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Support for partners' and beneficiaries trips to the Pope's visit The Democratic Republic of Congo has been experiencing armed conflicts for three decades of war. The nature of these armed conflicts has evolved according to different times and different actors. These various armed conflicts are among the bloodiest of the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. They have led to heinous crimes: millions of deaths, large-scale rape and sexual violence, massive human rights violations, systematic looting of natural resources, widespread poverty, etc.
Nowadays efforts are undertaken by the Congolese State to bring peace in the East of the DRC. State, organizational, private, and religious actors join forces with the Congolese State to provide multi-sectoral responses to the needs and challenges related to post-conflict pacification and socio-economic development.
It is in this context that Pope Francis made a visit to the DRC from January 31 to February 3.
Working for peace and socio-economic development requires active and dynamic people who know the needs of the population, and who can inspire confidence in them for participatory actions in individual and collective care.
It is in this vision that fits the actions of CAFOD which lives daily alongside the Congolese population by providing support. Taking advantage of Pope Francis' visit to Kinshasa, CAFOD, in partnership with Caritas Goma, Caritas Bukavu, CDJP and Centre Olame, enabled certain victims of armed conflict and survivors of rape and sexual violence to travel to Kinshasa to meet the Pope, and thus bear witness to the face of the World on the atrocities of which they were victims during these armed conflicts.
Support to do technical studies for elaboration of 2 proposals to submit to Japanese Cooperation In the outskirts of Kinshasa, rural youth are facing many obstacles trying to make a living in rural areas. The first major issue is the lack of access to improved agricultural knowledge and education, favored by poor infrastructure which caused limitation of agricultural productivity as well as  skills' acquisition by young women and men in a region where almost 80 percent of mainly conducted activities are agricultural.

Despite the fact that the majority of food is produced by rural farmers (elderly), the oldern farmers remain reluctant to adopt new technologies for a sustainable increase in agricultural production, which may supply food security for a population growing and protection of the environment. It is therefore essential to boost youth involvement in agriculture, through support in construction or rehabilitation of schools, new infrastructure and equipment. 

The physical environment can be considered as the second teacher since space has the power to organize and promote pleasant relationships among learners and teachers. Agricultural Technical Institute of Mombele founded in 1953 and Agricultural Technical Institute of MATADI MAYO built in 1957, old buildings of 63 and 58 years experiencing enormous difficulty in term of maintenance due to lack of funding. SOH as partner is working to support efforts of teachers to improve teaching and learning conditions of future agronomist supporting the food security sector. Due to the lack of resources on building and rehabilitation, it has not been possible for our partner SOH to present a competitive proposal to funders. The partner, SOH propose the support from a consultant directly given the necessary expertise for such construction and building proposal for the benefices of youth.

The project involves the rehabilitation of administrative building containing six classrooms at the Agricultural Institute of Mombele and also the rehabilitation of two buildings containing four classrooms and construction of administrative and sanitation building at Agricultural Technical Institut of Matadi Mayo. This project aims to improve learning conditions for students and working conditions for teachers and administrators. The building with six classrooms will be rehabilitated with a new roof, electricity and ceiling that will protect students and teachers against infiltration of rain and bad weather.
Education for Participatory Governance This project will be implemented in Goma city and in Masisi, Rutshuru and Nyirangongo territories. It aims to clarify to the population its role in surveillance of the government‘s actions so that these can contribute to an improvement in the conditions of life for intended beneficiaries.

The following activities will be conducted:
- Reinforcement of the capacities of the participatory local Governance committees (PLGC) in domain of governance
- Meetings of dialogue and exchange between governing and governed, in order to assure the monitoring and accountability of governmental actions
- Civic and electoral education to prepare the population for local elections, which are the starting point for processes of decentralization of political authority
- Duplication and distribution of the training modules and magazine of information on governance 
- Stress will put in cohabitation between local communities.

These activities will be executed by the PLGC that the CDJP project team will create and animate in the diocese.
Participatory governance This project aims to support poor men and women to meaningfully participate in decision making and achieve better governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

DRC is one of the most fragile states in the world because of the incapacity of the state to deliver basic services to its population.  Fundamental elements of good governance such as human rights and democracy are not respected.  CAFOD has been working in partnership with CDJP Uvira for the past five years to implement a programme known as Action for Better Governance (ABG). 

