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Restoring Hope and Dignity: entrepreneurship for the Women’s Associations of Solidarity Goma Diocese This project seeks to improve the socio-economic status of women and their families in and around Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many of these women have been displaced due to ongoing conflict in the area or have lost their husbands or children to the war. 
 
CAFOD’s partner Caritas Goma will provide small loans to help them to develop their own businesses. Building on the success of the first phase of this project, the number of women benefitting will double to 400. 

Women selected to take part in the project will be trained in running a small business and provided with an initial loan, at an interest rate of 2% per month.  Loans will be repaid in 16 weekly instalments, as well as contributing to a savings account. Over the three year project period, there will be seven such 16 week cycles, with each new cycle commencing when all repayments for the previous cycle have been made. The women will operate on a collective basis, through small ’solidarity groups’ and ‘credit groups’, and will assume a collective responsibility for loan repayment. 

The aim is to help these women develop their businesses to the point where they can operate independently of the micro-credit facility.
Strengthening accountability in extractive sector in the South-Kivu The majority of armed violence in eastern DRC has been carried out in mineral-rich areas of the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu and Orientale province where state authority is almost absent and corruption is high. Mwenga territory in South Kivu sits on a huge gold deposit that has become an Eldorado for many companies from the west. In 1998, when the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) was ravaging South Kivu Province, Toronto-based company, Banro Resources Corporation, received government authorisation to mine. Since the start of their mining operations in the area, the community that relied on artisanal mining has been denied access to land and has been pushed to the brink of poverty.

The needs assessment conducted in 2011 by the Bishop ad hoc Commission on the Natural Resources (CERN) with support from the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), reveals that the mining communities have become poorer than the national average in terms of income, has become food insecure, many people have abandoned farming, water sources have been damaged, the number of out-of-school youth has doubled, the community has been divided around cultural issues, and the HIV infection rate has climbed.

This project seeks to improve the governance of natural resources in the Mwenga territory by building inclusive institutions to manage resources, helping companies to work in partnership with local governments and civil society and be transparent about their income and how their money is spent. This will be achieved through dialogue between extractive companies, governments, civil society and local communities on artisanal mining issue.

The project aims to reach 50,000 households (50% men and 30% women and 20%, children and youth). It is a one year pilot project with possible extension based on lessons learned and success of the first phase. It will also build on the learning from the Mugbwalu extractive project and Bunia to better model dialogue between stakeholders. CAFOD’s Advocacy Programme Officer will provide technical support to help ensure the success of this project.
Strengthening community engagement to fight against COVID-19 in Kinshasa This project will strengthen the community engagement to fight against the second wave of COVID-19 by providing clear information that counter rumours, misinformation and panics by training health personnel and community opinion leaders/Influencers and mass communication practitioners whom in turn will significantly help to populate the right information in the community and consequently impact on behavioural change of the communities.
The trainings proposed by the project will be done in collaboration with the local health ministry whose delegates will facilitate the sessions. As a result of the training, the Journalists will produce adapted messages based on the materials that have already been designed by the Ministry of health and broadcast messages that speak to the context and consequently impact on the listeners’ behaviour. In the same angle, the faith and opinion leaders having been trained, they will sensitize the community members by providing accurate and articulated information since they live in the same community.
The project will also strengthen the protection measures by providing 12500 masks to the most vulnerable households in Ngiri-ngiri community
Humanitarian Capacity Strengthening Project for Caritas Congo  (April 16 - March 18) Phase Two  for the  CAFOD HCD started in April 2016 with 4 dioceses (Caritas Bukavu, Dungu, Kasongo, and Uvira) and a non-faith organisation named SOCOAC.  C. Kasongo and Uvira are new partners.  Caritas Congo remains a huge structure with significant capacities both in terms of governance and resources than most of diocesan caritas, however they applied and were selected to be part of the HCD Programme as they may play  various roles including  collaboration and service providers in many ways.  

Earlier in 2016 we discussed with their Emergency Department in Kinshasa the possibility of collaboration to support local dioceses  particularly in the context of difficult access to some locations (e.g. Dungu).  This may allow avoiding duplication and ensure complementariness.  Among objectives, Caritas Congo has to coordinate and bring necessary support to local dioceses across the DRC which is quite challenging given the country context: big (2.345.000 Km sq), weak transport infrastructures, 47 spread dioceses, etc. 

