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Shifting the Power: strengthening the humanitarian and leadership capacity of HEAL Africa The need to strengthening local capacities in humanitarian response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is crucial as local NGOs are usually the first responders in a crisis. DRC has been beset by multiple security crises subjecting civilians to extremely high level of violence and prompting large-scale and frequent population displacements. Moreover, there is adequate civil society space in DRC but humanitarian response have been lead and managed by international organizations. On one hand this is due to the logistical difficulties of the country and on the other hand, local organizations have been labelled as having poor management, systems, corruption, etc. The consequence is that INGOs have, in many instance, undermine existing capacities. Shifting the power  in DRC aims at strengthening the humanitarian and leadership capacities of 11 local actors and so to be able to play a crucial role within the current humanitarian architecture in DRC. From the capacity self-assessment and the SWOT analysis undertaken with Heal Africa, the organisation has elaborated it second  capacity strengthening plan with 7 objectives and 15 activities focus on leadership, influence and preparedness and response. The second CSP 2017 will aim  to increase  HEAL Africa's influence in the humanitarian domain.
Strengthening cross-border collaboration between the Nyundo and Goma Diocese The present project picks up from the Just ended Peace building annual project cycle. This project will be piloted by the JPC Goma and will have strong cross-border characteristics (between Gisenyi-Goma). The project aims to consolidate a climate of peace and social collaboration between the communities that have for long been characterized by mistrust and hatred in the cross-border areas of Goma-Gisenyi. This part of the sub-Region, just like many other places in the Great-Lakes, is characterized by tensions between ethnic communities affecting the cohesion climate among the communities and border towns. 
Commendable efforts have so far been made through previous project phase i.e. progressive curb-down of prejudices and stereotypes; mutual trust that is progressively developing between women and young people belonging to various grass-root associations in the dioceses of Nyundo and that of Goma. This project will mainly focus on consolidating past-project achievements in the effort to strengthening collaboration ties between people of these two dioceses (Goma and Nyundo). The involvement of the religious leaders from two countries (DR Congo and Rwanda) has and will continue to be strategic in achieving sustainable peace in the sub-region. Special emphasis will be put on the role of the women and the youth as key players in bringing forth sustainable peace. The latter are known to be easily manipulated for evil reasons. This project will aim at consolidation collaboration and mutual support among the women associations of the two towns using avenues such as activities of common interest. As earlier on mentioned, the youth will not be left apart. Being key actors in peace making process, this project will offer the youth opportunities to exchange and discuss on fundamental human values that can potentially impend on the stability of the people. This project will therefore implement activities that mobilize these target groups to nurture a culture of peace, mutual acceptance and positive interaction. Actions that promote and value the efforts of women and youth from the grass-root in the process to promote social cohesion among the people, an avenue that is imperative for sustainable development.
KALEHE WATER FILTERS PROJECT CAFOD DRC have been selected to implement the WASH match fund project funded by DFID. The project will be implemented in Eastern DRC, including Shabunda (south Kivu) and Lubero (North-Kivu) in DRC. The project will cover 168’000 vulnerable persons and will ensure that communities have drinkable water and access to good sanitation and knowledge in Hygiene practices. CAFOD have worked in this communities and implemented two Match Fund projects. The Match Fund one project reached around 100,000 people while the Match Fund 4 is underway. During the implementation of these two projects, CAFOD realised that many areas where hard to reach with gravity fed water systems due to hard terrains due to the geographical land scape. Meaning most people in these areas still drinking unworthy water and there are reoccurring cases of water borne diseases.  Moreover, these areas are forgotten by state authorities and no social services reach the area.   
The current project will partner with AVUDS in Kalehe territory and serve directly 2000 people and indirectly 4000 with water filters. The Kalehe territory was part of both MF1 and MF4 and AVUDS is well experienced in WASH activities and they have had long term activities in the area, and therefore developed the trust and confidence of the community. Recently, AVUDS distributed around 100 water filters to victims of land slide in the same Kalehe area.   
The project will be implemented along with the MF-4 WASH project and will cover areas that will not be reached by the match fund 4. This will cover gaps left by the Match fund 4 and will work with 300 households or around 2000 direct beneficiaries who will be provided with drinking water by filtering rough creek water.  Due to the nature of the project that will allow partners to work closely with the community, the project will capture the hygiene education as people and communities are thought how to use water filtration. This project will complement with MF4 especially in latrines repartition as communities will have a full package with latrines built where clean water is available. This is a pilot project from which CAFOD will learn for future needs especially in filling WASH gaps. It is designed to run 16 months beginning 1st March with a budget of 14250 USD.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT IN LUSHAGALA CAMP Since March 2022, North Kivu province has been affected by insecurity and humanitarian crises related to the armed conflict between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23), which has had considerable impact on certain areas, in particular the territories of Rutshuru, Nyiragongo and Masisi. Despite relative lull in the second half of December 2022, withdrawal of armed group in certain areas previously controlled by the armed groups (especially in view of the regional negotiations of the East African States), repercussions of conflicts continued to affect the communities and to spike new displacements in the province, especially during the month of January and February 2023.
Goma is currently surrounded by IDPs camps on its North and South parts. The escalation of violence since the beginning of the year continues to fuel growing concerns about an already dire and alarming humanitarian situation that has depleted community resources and over-stretched humanitarian responses.
CAFOD has visited Lushagala camps (situated in Mugunga, 8 km from Goma town) that currently hosts more than 14,701 households (73,505 people) after the fighting in Sake, 27km from Goma town. The camps were set up in January this year to take up the new displaced persons running away from conflict. CAFOD team observed that living conditions in the camps were critically inhuman, degrading and deplorable. The camps are grossly over-crowded, and unsanitary; and access to basic services/commodities such as water, food, latrines, healthcare and schools is next to zero. According to the president of IDPs of the camp, the following needs were identified: WASH, NFI and shelter, food, education, protection and health.
CAFOD (collaborating with SOCOAC) is proposing this emergency intervention to contribute to alleviation of suffering of the most vulnerable displaced households within Lushagala Camp.
Emergency assistance to IDP households in Isiro diocese - Contribution to EA36 LRA elements carried out attacks in Dungu Diocese in September 08 during which houses were burnt, civilians killed, property looted and destroyed, women were raped and taken into hostage along side innocent boys and girls. Up to 91,771 have been displaced thus increasing their vulnerability. With support from members of Caritas internationalis, Caritas Congo together with caritas Dungu have been able to distribute NFIs to 4,000 households. While in some areas IDPs begun heading home, the LRAs launched more attacks on the 24th of December in Faradje (Isiro diocese), Doruma, Durba (Dungu diocese). It is currently estimated that up to 47400 households have been displaced.  Due to renewed attacks and the number of people displaced in both dioceses, Caritas Congo has requested members of the CI to contribute so that they can provide NFIs to the needy IDP households and medicine to the health strucures. CAFOD’s contribution is part of a Caritas Internationalis Emergency Appeal (EA 36/2008) which will enable Caritas Congo to help 10,000 families in the Dioceses of Dungu Doruma and Isiro. Each family will receive 1 NFI kit including: 3 blankets, 1 cloth wrap for women, 2 pairs of clothing items for adults, 4 pairs of clothing items for children, 4 soap bars (150g.), 6 plastic cups, 6 plastic spoons, 6 plastic plates, 2 plastic buckets, 1 20-l. jerrycan, and 2 cooking pots.
Protection and re-integration of ex-combatants in the diocese of Bukavu-Year 2 The project aims to support socio-economic reintegration of 700 ex-combatants and work with 75 saving and lending groups comprised of community members in Bukavu town and territoiries (Kabare, Kalehe, Walungu and Idjwi)  to improve agricultural production and development of small businesses to contribute to local economic growth
This project intends to change and impact on the lives of target ex-combatants and host communities in 23 villages in the diocese of Bukavu by enabling the development of sustainable and inclusive livelihoods and community driven development. Ex-combatants and host communities will also increase income through development of small enterprises and income generating activities and improve access to services such as technical advice and credit.