This First phase of the programme was built on community structures to lead reforms on various governance issues from the community level and ended in 2013. In the effort to sustain achievements of the first phase, CAFOD has committed to work with CDJP Uvira on the phase 2 of ABG for the next two years. 
ABG2 focuses on three key areas, including women participation in decision making, decentralisation and elections. This second phase pays greater attention to the quality of participation as well as ensuring that women and other marginalised groups take on more active leadership roles. The programme is going to help communities to understand how decentralisation works and to get in touch with constitutional mechanisms in place to help them get involved in the governance process.
MSD Strategy Development for CAFOD CAFOD and Fair & Sustainable Consulting (F&S) have entered into an agreement to support CAFOD on
integrating the Market Systems Development (MSD) approach in their development programs. 
The work is performed in four countries including Sierra Leone/Liberia, Zimbabwe, Kenya/Uganda and DR Congo. In DRC the CAFOD teams will take the lead with distance backstopping, data analysis and strategy advise by F&S with the support of a national consultant.
The following will be done by the consultant:
-	Documentary inventory of the value chains with economic potential for the target group (smallholders, men, women and youth) according to the areas, agricultural practices and food habits of the communities and stakeholders. 
-	Collect secondary data on the criteria defined by CAFOD and F&SC (This step will be sufficiently in-depth to differentiate the high potential value chains according to the criteria set by CAFOD and F&SC.) Two steps are planned, a first quick scan on a few (four to five) key criteria (economic, inclusion, climate). IES will start with 20, then 8 Value Chains. This will result in a maximum of eight value chains for a more in-depth scan on a number of criteria (to be defined by CAFOD and F&SC) to finally arrive at two value chains. 
-	Organise workshop with key stakeholders to confirm the ranking and select the two most appropriate value chains. 
-	Produce and submit to F&S Consulting and CAFOD for validation the final report of the value chain analyses considering the potential and opportunities for development of their markets for each specific area. 
-	Presentation of the report in a validation workshop of two proposed value chains
Monitoring and Joint activities for DRC WASH IPDF MF second round program and WRM CAFOD DRC is implementing the second round of the DFID Match Funds WASH programme implemented in South Kivu (shabunda, Walungu and Idjwi), Ituri district (bunia). The overall budget of this round is 330,000£, including partners grants and CAFOD cost. Implementing partners are Caritas Bunia, BDD/Shabunda, BDD/OSD Bukavu and Centre Olame. The programme aims to reduce the risk of contamination of waterborne diseases in the poorest and disadvantaged rural communities of Idjwi,Kaniola, Mulungu, Lita and Rwampara by improving access to potable water, hygiene and sanitation for at least 59,640 persons. In addition,  looking at water resource management. The programme will mainstream gender and incorporate activities that will promote women. 
This PSGA is an internal grant t to support Joint activities during the programme implementation including:
• Training on gender mainstreaming for all partners and  audit by a consultant;
• Monitoring activities, mid-term review and the evaluations;
• Financial audits and other costs and fees for external consultancy
• Testing for water quality by relevant technical institutions;
• WASH specific training with partner organisations.
• Support advocacy initiatives organised by partners especially the internal water and hygiene related events.
These activities will benefit CAFOD’s programme staff, partners and beneficiary communities. The CAFOD WASH Programme Officer based in Goma will be responsible for the implementation of these activities under the supervision on the PM and the CR.
Strengthening the institutional and operational capacity of Caritas Kindu This project is part of the concern to improve the working conditions of Caritas Kidnu staff. It wants to give Caritas Kindu a safe, stable and sufficient source of renewable energy. It will consist of the acquisition, installation and maintenance of new photovoltaic electricity equipment within the Caritas Administrative Office of the Diocese of Kindu in Maniema Province.
All of this work will be carried out followed closely by the Caritas Development Department Kindu.
Caritas Development Kindu Asbl has certain institutional capacities such as the administrative building, the computer equipment and the machinery. It has two sources of electrical and solar energy. Indeed, the City of Kindu is experiencing a serious problem of lack of electricity (too much load shedding). SNEL, to satisfy its subscribers, is getting electricity from an old SAKIMA power station 100 km from Kindu, but it does not meet the growing needs of the population. Caritas Development Kindu also uses generators, but the monthly cost of fuel is too high. She is obliged to pay the bills of the SNEL without being served and at the same time switch on the generator.
CAFOD- Livelihood Programme - To support the reflation of agropastoral activities of 2300 households through multiethnic based
association in Matanda, Masisi territory.
- To ensure the socioeconomic reinsertion and family reconciliation of 680 street children, ex child
soldiers, and other vulnerable children and youths in Goma town, Masisi and Rutshuru territories.
- To contribute to the improvement of 295 ex-child soldiers, unmarried mothers' ways of living in the archidiocese of Bukavu.
Preventing and reducing conflict-related violence in Goma and Munigi. North Kivu province is experiencing inter-community conflicts for decades. These conflicts affect women, men, but also youth and children, as well as families and community networks that ensure social cohesion. The most recent conflict to date (April 2021) is that between members of the Kumu ethnic communities and the Nande in the northern part of the city of Goma and in the Munigi area ("Turunga, Buhene, Kihisi") in the Bukumu chiefdom in the Nyiragongo territory.   
This project aims to promote permanent dialogue between the communities in conflict in order to prevent the escalation of inter-community violence already occurring between the Bakumu and Banande communities. It also aims to prevent risks of inter-ethnic violence through awareness-raising sessions, analysis workshops, support and revitalisation of local dialogue mechanisms in order to promote peaceful cohabitation.  
This project will be implemented in the city of Goma and in the Munigi area. It has two components: the education component and the technical support component. The education component plans to hold training sessions through analysis workshops and awareness-raising sessions through radio broadcasts and cultural activities. The support component will provide technical and material support to the CLPC (local permanent conciliation committee). The CLPC is a permanent framework for exchanges and conciliation between the different ethnic communities of the Munigi area. For this last component, the project will also support consolidation of local mechanisms for conflict prevention and peaceful management, in particular the Justice and Peace parish commissions of Kanyaruchinya and Turunga.
Putting communities at the driving seat of the poverty reduction strategies ·	Carry out participatory monitoring and evaluation of PRS implementation
·	Increase public awareness and participation in infulencing poverty reduction programmes and policies through advocating for good, accountable and transparent use of national and local resources
Accompaniment of bishops' joint advocacy initiative on peace in the Great Lakes This initiative aims to seek new ways to support sustainable peace in the Great Lakes sub-region of Africa.

