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Democratic Republic
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Humanitarian
Credit: UNICEF DRC 2017 Dubourthoumieu
SitRep
20 October, 2017, the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) 38,405cases of cholera cases since
declared system wide Level 3 emergency response (L3) in the January 2017 (Ministry of Health)
Kasai Region, Tanganyika and South Kivu Provinces where there
is capacity gap and rapid increase in humanitarian needs in the 7.7 million people require food
DRC. . This followed the declaration of Level 3 emergency by six assistance (IPC, June 2017)
UN agencies UNICEF, OCHA, FAO, UNFAP, UNHCR and WFP,
in some or all of these three locations in the DRC.
UNICEF Appeal 2017
26 October, 2017, representatives of the security council of the
African union visited Kananga, Kasai Province to assess on- US$ 165 million
going humanitarian response in the region. 32.2% of required funds available
# of girls & boys (5-11 years) affected by 359,960 136,151 500,000 195,668
conflict or natural disasters given access to
quality education and psychosocial activities
Nutrition
During September and October, 8,841 children 2 between 6-59 months with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) were
admitted for therapeutic care in DRC. In October, in the five provinces of the Great Kasai only 2,262 cases of SAM were
admitted for treatment. UNICEF supported this treatment with the provision of RUTF3 and systematic treatment drugs.
Following the donor (ECHO and DFID) mission to the Kasai, advocacy is ongoing at both Kinshasa and Kasai level to raise
attention on the nutritional situation in the five provinces. Nutritional anthropometric and retrospective mortality
surveys were launched on October 2, with support from UNICEF, in Bunkonde and Lubonde health zones (Kasai Central
province), Miabi health zone (Kasai Oriental province) and Kalonda East health zone (Lomami province) to further inform
key nutritional interventions linked to Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) in emergencies.
Health
In the last two months, 16,077 new cases of cholera and 199 deaths were recorded. As part of the national health response,
UNICEF and partners provided cholera treatment supplies and medicines for 5,000 cases in the Tanganyika and South
Kivu provinces. Furthermore, in October, the Ministry of Health approved the Cholera Response Plan developed with
UNICEFs technical support for the Kasai province. The plan targets the four high risk health zones4 in the Kasai Province.
UNICEFs responsibilities in this Plan were focused on social mobilisation, case management and
chlorination/disinfection of water-collection points. 4,940 new cases of measles and 39 deaths were also recorded during
Education
During the reporting period, 8,942 children aged 6-11 (about 50% of girls) affected by conflict received access to quality
education. And, 71 teachers (12 women) benefited from the training on psychosocial support and Peace/Emergency
Education, which had a positive impact on 1,720 children. In Tanganyika province, 1,000 conflict-affected children (about
50% of girls) are receiving remedial classes and learning materials. Also, in the North Kivu province, 362 children are
receiving learning materials. The children are in a school reintegration process.
In the Kwilu province, UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, organised training for 41 trainers on Peace
Education, and contingency education stock (kit) that included (a) 120 school-in-a-carton (for 4,800 children), (b)
recreation kits for 50 schools and (c) 15 Early Childhood Development kits were delivered to support 750 identified IDPs
children.
In the Kasai region, UNICEF, with the support of the Ministry, provided 10 tents for Temporary Learning Spaces, of which
4 tents have already been set up in Tshikapa, Kasai province, which allowed 142 children to be enrolled. With funding
from UKAId, UNICEF has executed peace-building activities in Kasai Central that included (a) remedial classes for 280
children in cooperation with the provincial Division of Social Affairs, (b) trainings/awareness raising activities on
Peace/Emergency Education for 120 teachers and 1,200 community members (including Children), and (c) 450 books
distributed to teachers; and (d) 1,643 adolescents6 sensitized on peace-building by civil society groups.
Child Protection
This last two months, UNICEF provided assistance to 367 out of the 6687 children associated with armed groups released
within the Cluster Response; 124 (including 21) of them were in the Kasai region.
