![Refugees gather at a makeshift camp near Kibati, 12 km north of the provincial capital of Goma, October 29, 2008 [REUTERS/Stringer, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/refugees-who-fled-fighting/934156-2-eng-GB/refugees-who-fled-fighting_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![More than 700 campaigners rallied before delivering anti-poverty messages to every EU embassy in London [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/campaign_images/trade_justice_campaign_images/embassy_bus/199633-2-eng-GB/embassy_bus_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Fatna (right) brings home wood that she and some neighbours have harvested from outside the camp in Kubum, south Darfur [Paul Jeffery/ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/fatna-right-brings-home-wood/247664-2-eng-GB/fatna-right-brings-home-wood_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Niccollette and Shrirvanie film the aftermath of the Guyanan floods, with support from CAFOD partner Guyana Human Rights Association [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/what-we-do/communications/images/after-guyana-floods/679742-1-eng-GB/after-guyana-floods_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
Conflict
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A community cohesion unit for post-16 general RE. Suitable for use with NOCN framework and Extended Project |
Expected to take approximately five hours, and uses pupils' own experiences plus stories from CAFOD’s partners in DRC and other countries including Sudan, Rwanda, the Philippines and Eastern Europe
![Natural resources, instead of bringing wealth to DRC, have fuelled conflict all over the country [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/d-r-congo/images/soldier-with-gun/54548-2-eng-GB/soldier-with-gun_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Conflict - Scheme of Work (160.34 kB)
Objectives and outcomes, five separate lesson plans, and resources list
![In a transit centre for children affected by conflict run by Caritas Bukavu, Balemba, a former child soldier, enjoys a laugh with the other boys. He had been part of different military units since 1997, forced to walk across half the country by foot in order to fight [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/balemba-former-child-soldier/54632-2-eng-GB/balemba-former-child-soldier_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Classroom resources for Scheme of Work (1.25 MB)
Peace Charter template; Forgiveness quotes from different faiths; Story of a mother in Rwanda; Story of former child soldier in the DRC; Multiple choice quiz; Teachers' notes on key themes; Reflections from Mindanao; Pope Paul VI quotes
Also see the resources below
![The Halindirwari's. (LtoR): Patrick Nsengiyumva, 12; Bienfait Nzabrindia, 14; Justin Mutimutuje, 12 months [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/bienfait-and-patrick/81182-2-eng-GB/bienfait-and-patrick_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Bienfait and Patrick's story (powerpoint) (664.50 kB)
Two brothers who live in an area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that many people fled because of the conflict between warring ethnic groups
Bienfait and Patrick (photostory) (4.46 MB)
Two brothers who live in an area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that many people fled because of the conflict between warring ethnic groups
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Find out more about the life and family of 11-year-old Odette in the DRC
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Odette (powerpoint) (429.00 kB)
Find out about the life of Odette, an 11-year old girl who lives in Lushebere in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her community is rebuilding itself after the recent violent conflict
![Liberate Muhagihana, widowed in the genocide, counsels Colette Nusaburasoni who lost all of her children [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/rwanda/images/two-bereaved-rwandan-women/9742-2-eng-GB/two-bereaved-rwandan-women_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Resolving conflict around the world (478.50 kB)
KS3 Powerpoint: Photogallery depicting key issues from focus countries for conflict - Sudan, Rwanda, Philippines, and Democratic Republic of Congo
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