The implementing partner is Caritas Bukavu that has the mandate to carry out humanitarian and sustainable development programs throughout the Archdiocese of Bukavu. 
This project will have an extended impact on the protection issues (especially those based on gender), the protection of victims of sexual violence and peace building implemented by the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission Bukavu.
This project resonates with CAFOD’s DRC CSP and will contributes to CAFOD's goal and mission of promoting the development of the marginalized persons.
AHP RDC Ebola Response Ebola Community Engagement and Prevention (ECEP) will expand on existing EVD response projects currently being implemented by CAN DO partners. It is informed by the national EVD emergency response strategy (SRP4) and will focus on: strengthening community engagement in 7 health zones (e.g. through training of health workers, leaders and groups); awareness raising through mass communication (e.g. including those with access to the general population); and EVD prevention through WASH activities (e.g. supply of hand washing kits in schools/churches/mosques) in 7 health zones reaching nearly 1.8M people in the target areas. The project will continue to build on a mass communication and WASH programming based on careful assessment of communities’ knowledge, practices and behaviours, that is tested and developed in cooperation with the communities.
Promoting and consolidating peace within Bukavu Archdioceseand across the border with Cyangugu (Rwan This project aims to promote and consolidate peace within Bukavu Archdiocese and across the border with Cyangugu (Rwanda). 

