Children in the camp for immigrants in the province of North Kiva, DR Congo. Unisef: in the east of DR Congo, every half hour rape the child Humanitarian assistance Violence for children is one of the distinctive characteristics of the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to estimates, in two months thousands of children were rape and other types of sexual violence. As the press secretary of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) James Elder, these indicators reached record marks, said at a briefing for journalists in Geneva. In January and February alone, about 10 thousand cases of sexual violence were recorded, from 35 to 45 percent of them were cases of violence over children. ~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 >“During the most intensive phase of the conflict of this year in the east of the DRC, every half hour raped a child,” said Elder. 60 > “We are not talking about individual incidents, we are talking about a systemic crisis,” added he. 60 > representative of UNISEF emphasized that violence against children is used as a weapon of war and “deliberate tactics of terror”. 60 > he also noted that the available data can be “the vertex of the iceberry”, and called for urgent ones, and called for urgent collective actions. According to Elder, additional preventive measures are required, services focused on the victims, and safe, available channels through which victims can report violence without fear. ~ 60 > “victims must see that the world supports them, and does not turn away. And the perpetrators must appear before the court, ”said the press secretary of UNICEF. He noted that financing is of key importance in efforts on the prevention of violence, but the children of the DRC, unfortunately, “did not escape the consequences of the global financing crisis. ~ 60 >~ 60 >“ Only one of the hospitals that I visited this week did not have access to the set of sets post-contact prevention. This is a direct consequence of a sharp reduction in financing. These girls and women survived the most unimaginable horrors, and they no longer even receive the basic medical care that they need, ”said Elder. 60 ~ p > 60 > read Also: in the DR Congo one of the worst food crises in the world ~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~ 62“And therefore, the story that a brave 13-year-old girl shared with me is about how she was raped, about how she did not understand how she could be pregnant, about how she was made by a cesarean section, because she had a small body-will be repeated again and again. Here are her own words: “I am a girl. I don’t know how to be a mother”, ”said the representative of the unisef. ~ 60 > if UNISEF cannot fill the deficit of funding, 250 thousand children will be left without the most important services in the fight against gender violence and protection in armed conflicts. We have 12 weeks. and financing crisis goes beyond the framework of supporting the prevention of violence and supporting victims. Only in 2026, according to UNICEF forecasts, 100 & NBSP; thousands of children in the DRC will not receive measles vaccinations. Almost two million will not be able to pass a test that determines whether they are threatened with health problems associated with malnutrition. Almost half a million children will not receive sufficient volumes of safe water. “these are not just numbers. Behind each of them there is a child – frightened, hungry, vulnerable – his family and community, doing everything possible to preserve the life of this child, ”said Elder. He also recalled that the DRC became an epicenter of outbreaks of several diseases, including Ebola, Holer and mpox. ~ 60 > representative of UNICEF emphasized that medical and social workers, as well as volunteers throughout the country, do everything possible to support the population. He urged donors to increase the financing of all the necessary programs.