WHAT EVENT OR PROJECT OR PROGRAMME OR CAMPAIGN THAT NEEDS SUPPORT ▼
We always have initiatives that need funding and/or other forms of support.
We would like to ask you to help the Returned Internally Displaced Persons in Africa Who Need Some Assistance to Rebuild and Renew Their Lives.
This is a Spring 2025 Renewing Life Appeal to provide life-saving and -sustaining support to the forcibly internally displaced persons in Africa who choose to return to their homes and lands in safe, dignified and voluntary manner in Africa, particularly but not limited to places like the Eastern part of the Republic Democratic of Congo.
Indeed, armed conflicts, violence, natural disasters (e.g., floods and droughts) and human rights violation, as well as their legacies continue to displaced people in Africa. According to ‘voanews.com’ (1),
“A report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre says the number of people displaced in Africa has tripled to 35 millions. Of these, 32.5 million abandoned their homes due to conflict and violence”.
Likewise, the website ‘internal-displacement.org’ (2) argues that
“# Africa hosts 35 million internally displaced people (IDPs), nearly half of the global total
# 32.5 million of these IDPs were displaced by conflict and violence, and 80% are concentrated in only five countries
# Disaster displacement has increased nearly six fold, mostly due to floods and droughts”.
Similarly, in its forecast report about global displacement in 2025 the website ‘reliefweb.int’ (3) contends that
“Sudan [will] account for nearly third of new displacements. The Democratic Republic of Congo is another hotspot in Africa”.
Despite the fact that these IDPs have been forced to flee their in search for protection, safety, water, food and shelter; there are returnees amongst these displaced persons. According to February 2025 statistics released by the United Nations Refugee Agency (4),
“There have been 1.7 million returned internally displaced in Africa”.
Also, the Danish Refugee Council (5) indicates that
“According to UNHCR estimates, 500,000 people were newly displaced in Eastern DR Congo between 1 January and 20 February 2025. Only 11 percent of IDPs forced to evacuate sites are returning to their area of origin, most of them to find their house and/or their farmland destroyed or taken over by other people – including armed groups, heightening the short-term risk of land conflict and/or community tension that could lead to displacement” (p. 54)
Additionally, the website ‘unocha.org’ (6) notes that in Rutshuru (in the Democratic Republic of Congo), there were 15, 000 returnees. However, these returnees have critical need in healthcare, mental health support, essential household items and food security, explains the same ‘unocha.org’.
Many of these returnees are desperate to freshly start, need their infrastructures (like schools, water systems, roads and healthcare clinics) to be rebuilt or repaired. They also require reintegration and access of rights which they lost because of the impacts of wars and disasters.
As a result of their demand, we are launching this appeal to express their wishes and the urgency of the situation they are in, which is of desperation and life-threatening. They badly need support especially at this time during which there have been drastic funding cuts and withdrawal of international aid by some wealthy nations.
We are doing it through what we call Gifts of Renewing Lives or Life-Renewing Projects or ReLive Campaign. The underlying principle of ReLive Campaign is to help rebuild or renew lives.
• What Are Gifts of Renewing Lives or Life-renewing Projects (LRPS)?
Life-renewing projects (LRPs) are poverty relief and Spring like gifts designed to materialise ReLive Campaign by helping people to set free from multi-dimensional deprivations and hardships so that they can start up again, renew and rebuild their lives with hope.
LRPs are part of CENFACS’ African Rebuilding and Sustaining Infrastructures and Lives Programme. Spring Gifts of Renewing Lives are about bringing renewal, joy and hope to needy people. These Spring 2025 Gifts will be about bringing the same benefits to the returned and returning IDPs.
• What Are These Ways or Gifts of Renewing Lives?
This Spring, we are running 14 Gifts in a world of 20 Reliefs or Helpful Differences. What does this mean?
It means donors or funders have 14 Gifts of Renewing Lives to choose from and 20 Reliefs to select from to make helpful differences to the returnees from internal displacement caused by armed conflicts, violence, human rights violation and natural disasters.
In total, our Spring Relief campaign is providing to potential supporters 14 GIFTS of rebuilding lives in Africa (where there have been internal displacements and displaced people choose to return home) that will create 20 RELIEFS for the beneficiaries.
• What Are These 14 GIFTS and 20 RELIEFS?
They are as follows.
1) Gift of Reconstruction
£7 will serve
~ to rebuild infrastructures such as schools, water systems, roads and healthcare clinics (Relief 1)
~ to create a stable and welcoming environment for return (Relief 2).
2) Gift of Climate Change Mitigation
£7 can assist in
~ mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change (Relief 3)
~ promoting sustainable resource management to prevent displacements caused by environmental disasters (Relief 4).
3) Gift of Transportation
£7 will contribute to voluntarily and safely transport the internally displaced persons from their place of refuge to their homes, as well as to connect them to opportunities (Relief 5).
4) Gift of Security
£7 can
~ guarantee the security of returnees and communities (Relief 6)
~ protect the returnees from violence and human rights abuses (Relief 7).
5) Gift of Documentation
£7 will enable the returnees to obtain and replace lost or damaged identity documents and have a legal status (Relief 8).
6) Gift of Sustainability
£7 can help alleviate the underlying
~ causes of internal displacements and promote sustainable development (Relief 9)
~ factors that fuel conflicts and violence (Relief 10).
7) Gift of Reunification
£7 will contribute to facilitate the reunification of families separated during displacements (Relief 11).
8) Gift of Protection
£7 will be used to provide protection from sexual and gender-based violence, exploitation and abuse (Relief 12).
9) Gift of Basic Needs
£7 can help improve access to shelter, food, water, sanitation, healthcare and education for returnees and their host communities (Relief 13).
10) Gift of Opportunity
£7 can
~ support the creation of jobs and income-generation opportunities in returnee communities (Relief 14)
~ provide training and skills development opportunities to the returnees (Relief 15).
11) Gift of Psychosocial Support
£7 can be used to offer counselling to help returnees have a relief or cope with the trauma of involuntary displacements, and reintegrate into their community (Relief 16).
12) Gift of Engagement
£7 can help
~ involve the returnees and host communities in decision-making processes (Relief 17)
~ promote the ownership of the return process (Relief 18).
13) Gift of Social Cohesion
£7 can facilitate the inclusion of returnees to participate in their community and feel safe and respected (Relief 19).
14) Gift of Collaboration
£7 can ease to work with local African organisations and communities to ensure that interventions are culturally appropriate and responsive to the needs of the returned internally displaced population (Relief 20).
The above-mentioned 14 Gifts and 20 Reliefs will help ensure that the internally displaced persons return home with some safe and dignified return conditions while ensuring them with access to essential services and opportunities for poverty reduction and reintegration.
These returnees need your life-saving and -sustaining support NOW.
You can help save, rebuild and renew their lives this Spring 2025.
You can help the returned IDPs to help themselves.
• Supporting the Returned IDPs
You can DONATE, PLEDGE AND MAKE A GIFT AID DECLARATION for £7 or any amount as a way of supporting the returned IDPs.
To donate, gift aid and or support differently, please contact CENFACS.
You can donate
*over phone
*via email
*through text
*by filling the contact form on this site.
On receipt of your intent to donate or donation, CENFACS will contact you. However, should you wish your support to remain anonymous; we will respect your wish.
THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR THE RETURNED INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS will end by 20 June 2025.
CENFACS will accept any support given during and beyond the duration of this campaign.
Please do not wait to donate as the needs are pressing and acute now.
We look forward to your seasonal support to make helpful difference to the returnees from forced internal displacements in Africa at this Spring time.
Thank you for your generosity.
_________
• References
(1) https://www.voanews.com/a/africa-displacement-triples-fueled-by-conflict-violence-and -disasters-new-report-states/7877504.html (accessed in March 2025)
(2) https://www.internal-displacement.org/news/internal-displacement-in-africa-triples-in-15-years-since-landmark-treaty-to-address-it/ (accessed in March 2025)
(3) https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/global-displacement-forecast-report-2025 (accessed in March 2025)
(4) Geographic Data (2025): UNCS. Population Statistics: UNHCR Monthly Statistical Reports or latest available IDP Statistics from OCHA, IOM
(5) https://drc.ngo/media/ux2ln1xp/250120_global_displacement_forecast_report_find.pdf (accessed in March 2025)
(6) https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/democratic-republic-congo/west-and central-africa-latest-events-glance-11-17-march-2025 (accessed in March 2025)
_________
How
you can further support CENFACS ▼
You can help by
● Sending a one-off voluntary giving ● Sending a yearly contribution to CENFACS ● Providing a legacy or donation ● Sponsoring a particular project, need, cause or programme ● Promoting particular events or publications or even activities
You can as well support with No Direct Cash Donations
Those who would like to support CENFACS by using other means than directly giving cash, they can consider the following.
-
Give unwanted goods and items to CENFACS charity e-store (details about this way of supporting are given below)
-
Sign up for a Gift Aid declaration
-
Nominate CENFACS for a donation at charity fundraising and donation events
-
Select CENFACS as your preferred charity for donation from advertising revenue
-
Choose CENFACS as a donation recipient of some of the profits raised from online shopping
-
Donate your unwanted and unused points and cashback to CENFACS as your chosen charity from your loyalty shopping rewards or good cause gift cards
-
Name CENFACS as your favourite deserving cause from click online option “donate cashback to charities”
-
Donate any unwanted excess points of your loyalty card from apps
The above is just the few examples of helping that one can think of to support CENFACS without they have to directly give cash.
Supporting by Donating Unwanted Goods and Products for CENFACS Charity e-Store ▼
You can donate unwanted and unneeded light and easily movable goods and products to CENFACS’ Charity e-Store to support good and deserving causes of poverty reduction.
After donating products or goods, these will be converted into cash to support good causes or our work. The cash converted can also be used to support CENFACS‘ work.
When thinking of donation, please ensure that your donation does not bear high costs for us to handle, otherwise the impact you want to create through your giving will be reduced or nullified.
Items to donate include:
Mobile phones, IT accessories, laptops, digital and communication devises, art and design objects, children gadgets and toys, and miscellaneous.
Notes for goods and products donors (Products Acceptance Policy):
-
- We do not take electrical equipment and devises
-
- Items donated need to be functioning, not requiring fixing, repair or testing prior to use
-
- Products given must have environmentally-friendly contents and be sustainable
-
- We do not accept heavy items such as books, metals and a heavy bag of clothing
-
- We do not take items requiring large storage capacity as we are not a profit making organisation
-
- We do not refund or give back the products donated as we expect products givers or donors to act in good faith and in the interest of poverty alleviation
-
- We do not take stolen properties or items in dispute
-
- We can arrange for collection if you live locally
Help us to convert your unwanted goods or products into cash to help reduce poverty.
To donate or enquire about your products donation, please contact CENFACS.
Thank you for your support!
