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DR Congo: WASH Learning Paper: Promoting Hygiene in IDP settings through Soap-Making Initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Concern Worldwide
By Concern Worldwide ReliefWeb
· June 12, 2026
· 1 min read
. This learning paper examines how soap-making when integrated with hygiene-focused behaviour promotion, contributed to improved access to soap and reinforced handwashing practices in a highly constrained Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) setting. Context Handwashing with soap remains one of the mo
Key takeaway The Bulengo IDP site in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has faced wide scale displacement around Goma following intensified conflict between the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC).
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Category: disaster Published: June 12, 2026 Source: ReliefWeb Reading time: 1 min
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