"Peace in the Great Lakes" is a joint initiative of the Association of (Catholic) Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (AECAC) and of the Bishops’ College of the Province of the Anglican Church of DRC, Burundi and Rwanda.  It is open to any other religion that adheres to the goals of justice, peace and reconciliation in the Great Lakes sub-region of Africa (hereafter Great Lakes) in light of Gospel perspectives and of the Church’s social teachings. It intends to be innovative in seeking lasting peace in the Great Lakes sub-region through an ecumenical and interstate collaboration involving Anglican and Catholic Churches from Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda. 

Launched officially on 1st December 2013.  This will be done by and through the example of an ecumenical forum that will bear witness to justice, identifying and participating in activities to promote peace, listen to communities in their search for peace and provide an ‘alternative’ voice in the reconciliation process.  The launch of the project will initially run for 12 months and will involve all levels of church and community.

The project has inspirational outcomes: 

1. The Catholic and Anglican Churches strengthen their collaboration

2. People participate in decision-making processes through the Bishops’ advocacy actions and are engaged in the justice and reconciliation process in the region

3. Decision makers incorporate the points of views of local communities in their decisions.

The project will be managed and monitored by CAFOD’s team
CAFOD Strategic Peace building workshop, Goma, North Kivu, DRC The Great Lakes countries where CAFOD works for a decade is a theatre of conflict recurrence. These conflicts are either between communities within a country or between two countries accusing each other. Wanting to make an active contribution in the search for a lasting solution, CAFOD would launch a peace building programme which will include partners from the three countries of the Great Lakes region which are Burundi, DRC and Rwanda. Before the launch of this programme planned for April 2013, CAFOD is organizing a workshop with potential partners to determine the intervention strategy, relevant activities to implement and the main objectives. This is intended to expand the project proposal that CAFOD has already put in place and finally understand the dynamics of conflict in the region guarantee for a good response. 
Planned to be implemented internally by CAFOD with strong participation of potential partners from great lakes region, the peace building workshop will cost about 18,907 Usd to cover all cost (transport, accommodation, food, stationary, etc.).
Improving Water and Sanitation Governance and budget tracking in Lukunga year 2017 As part of  the Budget Transparency Program launched in January 2015, Centre d’Action pour Dirigeants & Cadres d’Entreprises au Congo (CADICEC) and Association des Ami(e)s du Père Tony (ASAPT) are supporting the community to improve water and sanitation governance through Citizens' engagement and budget tracking in Lukunga District, Kinshasa Province. This initiative is a pilot started in April 2016 and covers now the Malweka sub-county. Project activities are designed to make service providers responsive and accountable for providing services in a sustainable and equitable way. Constructive engagement and bridging the gap between service providers (government), NGOs and the communities that they serve are fundamental to this initiative. 
In its first phase (April- December 2016), the project succeeded in building up an environment for positive dialogue between local authorities and civil society. It also empowered local authorities and civil society representatives on participatory budgeting methods. Further, the project supported the organization of a Sub-county Forum after which a Sub-county Budget Council was established and the first sub-county budget planning was since ever made and a provisional sub-county budget report submitted to the County chief authority. Since January 2017, the project has been following up the provisional sub-county budget report at the county and provincial levels. 
This project intends to sustain these efforts and reach the expected outcomes. The project consists of supporting the Lukunga Sub-County Budget Council monitoring of the 2017 budget and participate into the 2018 budget making process. The project will use new technology of information (FrontlineSMS and social media) to collect the data and disseminate the report. The project will be monitored and evaluated by CADICEC in collaboration with its implementing partner ASAPT.
Seed multiplication of food crops by farmers' organizations in Kinshasa and its hinterland The purpose of this project is to enhance food security of communities in Kinshasa and surroundings through improved seed multiplication systems of appropriate varieties of cassava, sweet potato, rice, and vegetables resilient to climate change in DRC. 

