Innoss'B Talks School Meals, Ending Hunger in DRC

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Innoss'B signs autographs for fans gathered outside a WFP-supported health clinic in Kalemie — 'King': Innoss'B is surrounded by fans outside a health centre supported by WFP in Kalemie. Photo: WFP/Michael Castofas

Congolese singer-songwriter Innoss'B is no stranger to hardship - the 27-year-old was born Innocent Balume, in North Kivu, one of three regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo currently riven with fighting and food insecurity.

To many young people, his success as a pioneer of the AfroCongo genre embodies the hope that dreaming big is possible, despite the odds - across the DRC, more than 23 million people are acutely food insecure; 7.3 million are internally displaced, while 6.3 million children, and pregnant and breastfeeding women, are malnourished.

Innoss B sings at a WFP event in Kinshasa in March to mark his appointment as High-Level Supporter — Innoss B sings at a WFP event in Kinshasa in March to mark his appointment as a High-Level Supporter. Photo: WFP/Michael Castofas

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