DRC – Emergency Assistance – People in Need – 2019

February 2019 - From new violence in peaceful areas of the country such as Ituri to multiple Ebola outbreaks and the forced return of hundreds of thousands of Congolese refugees and IDPs 2019 pushed the limits of DRC's humanitarian assistance. These challenges coupled with cyclical violence and a lack of basic services exacerbated live-saving needs across the east and centre of the country. Millions of Congolese bear the brunt which is characterized by worsening inter-ethnic tensions and conflict and where widespread human rights abuses including sexual violence are a defining feature. In 2018 alone 1.26 million Congolese were newly displaced and it is expected that 2019 will bring an additional 2.9 million returnees back to their areas of origin creating significant needs in protection livelihoods and food security. Approximately 12.8 million people are food insecure and 4.28 million children are suffering from malnutrition. With GAC’s support People in Need (PIN)fournit une assistance pour répondre aux besoins urgents de 53 884 personnes affectées par le conflit dans le territoire de Kabambare en RDC. Ce projet se concentre sur l'amélioration des conditions d'eau d'assainissement et d'hygiène des structures sanitaires la prévention et le traitement de la malnutrition et la fourniture de services de santé de base aux populations touchées par le conflit. Les activités du projet comprennent : 1) distribuer jusqu'à 28 trousses médicales aux structures sanitaires existantes ; 2) fournir des trousses d'assainissement et d'hygiène aux structures sanitaires ; 3) former jusqu'à 60 volontaires de la santé communautaire ; 4) distribuer des intrants et du matériel nutritionnels pour la malnutrition aiguë sévère.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to quality life-saving treatment for those suffering from severe acute malnutrition; (2) increased access to essential medicine for priority diseases and increased ability of community members to prevent identify and refer cases of key priority diseases; and (3) improved water sanitation and hygiene conditions of health structures. The expected ultimate outcome is reduced suffering increased and maintained human dignity and lives saved particularly of the most vulnerable girls boys women and men affected by conflict and nutrition insecurity in Maniema.