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Mapping conflict data for advocacy impact This proposal has been developed in response to a request from partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to strengthen their capacity in analysing and communicating conflict data. 
The DRC is a country plagued by violent conflict. This seriously impacts on the lives of people living in eastern DRC, limiting reconstruction and development and deepening poverty. The sheer size of the DRC and the complexity of the conflict mean that the conflict is very difficult to understand, and the security situation changes so frequently that it is very difficult to monitor and effectively respond to incidents of conflict. 
Since August 2010, CAFOD has been working to build the capacity of 2 partners to monitor the indicators of emergent conflict in five territories through a network of local community monitoring committees (Webpromise ref: DRC173 and DRC174). However, the richness and complexity of this data has made it difficult to analyse and identify emerging conflict trends, and to communicate the research effectively to engage and influence decision-makers.  
Representing the information collected directly from the ground in a visual and interactive way would address these challenges. Mapping incidents of conflict electronically would strengthen local-level capacity to analyse and understand conflict trends, and would support advocacy at local, national and even international levels to challenge the structures and policies that allow the conflict to persist.  
This project will include 2 partners: CARITAS Bukavu and Centre Olame, with support from UK based NGO Map Action, with whom CAFOD has an existing informal relationship on DRR mapping. Map Action work on a voluntary basis and charge no consultancy fees for time spent in-country. The initial workshop would take place in June 2012, with a view to developing the map and completing the second workshop before December 2012. The design and content of the map would be developed together with partners in-country, and according to an agreed brief, the map would be developed by a Map Action volunteer. This map would then be finalised with partners before moving to a period of user- testing e.g. with the EC and DRC government officials, to refine the map. The map would then be finalised and Map Action would return to DRC to support partners in using and maintaining the map to ensure sustainability. Map Action would continue to be available to provide remote technical support to partners following the workshop.
Improving natural resources management through the integration of the civil society, DRC This project will improve the management of natural resources in DR Congo by empowering local communities and involving civil society organizations into the decision making process. Natural Resources management in the DR Congo is very problematic, with no transparency from the government and extractives and lake of regulations. The country is endowed with natural resources and over 20 major extractive companies have been exploiting resources since independence but the country is still ranked last on the human development index. This is mostly due to mismanagement and corruption.
According to several analysis, the real problems in the extractive sector lies in the contracts between the companies and the Government that are not well negotiated and the community is never involved, transparency during the implementation process of their mining project is nonexistent and taxes are not paid to the government or when they are paid they benefit a group of elites as opposed to going into the government treasury. On the other hand, affected communities are not informed of their right and their share of benefits.
