Michael Castofas

Photographe and Videographer in DRC / @WFPDRC

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

📍DR Congo 🇨🇩
"People are afraid to get on my motorcycle."
Every empty seat on Kanane's 🏍️motorcycle- taxi means less money to buy food. As fear of Ebola spread, customers disappeared and incomes fell.
🎥 See how @‌WFP is helping families like Kanane's meet their immediate.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

📍DRC 🇨🇩

When Ebola spread through Mungbwalu, families lost loved ones, incomes and access to food. For Dorica, a mother of seven, @WFP food assistance was a lifeline when nutritious food became harder to find.

➡️Read her story: https://t.co/4mwkVzPLDh

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

🇨🇩 Built to strengthen the #Ebola response, the new Lita logistic base, including administrative facilities as well as two laboratory units, was handed over today to the Congolese authorities.

An investment of USD 200,000➕ by @WFP & its partners to strengthen national capacity.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

🚨 100+ days into the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, families are facing both a health crisis and hunger.
🍲 WFP is providing meals to patients and health workers and transporting critical medical supplies to support the response.

👉 Swipe to learn more.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

📍🇨🇩“People cannot recover properly without eating.” Solange, a local nutritionist in Bunia, supports the Ebola response by helping ensure patients, caregivers and health workers receive daily meals. Communities are at the heart of the response.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

🇨🇩 Humanité, neutralité, impartialité & indépendance : ces 4⃣ principes sont au cœur de l'action humanitaire.

Découvrez comment ils guident le travail du PAM mondial pour venir en aide aux populations les plus vulnérables, dans le respect de leur dignité et de leurs droits.⬇️

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

"Le bien-être universel, c'est vivre pour les autres."
À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de l’aide humanitaire🌍, des étudiants de l'@Unikinrdc🎓ont adressé un message aux femmes et aux hommes qui se tiennent aux côtés des communautés touchées par les crises en RDC.
🎥 Écoutez

[World Food Programme @WFP]

When crises dominate the headlines, it’s easy to see only conflict, disaster and loss.

But every day, humanitarian workers like @WFP_UNHAS pilot Rachelle show up to keep assistance flowing to families in some of the hardest moments of their lives.

This is how they #ActForHumanity 💙

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

Inclusion is not an option. It is a right.
And so is access to food. At @WFP, we put the rights of people with disabilities at the heart of our work.
"At WFP, I learned that truly effective assistance is the kind that leaves no one behind," says Priscilia🇨🇩
#WorldHumanitarianDay

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

📍In eastern🇨🇩, @WFP logistics keep the Ebola response moving.
✈️From airport arrivals to last-mile delivery🚛, life-saving supplies like medical kits, tents & equipment reach health centres & outbreak hotspots.🙏🇺🇸🇯🇵🇪🇺

🎦Hear from Isaac Nayashe, @WFPSupplyChain's lead in Bunia.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

#HappyIndependenceDay 🇨🇩
On #DRCIndependenceDay, @WFP teams stand with communities from the Ubangi River to Lake Tanganyika, including some of the country’s hardest-to-reach areas.
Together, we remain committed to ensuring access to nutritious food and a brighter future for all.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

🇨🇩" I sell flour, vegetable oil, dried fish. My situation is better today."
A displaced mother, 43-yr-old Marceline used @WFP cash assistance to meet her family's most urgent needs & start a small business, thanks to support from the DRC Humanitarian Fund.
🎥Her story👇@OCHAFunds

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

🇨🇩#DRC In Tanganyika, conflict and climate-related flooding have disrupted Henriette’s life.

Displaced for 10 years, she lost her rented home to rising waters from Lake Tanganyika. @WFP’s cash transfer is helping her buy food and pay for medical care.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

🇨🇩 Kisangani is a key trade hub linking eastern DRC to Kinshasa via the Congo River.
Now that Ebola is spreading, @WFP works alongside the Government and partners such as the US to provide logistics support and food assistance to affected communities, helping contain its spread.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

📍🇨🇩Savo Plain, #Ituri, DRC
"I used to grow maize, beans and cassava. It was my only livelihood."
Six months ago, Samuel Kisembo was a farmer. Today, displaced by conflict, he relies on @WFP food assistance after losing access to his fields and source of income.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

🇨🇩 As Ebola spreads and humanitarian needs grow,
@WFPChief met with Prime Minister @SuminwaJudith and government officials.
A rapid response that combines health, logistics and food assistance is essential to contain Ebola, save lives and protect communities' food security.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

📍🇨🇩A child's best start in life begins from day one.
#worldbreastfeedingweek

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

Pleasure meeting H.E. President @KagutaMuseveni. Uganda shows humanitarian leadership, hosting nearly 2 million refugees, supporting the regional Ebola response & preparing for #ElNiño.
@WFP is proud to support government efforts to strengthen resilience and act ahead of crisis.

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

🚚Meet Maguy, a Logistics Assistant in WFP DRC’s Supply Chain team 🇨🇩.

She helps ensure our partners and service providers are paid on time, so @WFP operations run smoothly.

Knowing her work helps deliver assistance to those who need it most motivates her. #WomenAgainstHunger

[WFP DRC @WFPDRC]

🇨🇩Breastfeeding gives children a strong start in life.
WFP stands alongside pregnant and breastfeeding women across DRC to help prevent malnutrition and ensure children receive the nutrition they need to grow, learn and thrive.
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek