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UNFPA Burundi supports Congolese refugees and people displaced by climate crisis

Over 64,000 refugees fleeing escalating conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have crossed into Burundi, intensifying an already growing humanitarian emergency.

In response, UNFPA is urgently ramping efforts to provide critical health and protection services for vulnerable women, girls, and young people arriving in the country. The majority of those crossing the border are women and children, including approximately 2,500 pregnant women and 7,000 malnourished children. The new influx is overwhelming Burundi’s fragile health system, which is already stretched thin. The crisis unfolds as the country faces the lingering impact of the El Niño-induced emergency, which has displaced thousands more in the northwest.

The Government of Burundi, with the support of UNFPA and other partners, is scaling up vital services including sexual and reproductive health care and prevention and response for gender-based violence, to meet urgent needs on the ground.

A woman sits with an infant at a displacement camp amidst the influx of Congolese refugees fleeing violence in DRC and displacement from the El Niño-induced emergency.

The UNFPA Burundi team distributes essential supplies to families amidst the influx of Congolese refugees fleeing violence in DRC and displacement from the El Niño-induced emergency.

The UNFPA Burundi team visits a displacement camp amidst the influx of Congolese refugees fleeing violence in DRC and displacement from the El Niño-induced emergency.

A women receives essential supplies from UNFPA amidst the influx of Congolese refugees fleeing violence in DRC and displacement from the El Niño-induced emergency.

The UNFPA Burundi discuss the situation to distribute essential supplies to families amidst the influx of Congolese refugees fleeing violence in DRC and displacement from the El Niño-induced emergency.

A displacement camp for Congolese refugees fleeing violence in DRC and displacement from the El Niño-induced emergency.

Women sit together at a displacement camp amidst the influx of Congolese refugees fleeing violence in DRC and displacement from the El Niño-induced emergency.

The UNFPA Burundi team and UNHCR colleagues discuss the situation to distribute essential supplies to families amidst the influx of Congolese refugees fleeing violence in DRC and displacement from the El Niño-induced emergency.

UNFPA support for Congolese refugees and people displaced by climate crisis. Medical supplies services are provided for women in a displacement camp for Congolese refugees fleeing violence in DRC and displaced people from the El Niño-induced emergency.

UNFPA Burundi supports Congolese refugees and people displaced by climate crisis

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