This project will work with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to press for communities to have a voice in the management of natural resources in their communities. The project will bring extractive companies, communities and government together and help them discuss and resolve differences. To better achieve these objective, the project will be concentrated where we are already supporting Observatories of Natural Resources (ORN) centres in 6 provinces and reinforce six Civil Society Platform called “Cadre de Concertation” (CDC), including in Kananga,
Kisangani, Mbandaka, Bukavu, Lubumbashi and Kinshasa.
The six ORN will collect data and evidence on the mining operations and work with CdC to organize tripartite meetings with local authorities, extractive companies and CSO’s members on issues affecting them. 
The following results are expected:        
- Civil society organizations strengthened on natural resource management 
- The understanding of local communities on natural resources issues increased and they are empowered to demand their right. 
- Civil Society Organizations Beneficiaries at local and national levels are genuinely involved in decision making and can affect policies.
This project is co funded 30% with CAFOD general funds and the rest by EC. This is a 3 year project (from March 2011
to March 2014) that will be implemented by CERN/CENCO in 6DRCongo's Ecclesiastical Provinces (Kinshasa, Kananga, Kisangani, Bukavu, Mbanaka, and Lubumbashi).
Accompanying an Emergency support to IDP victims of ADF-NALU attacks in Beni town, North Kivu,DRC CAFOD and its local partner SOCOAC plan to  target the most urgent needs of the IDPs and host communities in food and emergency non-food items. The response plan has been designed in coordination with Christian Aid and Tearfund in order to collectively target the large majority of the households in need (around 2,100 households in total). Thus, CAFOD and SOCOAC will target 700 households in Beni centre and its Eastern suburbs (especially Quartier Matonge, Masiani and Kasabinyole) while other affected areas are covered by Christian Aid and Tearfund. 
CAFOD and SOCOAC will provide emergency support to the most vulnerable households through a closed fair approach for food and NFIs. People will be selected in function of their vulnerability score (both for food and NFI) and their vulnerability status with the participation of the community. All fairs will involved local traders and two different sessions will be organised: one for food and one for NFIs. For food, each selected household will receive a voucher worth 50 USD (standard of the food security cluster) and will cover one month of food. For NFIs, the voucher will have a value of 70 USD. In both cases, the household will be able to decide what its priority is and buy items accordingly. Local traders are paid later in exchange of the vouchers they collected during the fair. 
CAFOD has been working in partnership with SOCOAC for more than 4 years and has maintained good relations each other based on the achievement of projects. This partnership is firmly based on the mutual respect of the agreements and the desire for quality work. A memorandum of understanding will be concluded between CAFOD and its partner SOCOAC at the beginning of the project to serve as a contract between the two parties. As an agency with experience in the implementation of emergency responses, CAFOD is committed to assisting the partner with high quality humanitarian staff to assist and oversee the implementation of activities. The partner will maintain permanent contact with the Program Manager and the Emergency Program Officer, for the necessary support and supervision of the implementation of the activities. CAFOD staff plans to visit the project at least once during the implementation period to provide necessary technical support to the partner
Improving the coordination and effectiveness of the national commissions of the great lakes This project aims to further support local organisations in maintaining the peace and political stability in Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo.

