Midlands Man Becomes Irish Aid's 500th Responder

Aug. 2020 – Zomba, Malawi – Setting up an art competition and exhibition with Mr. Patrick Madeya, Vice Principal of Chirunga Primary School in rural Malawi, where pupils were asked to draw pictures of how they could prot

He's is currently in The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A midlands man has become the 500th Rapid Responder with Irish Aid.

Glenbarrow's Evin Joyce is in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a humanitarian mission for the next six months to work with the most vulnerable communities in the area.

Almost 400,000 people have been displaced in the province since the start of the year in a conflict between the DRC's military and a rebel group.

Mr. Joyce says so many people in the area are living in squaler as a result:

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