Silas Mafunga

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Fundraiser closing date:

08/11/2025
My story

This Christmas, I’m fundraising to support families who’ve fled violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mothers like Chance are doing everything they can to protect their children, but life in temporary shelters means hunger and disease are a constant threat.

Through Christian Aid funding, and their trusted partner ECC-MERU, emergency cash grants are being given to families most in need. These grants give parents the dignity to choose what their children need most – whether that’s food, medicine, bedding or shelter.

Together, we must support families to survive violence and poverty against all odds.  

With your help, the money raised could help families like Chance’s to buy food, medicine, bedding and other essentials. 

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How your money helps

This Christmas, support families in the Democratic Republic of Congo who’ve fled violence.

For mothers like Chance, daily life in a displacement camp means finding enough food, medicine and shelter to keep her children alive. But your fundraising can make a life-saving difference. Every pound raised could provide cash grants that: 

  • Give families the dignity to buy food, medicine and essentials.
  • Bedding, blankets and shelter to protect children traumatised by conflict.
  • Vital supplies that bring comfort and hope in the darkest of times

Your donations, this Christmas, will bring hope to those who need it most.  

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Chance bears the weight of 20 litres to take water home to her children. Credit: Christian Aid/Esther Nsapu
Chance carries a large canister of water