Content_paragraphs:  The severe lack of funding for programmatic activities had a serious impact on 
  
  the planned activities relating to reintegration, family reunification and assistance to 
  
  child survivors of sexual violence. Since 2018, funding for such activities has 
  
  consistently decreased. Consequently, reintegration support fell, from 2,039 children 
  
  assisted in 2018 to 1,105 in 2019. At the time of reporting, over 4,924 children were 
  
  awaiting reintegration support. In 2019, UNICEF worked with its partners to develop 
  
  an innovative and individualized approach, based on context-specific evaluations of 
  
  children. This effort, coupled with funding constraints, meant that only 1,105 children 
  
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   2 Available from https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/report-recruitment-and-use-of-children-armed-
  
  groups-drc-2014-2017. 
  
  https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/report-recruitment-and-use-of-children-armed-groups-drc-2014-2017
  https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/report-recruitment-and-use-of-children-armed-groups-drc-2014-2017
  
  
   
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  formerly associated with armed forces and groups were able to benefit from an 
  
  individualized reintegration package.