Caritas Congo's Capacity Strengthening Plan (CSP) has been recently revised for the remaining time of the project which must be completed in March 2018. They will be focusing on  2 objectives  as following :  1) To increase capacity for immediate response to emergencies in the DRC based on most risk prone and affected dioceses in the DRC ; 2)  The development of a security plan which remains crucial for their humanitarian team as well as the whole Caritas Congo structure. 

Worth mentioning that they are also part of Shifting the Power Project aside 2 others CAFOD’ s partners within a Consortium of 6 International Non-Governmental Organisations in the DRC.   We will be considering the way the two projects interconnect since they received financial support from  that  particular project and we hope that in the future they will be able to better support diocesan structures but this may take long as it is about a change process.
Engage and dialog : Hearing land cry and governance practices improving living conditions in S-Kivu The years of instability that the Democratic Republic of Congo has been experiencing for many years have had a serious impact on its entire system of governance. Government action hardly seems to be oriented by the real needs of the population. The authorities are perceived by those they govern as individuals who have taken the state hostage, who escape all control, who work for themselves and who give them no consideration. As a result, it does not offer appropriate responses to their demands.
The low participation of the population in the governance of their entities, the exclusion and marginalisation of certain categories, including young people and women, are among the challenges that mean that governance does not necessarily meet the concerns of the population. In addition to this, there is the ignorance and the lack of information from which a large part of the population suffers, the development of bad governance practices such as political intolerance, the restriction of the free expression of opinion, the lack of consultation between the leaders and the people; and anti-values such as cheating, corruption, clientelism, and no transparency. Given this context, many of the needs and concerns of citizens cannot be addressed in an agreed and appropriate way. This concerns include the major issues arising from the need to protect the environment.  The overpopulated city of Bukavu has not developed a waste management strategy, and anarchic construction, largely linked to the violation of norms, accelerates the level of environmental pollution. Waste is dumped on the street, in the avenues, on the roads, in public places, in the water, etc., making the environment unhealthy and causing several diseases.
The project will further invest in education and behaviour change. To this end, symbolic incentive awards will be given to women and young people who have distinguished themselves in adopting good waste management practices in order to raise awareness by creating a spirit of emulation. Also, a permanent multi-faith think tank will be set up as part of this project to accompany the faithful in waste management through messages and preaching adapted to the needs of environmental protection. Mitaa safi" (clean communities) caravans will also be set up to mobilise the inhabitants in the main streets.
Emergency assistance of food and NFI to vulnerable families affected by May 2015 ADF NALU/Mbau This project aims to assist affected families with the distribution of one month’s food rations and non-food items (NFI), in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In Beni town and its surroundings, since the beginning of May 2015, several cases of murders were committed. People were killed by machetes in different villages around Beni town by ADF Nalu Uganda rebels. This very unfortunate situation has caused a great psychosis in the community, then people moved to the most secure locations, including:  Oicha and central Mbau.
Since their displacement, they are critically vulnerable because they have abandoned all property, crops and livestock and do not know how to develop alternative coping mechanisms. Especially as, even in host communities, power purchase of host populations have become very poor, as a result of the insecurity in the area. Assailants stalking operations by regular forces (FARDC) in these areas show that the return is not possible in a short time.

On Sunday 10 May, the civil society decreed days of dead cities, asking the government to find effective solutions to these kinds of violence perpetrated against innocent civilians. This situation could yet plunge the displaced in a crisis exacerbated insofar as they may not have where and how to manage to get food or meet any need cleaning.

As for the political and military authorities, they ask people to leave the isolated villages to go to the little secure centres to enable them to launch operations against the assailants, which proves that the return of IDPs is not foreseeable in the near future.
Participatory action for integral ecology This is a long-term project incorporating integral ecology, which calls for a change in mentality driven by a change in behaviour. Beyond the notion of rights, this project sharpens each citizen's sense of duty, obligation, and responsibility to bring about a positive change in their living environment.
Local participatory governance committees are grassroots structures for citizen participation and are present in both the Bukavu and Cyangugu dioceses in Rwanda. The CDJP Bukavu and the CDJP Cyangugu have already been involved in joint cross-border governance and peace projects sponsored by CAFOD in the recent past, as well as ACEAC initiatives in which both organisations are involved. ACEAC's current strategic plan incorporates ecological conversion. Pillar 2 of its strategic plan aims to protect the environment and manage natural resources in the spirit of the encyclical Laudato si. CDJP Bukavu has the requisite capacity to implement the planned activities. As a result of CAFOD’s past work with the CDJPs in Bukavu, the Justice and Peace commission has a strong platform and trusted methodology for helping people organise, understand their rights and take action for their communities.
Continuation of Mululi Water Project (South Kivu - DRC) The Mululi water project aims to support socio-economic growth by improving the health and livelihoods of the marginalised rural population through the provision of water to more than 500 families through a gravity-fed system. This project will finalise the WASH programme funded by CAFOD (USD 30,000) which needed USD 50,000 for its completion. Local population have contributed through labour supply in digging canals and supplying some tank construction materials. CAFOD and its partner Caritas Bukavu sampled water at one potential source spring and found water to be potable and with sufficient flow to supply the entire village by gravitation. Located 3 km upstream from the village near the mountain peak in a bush field, the flow of the spring is adequate to supply water to the village on 12 hours per day basis.  
The intervention will consist to construct the water catchment and set tanks at the spring area, construct 1 tank of 20 m3 and 5 water stand posts of 3 taps each and train local technicians on how to maintain the system. It will also provide necessary materials and tools to help community to properly maintain the water system and build 2 public latrines (in a school and at the market).
It will be implemented by Centre Olame which works in close collaboration with Caritas Bukavu.
Field-level conflict analysies by church partners- Caritas Bukavu Diocese To monitor, analyse and report on field-level conflict indicators, so that data on the progress of peace and reconciliation in South Kivu can be made available to EU, UK government and CAFOD policy makers. 

This additional amount that comes from CAFOD office management activities budget with the overall budget of the IFS EC co-funded programme. EC and CAFOD have agreed and sign an addendum to the grant contract IFS-RRM 213-536 for a no-cost extinction of three months. So during the budget readjustment, this amount was reallocated to Caritas Bukavu in order to complete the remaining activities such as training of the community leaders in how to sustain the project results after the end of the project implementation and raising the awareness of communities about peace building and about the negative impact of conflict.
Shifting the Power: strengthening the 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 and the SWOT analysis undertaken with CADI, the organisation has elaborated a one year capacity strengthening plan with 5 objectives and 9 activities focus on leadership, influence and preparedness and response
Contribution of ACEAC SECRETARIAT in peace building, justice, better governance action & development The participation of ACEAC bishops in the ICGLR Heads of State meeting in March 2009 is necessary to make advocacy actions on peace, justice, governance and development in the Great Lakes sub-region. 

- The participation of ACEAC Bishops in the Synod for Africa explains their engagement to talk about peace, justice and reconciliation in the Great Lakes sub–region .

- The exchanges with other Bishops in the North and in Africa allows the ACEAC Bishops to create bonds and to reinforce their engagement on the values of peace, justice and good governance in the Great Lakes sub-region 