These crops are important cash and food crops, can be a pathway to food security and adaptation to climate change. This project will build on our past experience with MAMBELI and will directly support farmers including women headed households, men headed households and youths. Farmers’ members of three associations will be grouped into seed multiplication cooperatives and will be helped to develop a system for producing and distributing high-quality seeds to small and large farmers. This will be done considering the affinities of farmers and the distance between their locations. Farmers in the communities will be using the seeds to increase total production while improving their welfare. 

To achieve this, the project will work with MAMBELI and conduct the following activities: 
• Structuring farmers into multiplier seed cooperatives
• Training farmers on the technology of seed multiplication 
• Land preparation and production and distribution of seeds to other peasants

The expected outcomes include:
• Well-structured farmer organizations 
• Cooperatives of farmers trained on the technology of seed multiplication
• Increase in at least 10 tonnes quality seeds of rice produced
• increase the income of the farmer seed multiplier
Multisectoral emergency assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by armed conflict in Fizi The expected impact of this intervention is the reduction of suffering by improving the living conditions of the beneficiaries as they will be able to access basic necessities such as food, NFI, shelter, education, and health. The multipurpose cash that beneficiaries will receive will allow them to buy essential household items, food, pay for health services, and education for their children. This will allow them to be sheltered from the weather and reduce the likelihood of their physical condition deteriorating as a consequence of poor conditions. Households will also be able to access at least two meals per day and respond to other needs.  The project will empower the community as CAFOD and Caritas Kasongo will do a survey prior to the cash distribution to assess the power dynamic within Households and carry out sensitisation where needed, especially as it will be largely women who will be receiving the cash on behalf of the Households. Priority will be given to the most vulnerable households affected by the storms and wind, including widowed women, children heads of households, elderly people, people with disabilities, chronically ill, and / or other people who are unable to buy food and goods of their choice that meet the need of their households. 
We will organize the mobile money transfer through which each affected household and the host families will receive £113.41 , the head of the household will receive the cash for the HH. This amount has been advised by the Cash working group as Minimum Expenditure Basket standard.  CAFOD has established that markets are functioning in the project locations, in view of a report on market assessment survey undertaken by CAFOD in partnership with other agencies (Caritas Kasongo, Caritas Bukavu, Caritas Belgium) on 17th June for an ECHO-funded project currently on-going in the project area.
Protection and Early Recovery of Conflict Affected population in Bukavu diocese, south Kivu, DRC This project aims to contribute to improving human dignity by trauma healing and socio economic reinsertion of women conflict affected in Kabare, Walungu and Kalehe territories, south Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Rape and other forms of sexual violence have been used as tools to win and maintain authority over civilians in territories occupied by rebel groups in Eastern DRC. Sexual violence is often committed in front of families and villagers to terrorize and control the local population. Women and girls of all ages have been raped. According to data collected from local health centres in Kivu, about 40 women are raped every day. The data reveals that 13 percent of these victims are under 14 years of age, 3 percent die as a result of the rape, and 10–12 percent contract HIV and AIDS. 

The victims suffer from life-long physical and psychological trauma, impairing their ability to participate in the development of their communities and making them more vulnerable. CAFOD in partnership with the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission (CDJP Bukavu), have been in the forefront of this fight by implementing protection, health referrals, livelihood and legal services for victims, as well as day-care programmes for the children of schoolgirls who have become mothers as a result of rape.
KAGUSA WATER PROJECT This project aims to reduce water-related mortality and morbidity, and support the recovery of livelihoods of the people of Kagusa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Kagusa village has been severely affected by conflict for many years. Women and girls have to walk for up to 2 hours to access the nearest water source, and reports of sexual violence during these trips are common. 

This projects’ aims will be achieved by supporting the recovery of livelihoods, by providing adequate accessible clean water and latrines. Sustainability will be ensured by setting up and training community management committees and providing hygiene promotion and training. Small gardens will enable villagers to grow crops for consumption and sale, to improve their livelihoods and nutritional status.