Dear friends

This year’s Christmas appeal is focusing on the plight of the millions of people forced to flee their homes because of conflict, and our stories are from communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa.

Millions of families, forced to flee the violence between multiple armed groups and government forces, now live in overcrowded, unsanitary, makeshift conditions with limited access to food, clean water and electricity. Vital infrastructure has been attacked, including hospitals, banks, schools and markets. The hospitals which remain open are overwhelmed and struggling to treat the wounded. With banks forced to shut for months at a time, those who can earn money are unable to access their pay, pushing their families into crisis.

But there is hope.

Christian Aid has worked with local organisations in the DRC since the 1970s and is currently helping people in camps and villages who have had to leave their homes.

You can find the resources at this link: Christmas Appeal 2025 | Christian Aid which includes a Nine Lessons and Carols resource and the story of a young mother called Chance who has lost everything.

Thank you for your support this Christmas and if I can be of any help please do not hesitate to contact me.

Llinos Roberts

Swyddog Ysgogi Eglwysi a Chodi Arian Cymru / Wales Church Engagement & Fundraising Officer