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Rapid Response Project for internally displaced persons in Rwanguba Health Zone, Rutshuru Territory The humanitarian situation in the territory of Rutshuru continues to be worrying. Despite several calls from the active civil society in the province, the territory of Rutshuru remains insecure and unfortunately the authorities so far do not have full control over the territory space. Just to recall, displacement crisis in the Rutshuru territory seriously deteriorated when clashes resumed at the end of March 2022 between the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) and elements of the M23 armed group, in Jomba Groupment. This humanitarian situation caused thousands of households (10,400) in the Rutshuru and Rwanguba Health Zones to be internally displaced while seeking for safety. An additional 11,000 persons fled for safety in other localities inside these two health zones while some other crossed the border.  The latest OCHA report informs that up to 55,803 people have been displaced and continue to live in various cantonments. In this difficult context, displaced persons continue to live in collective centres such as schools and churches, which are now overcrowded, and the rainy season having started makes the hygiene and protection status of this persons even more complicated. Humanitarian needs of the displaced populations continue to rise due to limited lifesaving and protection responses and unabated movements. In Rutshuru territory, the security and protection situation in most of the area covered by the M23 crisis continues to be marked by extreme precariousness of basic necessities. Despite ongoing interventions, critical gaps still exist, so CAFOD through its local partner SOCOAC are proposing to scale up the ongoing project to provide life-saving support and support in alleviating the suffering of the most vulnerable displaced households and most vulnerable host families, specific focus being high risks persons such as people living with disabilities, the elderly, the chronically ill, female and child headed households within Rwanguba health Zone.
Accompaniment  of water committees and women associations to durable resilience in south-Kivu Centre Olame benefited from a CAFOD MF grant which led to reinforcing the women control on water resources.  The project led also to creating and reinforcing women associations, enhance their capacity in management of Income generating activities. Centre Olame used women associations to conduct advocacy sessions at local and provincial levels on Access to water and on gender equality in ownership and decision making at all levels. In front of such success, Centre Olame received a second grant under DRC311 from CGF to accompany these too young structures to more resilience. The actual project is a continuation of the DRC311's spirit, for more support to 27 water committees and 8 women associations in 233
villages in South-Kivu, leading them towards total autonomy. The project will run 3 months starting 01 June to 31 August 2015.
Humanitarian Capacity Development for Caritas Developpement Bukavu - Phase 2 (April 16 - March 18) Caritas Bukavu was part of the Phase 1 of the Humanitarian Capacity Development (HCD) programme which just ended (2013-2015). We had an interesting experience especially in collaborating within the Caritas family. In fact, following the partner's initial self-assessment we shared the result with Caritas Spain, Cordaid and Caritas Australia to seek their support to their action plan knowing that this will help avoiding duplication and improve effectiveness and promote better collaboration between Caritas Internationalis members Organisations (CIMOs). CAFOD also received a financial contribution from Caritas Australia, which hasn’t presence in DRC, to support the plan. 

Unfortunately, the collaboration wasn’t formalised and we finally felt the importance of making a kind of MoU between all involved to prevent possible failure in the implementation. In fact, some contributions were yet due to the partner at the end of the project despite oral commitments to the Action Plan and respective responsibilities agreed.  Meanwhile, collaboration within CIMOs is a good to encourage and during the upcoming phase 2 and beyond, this way of working should be promoted where possible. 

Caritas Bukavu was under an important transformation process of integrating their development and emergency departments to respond to a real ‘’Caritas-Development’’ structure. This process went alongside the HCD programme implementation which was quite challenging for both sides but we were able to mitigate this constraint since they appointed a focal person which was responding to all HCD programme’s issues. This was for a great help to make easier both our relationships and capacity in implementing this project.   
In regard to key achievements, policies and strategic documents were made available during the phase 1 including:
1.	Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPRP)
2.	Humanitarian Strategic Plan
3.	Security Plan with practical disposal for staff and other.
4.	Procedure’s manual for administrative, financial, accounting and logistic issues.

Planned activities were carried out in a satisfactory manner especially for those under CAFOD responsibility so next phase will be consolidating achievements and improving where needed. As said above, collaboration within CIMOs interested in the capacity development plan to be developed on the basis of the self-assessment process will be a specific focus as we will be encouraging the partner to developing external orientation profile in their strategic programming.
A modest budget has been proposed for the start-up of this phase hoping that after the self-assessment, any new challenges are the subject of special attention between Caritas Interested for a possible reconsideration.
Special support to strengthen CENCO's positioning and the application of its legal framework The Catholic Church's involvement in socio-political issues is well documented. It ranges from equipping people for the faith, to education and issues of integral human development. The Church in the DRC does not limit itself to the basic spreading of the gospel but proclaims the gospel in its fullness by setting the human being and humanity at the centre of the evangelising action. 
At the level of the DRC, the Holy See had already signed an agreement with the independent State of Congo in 1906. Considering the deep mutations that have occurred for almost 115 years, the CENCO Bishops started to reflect on the revision of this convention in 2007. In 2016, the DRC and the Holy See signed a framework agreement in order to work together for the well-being of all. This framework agreement which defines the terms of the partnership between the Church and the State in the DRC was ratified in 2019. 
Indeed, the Church today needs facilities and legal security to carry out its evangelising work, to continue the integral development of mankind, to reflect on the well-being of the Congolese people with regard to all the matters that CENCO deals with through its commissions and its branches (its dioceses). This support project aims to foster and secure from the Congolese state, the drawing up of measures for the application of this framework agreement in order to enable the Catholic Church in the DRC, through the CENCO, to play its role more effectively. 

This additional grant requested by the 2nd Deputy General Secretary of CENCO and Coordinator of the synodal consultation aims to contribute to the final editing of the summary document of the synodal consultation carried out in the dioceses of the DRC
The team working on the synodal itinerary in the DRC has concluded that the synodal consultation carried out in the dioceses for a synodal church - which means walking together - is an opportunity, on the religious and social levels, to create frameworks for living together of different strata of the population, not only within the Church, but in the whole society.
Tu Faulu Pamoja - Succeeding Together Project plan to empower women and young people to have greater involvement in civic and political life and to stand up for their rights:  The project will undertake a human rights-based and gender-responsive approach that places paramount priority on promoting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of women and girls, as well as strengthening institutional capacities at local and national levels to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. By empowering women and youth in DRC as leaders and players in the political sphere, it is expected to powerfully influence the trend of poverty in the country, promoting higher standards of living and positive developments in many areas, including education, infrastructure and health. So by investing in women and youth’s right to political participation, this project will contribute towards achieving gender equality and democratic governance. Since women in positions of authority tend to advocate for and allocate budgets towards social issues, their involvement in political processes will be beneficial for all. We will work directly with and through the Rien Sans Les Femmes (RSLF) movement and youth platforms using their multiplier effects and transformational power to mobilise communities to play pivotal roles to achieve greater parity, promoting good governance and more gender equal societies, whilst at the same time promoting a more sustainable peace.  
Project plan to  support gender equality through having an additional focus on men and boys.  The project will contribute to improving prevention of violence against women and girls through changes in knowledge, attitudes and practices.
Building lasting peace in the Great Lakes Region through an interfaith peace campaign The Catholic and Anglican Churches of the Great Lakes Region intend to implement a joint advocacy initiative aiming to build a lasting peace in the Great Lakes Region. This project will last three years, but the first phase will last a year starting December 1st, 2013. This project aims to consolidate peace and peaceful coexistence in the Sub-Region of the Great Lakes (Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo) through a strong advocacy approach. According to the Anglican and Catholic Bishops of the three countries, the voices of the poor are not being heard and local populations have not been consulted in the peace initiatives undertaken by various policy makers in the region. 

The project’s activities will start on the 1st of December 2013 in Goma, North Kivu Province (DRC) with the celebration of an ecumenical mass bringing together all Christians as well as other religious leaders from Rwanda, Burundi and the DR Congo.
The project has three aims:
1.  The Catholic and Anglican Churches strengthen their collaboration and 
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.
This is in line with Aim 1 and 3 of Just One World and it is in line with the first goal of CAFOD DRC’s CSP. CAFOD will support this project with an amount of £ 25,000 from CGF FY2013 – 2014 (transitional fund) for the period covering
October 2013 to March 2014. CAFOD’s Advocacy Programme Officer will provide technical support and will ensure the success of this project.

Besides the financial and technical support from CAFOD, CRS (Catholic Relief Services), Christian Aid and World Vision intend to financially support this project as well.
Strengthening partnership between Shifting the Power consortium members INGOs and LNGOs (Output 3) The output 3 of shifting the power project focused on the fact that Shifting the Power consortium INGO members must recognise and respond to national organisations' voice and agency.  Recognition has been growing within the wider humanitarian sector of the importance of local and national disaster management capacity. However much greater investment is required to develop and reinforce permanent local capacity to prepare for and respond to emergencies. As highlighted in the DEPP Business Case, in 2010 the Global Humanitarian Platform spoke of the need for a fundamental shift in approach to place national organisations at the centre of humanitarian action. The Missed Opportunities report highlights that “a strategic shift towards southern actors is not a neutral one, but will potentially see northern/western agencies lose out in terms of resources.  Therefore any suggestion of a more localised approach to response is likely to be met with resistance, even if the humanitarian imperatives are clear-cut”. 

The project will work with organisations to understand national organisations perspectives on humanitarian practice and barriers and challenges posed by international humanitarian agencies, providing space for self-reflection of International START Network agencies, and encouraging changes in practices and policies of international actors to support new roles and ways of working.
CAJED- Livelihood programme Reinsertion of vulnerable youth (ex child soldiers, street children, orphans….) in Goma/Masisi and Rutshuru/North Kivu via LNGO CAJED. Activities including peace clubs, vocational training and reinsertion of youth into IGAs via trades, civic and moral education.
Additional Support to the Bishops’ interfaith Peace and Advocacy initiative The DRC team is requesting an additional 10,000 USD to support the Bishops' peace initiatives in the DRC. This budget will cover three major activities that were undertaken by the Bishops, including 1) the monitoring trip to Beni to see by themselves the atrocities, killings, and how the population suffering in the area, 2) bringing together other faiths in DRC to work on peace initiatives, including the development of common civic education messages, and 3) various advocacy activities undertaken by Bishops during their mediation of the peace process in DRC.  
Since October 2014, the territories of Beni, Lubero and Walikale in North Kivu have become the theatre of killings. The area has been affected by many rebel movements, including the ADF/NALU rebels and Civilians have paid the price. the populations are constantly massacred and many are living in constant displacement. Basic services are non-existent in the area and over 837 people are missing or have been kidnapped. More than 1,660 people have been killed and the economic consequences are clearly visible in the area. 
With all these atrocities, the government never investigated the causes and no serious explanation of the killings have been given, although the MONUSCO and the national army are both operational in the area. the Catholic Church have been vocal is asking for justice in the area at the point that the Holy Father sent a message qualifying what is going in Beni as "a shameful silence". 
To allow Bishops to see and hear what the people of Beni have gone through so that they have arguments in their advocacy activities, CAFOD funded a high level visit the permanent commission of Benchtops to Beni. This activity was pre-funded by the Justice and Peace commission and the report is on file. The result of their visit has been used in their advocacy messages in Europe and in the country. 
Representatives from the Congolese Bishops Episcopal Conference (CENCO) have tried to bring the ECC (Protestant church) together in the effort to join voices and bring peace to DRC but efforts have been blocked by many historical misunderstanding and personal interests. Through the request of CENCO, CAFOD funded one major workshop that brought together all churches in DRC with the objective of constituting an interfaith advocacy body but the Catholic church was left alone as many other faith groups opted to support the current regime.
Protection of girls and children working in mining This project aims to contribute to the protection of girls, children from abuse, Child labour in mining areas and help them to re-integrate into normal and/or recuperation schooling system while strengthening the livelihood means around their family livelihood systems. It is a 30-month project. 

