Tanzania, Feb. 16 -- In a makeshift camp for people displaced by floods in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), father-of-three Cyprien Seka anxiously watched his baby nap on the floor of a crowded tent and wondered if it would ever be safe to return home.

Torrential rains swelled the Congo River to its highest level in over 60 years in late December and forced around 500,000 people to flee the rising waters.

"It's been almost a month since we left our homes because of the flooding... We are suffering," Seka said at the camp on the grounds of a Catholic church on the outskirts of capital Kinshasa.

Like many others, Seka's family lost almost all their possessions in the rush to escape. With some areas still under water, around 2,400 peop...