Its main objective is to reduce mistrust of the cross border population by promoting peace, culture and cohesion. Achieved by making communities more sensitive to the reasons for conflict in cross-border communities, in order to prevent potential conflict and to positively transform them.  

To this end the use of cultural and media activities, as well as strengthening the capacity of grass roots peace actors, will enable more effective prevention and management of conflicts at a community and cross border level. A special focus will be put on women and youth involvement in activities such as conferences, forums and workshops; contributing to the peace initiatives enhancing a peaceful cohesion between the cross border people and ensuring the rights of the poor and marginalized are protected.
BIOGAS, A RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR MASISI PEOPLE MASISI is an Eastern DRC territory where people live upon agriculture and small farming. Wood is a crucial daily need for everyone. The soil is not of a quality which can make bricks, meaning that houses are almost entirely constructed from wood. Unfortunately, there has been significant deforestation and trees have been replaced by grassy fields used for breeding. People would like to plant new trees but are discouraged because young trees are frequently stolen for use in cooking. In a context significantly affected by conflict, this lack of trust and competition over natural resources can compound community tensions and undermine peace building efforts.The area is under considerable grazing use by livestock, especially cows, which produce huge quantities of dung, contributing to destruction of the ozone layer and global warming. This pilot project will use biogas digesters to transform polluting methane from cow waste, into a “clean” source of household energy, with rich fertilizer as a by-product enabling improvement of food production on the small amount of remaining land. It will also encourage tree-planting alongside a 3km road to promote re-forestation and the fight against climate change. The implementation area is the same as the MF project and it could significantly contribute to the sustainability of some of the work implemented under MF, such as provision of wood to build latrines, and protection of springs.
Women support to strenghten Community engagement against Corona Having left China in 2019, the Corona virus, because of interactions with the whole world, is now widespread everywhere and in all countries of the World. Developed and powerful countries with a more efficient health system are today facing severe tests with overwhelmed hospitals, medical materials and equipment taken care of often limited, obviously their efforts tend towards a relative control of the disease. However, this shows that for poor countries, there is a fear of a rather dramatic situation inasmuch as the means available to these countries remain very limited and the health system there remains almost weak, extremely dependent on external aid.
The DRC, in its current context, is one of those countries that need help to overcome this challenge. Confronted since10  March with a first confirmed case, the situation of CORONA VIRUS is only going up on a cruise with now more than a hundred cases and more than a dozen deaths already recorded in less than a month. 
Despite the alarm cries launched by the WHO and the Western media, on social networks, we continue to read a lot of bad information that the new Virus is not a reality or that blacks would not be affected by COVID 19 or by other allegations of all kinds from charlatansi in various remote areas of the country, this false information. 
Through this project, Centre Olame wants to sensitize the population of Bukavu city and around to be aware of the existence of this pandemic.  At the end, they will take preventive measures seriously to protect themselves and others.
Training Workshops & Baseline Study Training of programme partners in conflict analysis, definition of indicators for monitoring, baseline study and database preparation.
Protection and school reintegration for children affected by armed conflict in North Kivu, DRC This project is the continuation of the project (DRC219 and DRC302) on Social and educational reintegration of separated children in Goma and Masisi Territory; and an exit project for DRC 449 on Peace education and school reintegration for children affected by armed conflict in North Kivu, DRC.

The ongoing war in eastern DRC has affected thousands of people in local communities, especially women and children.  Armed groups such as CNDP, M-23 and the Mai-Mai as well as foreign groups such as FDLR and FNL recruited numerous children from this region who were used on the frontline of fighting. Indeed, the violent conflict in North and South Kivu creates circumstances conducive to the recruitment of child soldiers. Once abducted, the children are brutalised and forced to serve as soldiers, porters and in the case of girls, sex slaves.

Since 2006, there has been an effort to demobilise many of these children and youth.  An estimated 31,000 children have been demobilised from DRC’s battlefields, with a further 3,500 to 8,000 children who may still be with armed groups in the eastern DRC provinces alone. 

Demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration projects have previously tried to bring children out of the conflict and back to their communities, homes and families but limited resources and endemic conflict have made it difficult. There are significant barriers to peaceful and safe reintegration such as lack of access to education, to vocational training, and to food and shelter. Limited funding for reintegration projects has also restricted real safe reintegration and sustainable support for children and youth.

This project in North Kivu (Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), aims to promote sustainable reintegration of youth at risk including ex-combatants in Masisi, Rutshuru, Nyiragongo and Goma Town. The specific objective is to equip these youth with the needed social and livelihoods skills for sustainable reintegration into society and help to enhance government’s capacity for tackling youth unemployment. The expected outcomes are sustainable reintegration of youth at risk including ex-combatants and train teachers, parents and community leaders about the effects of violence and conflict resolution skills.
Analysis action for a probable future eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in Goma, DRC Nyiragongo (1º 31’S, 29º15’E; 3470m) is one of Africa’s most remarkable volcanoes and also the most active. It is associated with the Albertine Rift Valley, 20 km north of Goma, DRC and has been erupting every three to five years since the early 20th century. The main crater of Nyiragongo is about two kilometres wide and contains the most voluminous active lava lake in the history today. Nyiragongo erupted in 1972, 1975, 1977, and 2002 and in 2006. The volcanic field of Nyiragongo is surrounded by the volcanic fields of Nyamulagira (in the north and west), Karisimbi and Mikeno volcanoes (in the east), and by Lake Kivu on its southern side. It also extends southward, in the northern basin of Lake Kivu. 
The eruption of January 2002 was likely due to a tectonic movement (rifting). From this movement, the magmatic column existing under the crater of Nyiragongo emerged directly from fractures in 8 points at different altitudes between 2700 and 1500 m. It was this lava that spread slowly for about fifteen hours in Goma town, causing a catastrophic impact on the population living in the surroundings of the volcano: 47 people were reported directly killed by the eruption and approx. 350,000 people fled from the advancing lava, principally towards Gisenyi and Ruhengeri, nearby cities of Rwanda. Lava flows covered approx. 20% the city area and destroyed part of the airport, the whole business and commercial centre, and the housing of approximately 120,000 people. Additional 60-100 deaths were caused by the explosion of petrol stations surrounded by hot lava and approx. 470 persons were injured with burns, fractures and gas intoxication . This volcanic system despite its common effusive nature (lava steadily flows out of the volcano on the ground) is particularly dangerous due to the local rock chemistry, resulting in lava that can move with abnormally high speeds, above walking and running speeds. This has major implications for the potential for loss of life with the proximity of such a major urban area .
In collaboration with Christianaid, CAFOD solicited and was granted funds from Start Fund to conduct an anticipatory analysis for a probable future eruption of that volcano in Goma in order to plan a possible action aiming to strengthen the preparation of the Goma community to that possible natural disaster.
The study will be conducted by CAFOD in perfect collaboration with Christianaid, the OVG (Volcanological Observatory of Goma), two universities and the other state structures of the North Kivu Province.
Strengthening the Role of Faith Leaders to respond to COVID19 pandemic a context like the DRC, there is plenty of misinformation that is moving around, leaving the communities in confusion and thus increasing the risks of propagation. For instance, some people continue to believe up to this date that Africans cannot be infected by Covid19; others say that Covid19 is not real and so forth. 
Congolese are a very spiritual people. Up to 70 percent of the Congolese population are Christians with half of these being Catholic. The rest are from other beliefs such as Islam and local sects. All have a lot of faith in their religious leaders.
Thus, in the midst of all this the people are eager to hear from the religious leaders they trust.
Even with churches closed, faith leaders still have ways to raise their voices and reach out to their believers to articulate and give their followers the correct information, strengthen sensitisation and consequently limit the propagation.
It is in this sense that this project aims to strengthen the capacity of the religious leaders so that they can meaningfully play their role and pass on the right information to their followers. The Project will also target other local influencers such as journalists (especially from the faith-based radios) whose capacity will be strengthened so that they pass on the right message and limit the misinformation and consequently have the right information to the community. 
In addition to the above, since some of our key services do not have access to the protection masks, our local partners will also get involved in this effort: In the effort to comply with the government regulations and strengthen the protection measures, the project will also supply some protection masks to the communities.

CAFOD partners’ intervention will certainly contribute to strengthening INRB measures.