Four years after the publication of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Africae Munus" which acts as the action plan for the Church in Africa with regard to reconciliation, justice, peace and development, our region is still experiencing a climate of insecurity and political instability. The Justice & Peace commission (ACEAC), which is a synergy of all national commissions of Rwanda, Burundi and that of the Congo, in its tradition, meets on an annual basis. The major aim of this is to provide the opportunity to assess the contribution of the Commission for Justice and Peace-ACEAC (the Catholic Church) in promoting a democratic culture in our sub-region. 
The current context in the sub-region remains fragile, being marked by a climate of uncertainty in Burundi, Rwanda and DRC about democratic change; massacres of civilians in the eastern DRC; a climate of pre-election violence and political instability in Burundi. 

This project will serve the opportunity for the church to redefine and revisit its advocacy efforts at all levels so as to voice out the plight and challenges faced by those who can hardly be heard. Beyond the annual meeting of ACEAC, the national commission will also ensure the materialization of the recommendation issued out of the meeting. 

CEJP is one of CAFOD’s strategic partners. Technical support is needed to help CEJP improve their finance, programmatic and administrative management. So a consultant will be hired to support the implementation of institutional audit recommendations and strengthen capacities.
Emergency NFI Assistance 1500 IDP/Returnee Households in Hutwe, Lubero Territory, North Kivu The 2009 begun with some form of improvement in diplomatic relations between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The two nations yesterday enemies signed an agreement which materialised by joint military operations to track the FDLRs who have been living in Congo for the last 15 years. Unfortunately these military operations massive new displacement of the population particularly in Masisi, Walikale and Lubero causing a lot of dire humanitarian consequences such as looting, abandonment of farms and harvest, destruction of houses, increased sexual violence and other types of human rights abuses. In Lubero territory alone the Population movement coordinated by the UN estimates that there are upto 322,293 IDPs and Returnees of which 24000 people live in Hutwe Locality. These people being returnees or IDPs live in very deplorable situation because most of these households have suffered multiple displacements, have lost everything and are incapable of providing themselves with the basic cooking or household utensils. CAFOD staff made a visit to Hutwe and other parts of Lubero territory where they saw the deplorable situation inwhich these people have been living.
Because the vulnerability in which these people have been living, Caritas Butembo carried out a needs assessment and has discovered that these people urgenctly need Non food Items in order to have atleast the basic for cooking, fetching water and assure minimun sleeping conditions.
Hutwe is relatively secure and there are no threats with regards to undertaking a humanitarian operation in the area. In fact the WFP in partnership with Caritas Butembo Beni have also distributed Food assistance in the area. The NFI cluster has also been lobbying for NFI assistance in the area. Caritas Butembo plans to distribute a full NFI kit as agreed with all the humanitarian organisations in North Kivu namely Blankets, sleeping mats, tarpaulins, spoons, mugs, ladle, soap, casserols, jerrycans, treated mosquito nets, clothing, etc. By providing beneficiaries with these basic essential household items Caritas hopes to restore their human dignity and improve their situation.
Start Fund DRC:  Displacement in Salamabila The expected impact of this intervention is the reduction of suffering by improving the living conditions of the beneficiaries as they will access food, NFI, shelter, etc. The cash that beneficiaries will receive will allow them to buy essential household items and/or rent houses.  HHs will as likely be able to access at least two meals per day and repsond to other needs.  The project will empower the community as we will do a survey prior to the cash distribution to assess the power dynamic within HHs and carry out sensitisation where needed, especially as it will be largely women who will be receiving the cash on behalf of the HHs. Priority will be given to the most vulnerable households  affected by the current conflict, and who would continue to be highly vunlerable after returning home, 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 banking  through which each household will receive £90, the head of the household will receive the cash for the HH.  The cash will be done through mobile money which means people will not have to wait in long queues to receive their cash.
 CAFOD and Caritas Développement Kasongo will target 10,824 people - 66% of of those affected (within the alert note) by the current crises specialy in Wamaza – Kayembe axe and ActionAid will cover other 44% in Kayembe and Salamabila axe. Beneficiaries will be selected and targeted by the Caritas Développement Kasongo  team in collaboration with the IDP Committee, the representative of humanitarian Affairs Division, local authorities and local civil society on the basis of the vulnerability criteria mentioned above that will be put in place and validated by all stakeholders during the evaluation. In term of coordination, We have coorindated with ChristianAid, ActionAid and HelpAge .
Improvement of the socio-economic living conditions of women/girls and their families in 30 parishes The project contributes to significantly reduce the violence caused by wars and armed conflicts and to help households beneficiaries  to develop psychological and economic resilience mechanisms.

Four results must be achieved for the success of this project, namely:
- In 30 parishes of the Archdiocese of Bukavu, resilience mechanisms have been established to cope with the trauma and vulnerability of women/girls and their families, particularly combating all kinds of gender-based violence;
- Gender-based domestic violence is addressed and thanks to sociotherapy from listening centers and grassroots groups, the number of conflicts within households has been reduced.
- The income situation of the families supported by the project has improved.
- The project contributes to the prevention of the spread of Covid-19 and strengthens the resilience of the populations of twelve parishes in the face of income losses linked to the coronavirus.