The project will seek to significantly reduce child labour in mining areas by providing sustainable alternative livelihood opportunities to parents. The project will be undertaken in  Kabare and Walungu territories in South Kivu Province, DRC. The project will seek to reach a total of 1750 direct participants and 5500 indirect participants.
This will include entrepreneurship training on small start-up businesses of their choice and the provision of start-up funds which will develop to establishing links with other local existing credit access firms intended to the parents for sustainability purpose. Increase access to and support for primary education, particularly in mining communities. In order to maximize the impact of this activity, the activity will be done through the parent (preferably mothers) of the child who will benefit from the income generating activity in order to be able to pay the school fees of the child in the local school. In the same line, it will also strengthen the family livelihood means helping the child to have food in order to divert the attention of the parent to send them to work in the mining. This support will be extended to children especially girls who are unable to continue to secondary schools due to their inability to pay school fees.
Emergency support to IDP victims of ADF-NALU attacks; Beni territory, North Kivu Between 5th-20th October, more than 80 people have been killed, and hundreds injured in Beni region. These indiscriminate and extremely violent attacks have created great population movements in the area. Thousands of IDPs are living in makeshift accommodation inside schools, churches or in nearby forested areas. These locations are overcrowded, lack dignity and proper facilities (public places) or are in open open areas (forests).	
																			
It is urgent that humanitarian actors support vulnerable populations to access life saving food supplies, NFIs, basic shelter items, clean water, hygiene items, basic medical care and psychosocial support. Through this 45 day START Network funded project, CAFOD's partner will;

-Distribute food via food fairs.
-Distribute NFIs through NFI fairs.
-Provide a one off cash distribution to enable households to purchase key items. 							
						
Under START these activities will reach approximately 773 families (3,865 people).  An MSGA is raised to increase the number of families to 963 as the needs have now increased. The extra £16,431.25 is provided under GEF
Shifting the Power: strengthening humanitarian and leadership capacity of CADI 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 Project 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 undertaken with CADI, the organisation has elaborated a one year capacity strengthening plan with 5 objectives and 15 activities focus on leadership, influence and preparedness and response
Emergency humanitarian assistance following the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in Beni (DRC) The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains active. While substantial progress has been made to limit the spread of the disease to new areas and the situation in Mangina (in Mabalako Health Zone) is stabilizing, the cities of Butembo, Musienene, Katwa and Masereka have become the new hotspots. Proposed project plans to raise awareness on sanitization and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to prevent the spread of the EVD; to ensure the safety of frontline health care workers and volunteers by providing personal protective equipment (PPEs) and, providing assistance to displaced communities in the area in food and NFIs as a consequence of the Ebola outbreak. 
Proposed project will be implemented by CAFOD through its local implementing partners Caritas Butembo-Beni with support from Caritas Congo. It aims to ensure travellers, local leaders, religious leaders, youths, motorbike taxi drivers, drivers are aware of Ebola prevention and early care and work closely with Ebola response teams to strengthen community engagement.
This project will provide food and NFI support to 996 affected IDPs and host households (directly impacted by the outbreak, cases or contact) in Mabalako health area in Beni territory.  The benefit of the project will allow these targeted vulnerable households to receive a 30-day food ration that represents the duration of incubation to recover their human dignity.
Shifting the Power: strengthening the humanitarian and leadership capacity of CEDERU The need to strengthening local capacities in humanitarian response in the 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 Project in DRC aims to 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 CEDERU, the organisation has elaborated a one year capacity strengthening plan with 5 objectives and 15 activities.
Shifting the Power: strengthening the leadership capacity of Caritas Goma 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 Project 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 undertaken with Caritas Goma, the organisation has elaborated a one year capacity strengthening plan with 5 objectives and 16 activities focus on leadership, influence and preparedness and response