In North Kivu Province, Eastern DRC, more than 18 years of armed conflict have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and damaged homes and buildings. When conflict threatens their homes, internally displaced persons (IDPs) often must flee with little advance warning, taking few possessions. As the conflict endures, IDPs are often unable to return home, forcing families to settle in camps or with friends or family members in safer areas, and establish new lives with the few resources they have left