Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 1,016,158

July 2003 was the inauguration of a transitional government, officially ending seven years of civil war in the DRC. While this offers an opportunity to secure long-lasting peace, the country still faces enormous humanitarian problems, and has been one of the major forgotten emergencies. Some four million people were displaced during the conflict. The health system has been devastated, that mortality rates due to common diseases such as malaria have risen. HIV/AIDS is a worrying problem. Reduced access to food in conflict-affected areas has created widespread food insecurity and pockets of acute malnutrition. Local ACT members Eglise du Christ au Congo "ECC" North/ South Kivu & Maniema, Bureau Oecumenique d`Appui au Development "BOAD" have been providing assistance with modest funding under the previous ACT Appeal AFDC41 and are requesting your assistance to continue serving humanitarian needs of the most needy - notably children and women. This appeal intends to build on further sustainable food security activities, provision of essential non food items, the return and resettlement of IDPs, and providing capacity building in humanitarian assistance for the local member churches in the Kivus and Maniema.

This appeal complements the work being carried out by ACT member the Lutheran World Federation DRC. The region is vast and communications between the members is major challenge. LWF under this same appeal is currently providing humanitarian assistance in: Lubero, Goma and Beni in North Kivu Province, the districts of Kisangani/Tshopo and Ituri in Oriental Province. For the sake of brevity this revision includes only projects by ECC North/South Kivu & Maniema and BOAD.

Project Completion Date: 31 January 2006

Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested

Jessie Kgoroeadira
Acting Director
ACT Co-ordinating Office