During the reporting period, 402 separated and unaccompanied children were identified and reunited with their families,
with support from UNICEF and some other 571 by other cluster members. 299 community members (including 110
women) from Kananga, Mbuji-Mayi and Goma8 were trained on child protection thematic issues, such as prevention of
abuses, violence and exploitations against children. In October, 43 child protection actors (including 17 women) from
Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) organizations benefited from trainings to reinforce their capacity in the
identification of the Six Grave Violations of Children Rights, including the underlying legal instruments and on the
Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) principles and tool kits. In addition, 6,030 conflict-affected children
(including 3,008 girls) received psychosocial support in 20 child-friendly spaces established in the provinces of Ituri,
Tanganyika, South Kivu, North Kivu, and Kasa. 118 survivors of Gender-Based Violence (115 girls and 3 boys) were
Cash-based programming
In the last two months, UNICEF, through its partner, Catholic Relied Service (CRS) focused its cash transfer activities on
post-intervention monitoring in Tshikula, Kasai central. 4,630 households (approximately 23,150 persons) had received
cash assistance in this area through the UNICEFs Alternative Responses for Communities in Crisis program (ARCC)
funded by UKAid in the Tshikula health zone.
Funding
Funds available Funding gap
Appeal Sector Requirements
Funds Received
Carry-Over $ %
Current Year
Nutrition 41,255,522 964,688 5,024,202 36,231,320 88%
Health 8,514,710 1,310,180 255,593 8,259,117 97%
Water, sanitation and hygiene 20,805,746 3,050,396 516,904 20,288,842 98%
Child protection 8,657,114 5,283,883 122,204 8,534,910 99%
Education 9,252,718 1,774,380 216,464 9,036,254 98%
NFI / Shelter 5,846,000 1,261,398 0 5,846,000 100%
Rapid Response to Population
Movement (WASH, NFI/shelter, 43,745,160 19,512,966 6,372,711 37,372,449 85%
education, health)
Multipurpose cash transfer 21,185,784 1,554,132 4,097,943 17,087,841 81%
Cross sector / sector 1,774,932
coordination 5,804,315 160,854 5,643,461 97%
Total 165,067,070 36,486,955 16,766,875 111,813,239 68%
*Funds received include regular HAC Funds and OR/ORR utilized for the Kasai Crisis response
As of 30 October 2017, UNICEF had received 32 percent (US$ 36.4 million) of the US$165 million 2017 revised HAC appeal,
in addition to US$16.7 million carried forward from 2016.
From September to October 2017, UNICEF has mobilised $1.6M from the Government of Belgium to assist the Child
Protection sector in DRC (temporary care and reintegration support of children affected by conflicts in eastern zone).
USAID has made a generous contribution of $4.2M to the RRMP and Child Protection in the Kasai region, plus an
additional $2.5M to RRMP eastern zone.
UNICEF has signed a MoU with DFID of 8M GBP for the Rapid Response to Movements of Population (RRMP) 8th phase
implemented in eastern zone of DRC.
HEALTH
# of children (6 months-14 years) in humanitarian situations
vaccinated against measles
1,902,180 1,338,598 975,744
# of people affected by conflict and disease outbreaks having
received access to primary health care
300,000 158,885 2,725
CHILD PROTECTION
# of children formerly associated with armed forces/groups released
and provided with temporary assistance
3,600 1,891 367 3,700 2,217 668
# of separated and unaccompanied children identified and reunited
with their families
9,600 1,659 402 1,200 4,489 975
# of displaced, refugee and returnee children provided with safe
access to community spaces for socialization, play and learning
70,000 62,273 6,030 50,000 77,431 11,431
# of identified survivors of sexual violence provided with a
comprehensive response
7,000 3,532 118
EDUCATION
# of girls & boys (5-11 years) affected by conflict or natural disasters
given access to quality education and psychosocial activities
359,960 136,151 3,993 500,000 195,668 8,942
# of school aged boys and girls (5 to 11 years) affected by crisis
receiving learning materials
359,960 99,253 6,912 500,000 129,569 11,160