- An institutional support enables ACEAC Bishops to cover the wages of the personnel and all other operating expenses for an optimal operation of this structure.
Supporting IDPs from Ituri Province to Beni territory in North-Kivu Province CAFOD and SOCOAC plan to provide emergency support to the most vulnerable households through a closed fair approach for food and NFIs (two months project) based on beneficiary’s needs and our own experience of delivering such interventions in the area. Beneficiaries clearly expressed their preference of “fair approach” as best methodology to assist them rather than direct distribution (where they have only to comply with the choice of items done by others in their place). NFI will cover basic needs of households who left everything behind and food will support all household members for 1 month. One month is seen as a minimum given the high volatility and uncertainty of the context and it also corresponds to the scale of the displacements with efforts to reach as many households as possible. 
As result of the initial assessment, it’s planned to update beneficiaries’ awareness before launching the fair in order to minimize incidents of misunderstanding. Local population and traders will all be informed about the rights of displaced people, and the prices of the items will be discussed and agreed to be adapted as much as possible to their vulnerability. Voucher fairs will be used to provide essential food and NFI in the quality, quantity and variety necessary to meet priority needs of the targeted beneficiaries. The fairs approach is the viable and best option to ensure sufficient diversity and quality of supplies, to respond to beneficiaries’ choices, to meet diverse needs, to limit risks associated with distributing and transporting cash for both SOCOAC staff in such insecure area without banks or microfinance institutions and beneficiaries and to stimulate the local economy as well.  All foods and NFI will be found in Beni far from about 60 Kms on a good road and Eringeti. Availability and prices match the vouchers amounts, according to assessments regularly done by clusters in the targeted area on a half-yearly basis. Items that will constitute intimate hygienic kit are also available in Beni and Eringeti. 
There is currently no other response reported yet to cover the immediate urgent needs in Eringeti and there are no funds available for this location at the moment.
Operational activities for shifting the power project  project (June 2016-March 2017) The shifting the power project aims at strengthening local organisations capacity to better deliver humanitarian response to disaster affected communities. The project fund will be managed at two levels: at partner’s level – partner grant and at the consortium/ CAFOD level- operational activities. In regards to this, 11 types 1 projects have been raised and cover the project partners’ grants.  This operational activities project will cover activities related to the 4 project outcomes including:
• Research to be undertaken in regards to how INGOs must improve the way of working, supporting and collaborating with local organisations (output 3). 
• All activities related to the strengthening local humanitarian platforms.
• All capacity building materials activities, peer to peer support and all the project learning activities to be undertaken.
• Project monitoring, evaluations, assessments related activities.
Supporting the reconstruction of 2 classrooms at CIRHUNDU elementary school in Burhale Parish(S-Kivu A series of earthquakes shook the province of South Kivu during the week of 20 to 25 November 2017 followed by aftershocks for three days. The epicenter was located in Walungu territory. Another earthquake of great magnitude was felt on the night of Monday 4 to Tuesday, December 5, 2017 in the same area causing huge damage to property and putting the population in a huge fear.
Most houses that have experienced cracks and / or destroyed, are generally those of religious (presbyteries, convents of the sisters, etc.) but also some schools and homes in the community. The most affected localities are Burhale, Irongo and Walungu. The Cirhundu Elementary School, built in 1947, is located in the locality of Burhale. Around 700 students are enrolled in this school. 12 of its classrooms were heavily damaged. Students are crammed into classrooms that have not been affected too much. There is a problem of promiscuity but also students are exposed to enormous weather, which does not promote better learning.
These destroyed buildings require urgent reconstruction in order to encourage children affected by this natural disaster to study under more or less acceptable conditions, especially since the school year is still in progress and no assistance has been provided.
That this project submitted by Caritas Bukavu Development aims to facilitate access to school facilities for Burhale’ local residents in Walungu territory. Caritas Bukavu plans to rehabilitate this school destroyed by the earthquake by building two classrooms among those affected to promote learning and put children out of harm's way
Supporting the diocesans Caritas in the response to the Kasai crisis in DRC Since August 2016, the Kasai region in south-central DRC is facing violence due to armed clashes between militia named Kamwina Nsapu vs FARDC (national army). The statistics refer 1, 4 million people in need. The Kasai’ diocesans Caritas have not been prepared to respond to a large emergency as these 5 provinces remained secure and challenging only development issues. The current project plans to support the three diocesan Caritas selected (Mweka, Luiza and Luebo) in the response to the Kasai crisis. 
Two main phases are planned for this project:
-	An exploratory phase oriented towards needs assessment for displaced and host communities aiming to define proposal for responding to Kasai crisis. 
-	The second phase will be to strengthen the structural capacities of the diocesan Caritas so that they can respond effectively to emergencies. CARITAS Congo will allow targeted diocesan Caritas to be responding to emergencies as they occur in their region without necessarily wait for support from other Caritas
In the meantime, and as a day to day work, the CARITAS Congo accompanier (focal point) and his assistant will be providing regularly accurate updates as sitreps/reports (on bi-weekly basis) including any security/humanitarian events as they arise  and attend necessary coordination meetings to collect and share information (to help advocacy purpose). Deployment report (final report) including narrative and financial is also expected for this mission
To do this, an accompanier (focal point) from Caritas Congo will be deployed for 4 months and will be assisted by a staff member from CARITAS Goma/or Bukavu (2 months)  the mission plans to send a CARITAS Congo accompanier (focal point) who will be assisted by an assistant from CARITAS Goma/or Bukavu.