the school - normally attended by 400 children - when people displaced by recent fighting found refuge inside the school buildings.
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  • A girl fills jericans of water from a pipe in the Mugunga II IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday December 17, 2008.
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  • A young displaced child fills a jerican with water from a pipe at the Kibati IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008
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  • An internally displaced girl comes out of latrines in the Kibati IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008
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  • An internally displaced boy carries a mattress on his head in the Kibati IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008
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  • An internally displaced woman sits on an empty plastic container outside the Kanyaruchinya school in the town of Kibati, on the outskirts of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday December 12, 2008. Classes stopped in the school - normally attended by 400 children - when people displaced by recent fighting found refuge inside the school buildings.
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  • A girl carries a jerican full of water in Rutshuru, 70km north of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday December 11, 2008..
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  • Boy in Kanyabayonga, 150km north of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday December 11, 2008..
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