During the project realization, sociotherapy remains a central aspect that links psycho-social support to the orientation towards self-determination and increased income for women and girls.
This project contribute to CAFOD strategic vision to end violence against women and strengthen the economic justice to fight poverty.
Emergency assistance to Burundian refugees victims of pre-electoral violence installed in Uvira/DRC Since March 2015, socio-political tensions have been increasing in Burundi ahead of the general elections to be held in June. The upcoming Presidential and Legislative elections are considered critical for long-term peace and stability of the country. Tensions have, however, are continuing to increase. Protests between supporters of the opposing political parties have become increasingly violent, mostly in the capital Bujumbura, which is causing an increase in numbers leaving Burundi as fears grow for their safety and they seek refuge/protection in neighbouring DRC. The number of people leaving Burundi is likely to continue to grow over the next month. Current reports have demonstrated a significant rise in the number of persons entering DRC since 14 May (UNCHR Regional Response plan, May 2015, has indicated that there will be 30,000 refugees by September 2015). CAFOD and its partner's Caritas Uvira and CODEVAH, jointly with Action Aid completed a rapid multi-sectorial assessment (20-22 May 2015) in the localities around the Ruzizi river, which separates DRC and Burundi.
Monitoring and joint activities for DRC wash programme first round CAFOD DRC is implementing the first round of the DFID Match Funds WASH programme implemented in  in Goma and Dungu. The overall budget of this WASH programme is 276,000£, including partners grants and CAFOD cost. Implementing partners are Caritas Goma and Caritas Dungu. The programme will reduce the risk of contamination of waterborne diseases in the poorest and disadvantaged rural communities of Masisi and Dungu by improving access to potable water, hygiene and sanitation for at least 28,811 persons. The programme will mainstream gender and incorporate activities that will promote women. 
This PSGA is an internal grant 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 trainings with partner organisations.
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 of the PM and the CR
Emergency assistance to IDP households in Lubero Territory, Butembo-Beni The end of the year 2008 has been very harsh for the population of the North Kivu province because of a lot of activism from several armed groups that operated in this region. There were also several attempts from the government army to eradicate the phenomena of armed groups using force. It is also the period when CNDP continued to fight against the FARDC to the point of occupying large parts of Rutshuru and Masisi territories and the outskirts of Goma town. CNDP’s occupation of Rutshuru territory brought them nearer to localities in South Lubero territory and this created panic among the civilian population especially with the high number of IDPs that fled from Rutshuru to Kanyabayonga. This situation of insecurity occasioned the resurgence of the Mai Mai groups such as PARECO to point themselves as protectors of their population against foreign occupation. This period of war was marked by a lot of exactions, looting, and human rights abuses as the control of localities passed from one group to another.The peace accord signed between the government and CNDP created some hope among the population who thought this will bring peace and end the hostilities so that the displaced people can return home. Their hope was short lived due to the presence of many other armed groups still active in the region. Joint military operations between Rwanda and DR Congo (that started in January 2009 and ended in February) also exacerbated the situation as they did not have any plan to secure and protect the civilian population. Unfortunately the security and humanitarian situations after these operations has been disastrous. The FDLRs have become extremely active especially in Lubero Territory where the FARDCs abandoned newly conquered villages into the hands of the FDLRs who have been looting, torching.killing and committing all sorts of human rights abuses. Several villages situated in west Kanyabayonga such as Miriki, Buleusa, Rusamambu, Busekera, Bwambali, kanune, Bushalingwa, Kasiki, Kimaka, etc. have been attacked or found themselves under threats. In north of Kanyabayonga; Bunyatenge, Muhanga, Mbingi, Kasugho, Kagheri villages were also attacked by the FDLRs. Other attacks occurred in the main axis (Butembo-Lubero-Kanyabayonga) during which Kitshombiro, Ndoluma, Kaseghe, Mighobwe, Kirumba, kayna, Luofu, Kanyabayonga were targeted.

All these attacks and insecurity incidences have been the main cause of population displacement towards relatively secure areas. The total number of IDPs is estimated to be over 60,000 households all in need of assistance.  Most IDPs have settled along Butembo-Kanyabayonga road, another group has settled in Mbingi (17 kms) west of Kanyabayonga, Kasuo (40 kms west) where there is the FARDC and sometimes MONUC. Many more have fled into villages  west of Butembo town 

These people have stayed without assistance for a very long time and now it is high time that they receive assistance composed of a full NFI kit as recommended by the NFI/Shelter cluster.
Women and good good governance in Bunia diocese The Democratic Republic of Congo is widely recognised as one of the 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 Bunia 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 Bunia on the phase 2 of ABG for the next two year in order to effectively empower the Church Justice and Peace Network to support poor men and women to meaningfully participate in decision making and hold duty bearers to account to achieve better governance in DRC. ABG2 focuses on three key themes including women participation in decision making, decentralisation and elections. This second phase pays greater attention to the quality of participation as well as ensures that women and other marginalised groups take on more active leadership roles. To achieve that, Cafod continues to work with CDJP Bunia to support development and implementation of gender policies as well as encourage
downward accountability principles and practices. 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. It will also follow on the security management training provided to partners to help ensure partners are designing conflicts sensitive projects that ensure security of staff and community level animators working in areas prone to conflicts. CDJP Bunia will also focus on addressing land rights and calling for greater transparency and accountability in the management of natural and fiscal resources. There will be a greater emphasis on building strong evidence base for engagement and advocacy actions as well as creating and strengthening existing mechanisms and formal opportunities to engage duty bearers and decision-makers.