UNICEF: Thousands of schools forced to close in DR Congo

NEW YORK, USA, 21 November 2008 Fighting in the North Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused massive disruptions in schooling for hundreds of thousands of children. Throughout the province, thousands of schools are closed. Many schools are now occupied by displaced people.

UNICEF estimates that 60 per cent of the newly displaced people are children. Since late August, over 250,000 people have fled conflict, bringing the total number of displaced in the province to over 1 million.

In the last few days, rebel soldiers have pulled back their positions in North Kivu, but humanitarian access is still limited.

To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/drcongo_46489.html

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[admiralcrash1]

It's awesome that you're working to help seperated and schooless children with vaccines and what not...but then what? build them a city?, give them land, seeds, and farm animals. Relocate and industrialize them? Have another ethnic clensing in Africa yet again while the UN stands by while millions of people are hacked to death by machettes? This just looks like another propaganda video to hide the truth.