Dan Auerbach's song "Going Home," off his debut solo album, Keep It Hid, provides the musical setting for a new short documentary video released today from the United Nations that calls attention to the crisis of internally displaced people in Eastern Congo. Today's video release coincides with the visit of UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos to the Congo. Watch the video here.
Dan Auerbach's song "Going Home," off The Black Keys' singer-guitarist's Nonesuch debut solo album, Keep It Hid, provides the musical setting for a new short documentary video released today from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) that calls attention to the crisis of internally displaced people in Eastern Congo. Today's video release coincides with the visit of United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Watch the video below, via OCHA's YouTube channel.
On her trip to the Congo today, Amos is visiting humanitarian projects in the North Kivu Province, one of those worst affected by armed violence. According to the United Nations, the Kivu provinces currently host approximately 1.2 million internally displaced people, and 1.6 million people are displaced due to insecurity in the country as a whole, while many more have attempted to return home to rebuild their lives. Over 80 percent of the displaced live with host families, which increases the burden on populations that are already vulnerable and have scarce resources.
The video, seen below, is the story of one family's struggle with the question of whether to return home or stay in a camp for the internally displaced.
You can learn more at the organization's Facebook page, facebook.com/UNOCHA.
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