Restore 500 Kahengera Flood Victims in Kalemie DRC

Testimony from Kahengele Flood Survivor

The Democratic Republic of Congo is highly affected by Flooding which makes new victims each year.

Since 2021 we withnessed the presence of heavy rain in this Province which affected our crops, increased the water of the rivers and the Lakes Tanganyika and affected so many people. This year 2025 especially from the month of July we saw the rain and water reducing but progressively being replaced by hit because it is too hot here. Over the years my Ancestors lived alongside this River Rugumba in this very same village of Kahengele, this River helped us to get Fish which we ate and sold also to the Market in order to get money, but now the water which increased since 2021 affected also the Fish, it is hard to get fish in this River anymore. We also planted crops alongside this River and got a lot of food but water also destroyed everything and you can imagine that for the last four years we have been living without clear stable source of food, we also grew animals here which helped us to get meat and money. We lost all these livelihood activities connected to this River. I shifted far from the River up to this Hill where, I’m trying to restart a new life, to build a new house but I have not managed to get money, I need to come up with other livelihood activities which can help me to survive here. I’m not yet sure what I should but I have started with Chicken and as you can see I have now 5, so my target is to get at least 100  chicken which can also produce eggs. Thank you so much for the support you have extended to me, but also please think about all other survivors who are living in Camps and all those who have nothing to do and are still in Kahengele.