Children sit on a hill overlooking the displaced people's camp in Nyanzale, North Kivu, DRC.
Photo by Cedric Gerbehaye
When you woke up this morning you no doubt had a daily routine that you normally follow... wash, dress, eat, head to work... most of us do this every day without thinking. But for families in the provinces of North and South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo the situation is very different. They won't have woken from a comfortable bed, had a warm shower, enjoyed a healthy breakfast and headed off to work. For them the daily routine has become a nightmare.
They are caught up in a 15 year war that is still raging around them. Every day, people
have to flee their homes or shelters, once again on the run from various armed groups. They have little or no food and water, only the clothes they stand in and only what they carry on their backs. Mothers, fathers, grandparents, babies and teenagers; everyone is struggling to survive the looting and violence.
This is why MSF has launched the Condition: Critical project, telling their stories through words and images - powerful photos show what a critical condition these people are in. Throughout this year-long project, we will follow their journey to show the world the chaos that has become their lives.
Visit www.condition-critical.org to learn more about the situation in the Kivus where the daily routine has become anything but normal.