Update - What DEC agencies are doing in Congo (DR)
Delivering Humanitarian Aid 19 February 2009
DEC Member Agencies are responding to the needs of many people displaced by the continuing crisis in the east of DR Congo and the host families who have supported them.
Many DEC Agencies already had ongoing programmes based in Goma so were in a position to quickly scale up.
DEC Agencies submitted their Disaster Response Plans to the Secretariat in January 2009.
The early aid response is funded from various sources which will include, Agency own funds, DEC Congo (DR) Crisis Appeal funds and possibly grants from DFID.
The following is a list of aid items distributed by DEC Agencies
Relief Items Distributed
2841 family and hygiene kits
8,950 NFI (Non –Food Items) kits to IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps
36,500 blankets
2000 emergency kitchen sets, mosquito nets, blankets, mattresses and Clothing for children
Registration and distribution of household kits and hygiene kits in 31 IDP
sites in Goma town serving 2350 households
Agriculture and Gardening - 74kgs of vegetable seeds distributed to 1864 households
Water and Sanitation
Construction of 20 emergency public showers and 6 public rubbish pits in Shasha IDP camp serving 919 households
15 public dustbins installed serving 1200 households
Clean water distributed to 5,657 households
1200 kits for water storage distributed
185 Emergency latrines constructed
Shelter
8714 Emergency shelter kits distributed
Materials distributed for 2000 temporary shelters
Distribution of plastic sheeting for 3350 temporary households
Health and Nutrition
15 medicine kits provided to 5 health centres - (Each health centre treats at least 60 people)
Distribution of 500 mosquito nets to pregnant women and women with infants
Essential drugs and medicines delivered to over 40 health facilities able to treat 1000 households
Cholera treatment centre set up in Goma and supported in Bitshumbi 467 patients seen.
War wounded patients being treated.
Psychosocial support to women in IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps
Management of cholera – with 20 Ministry of Health staff at Karisimbi HZ
3,836 Households served by 3 Community based Therapeutic Care Centres providing for children with moderate to acute malnutrition.
More than 100 severely malnourished children admitted to stabilisation centres.
Therapeutic milk and system drugs delivered to two stabilisation centres
Training of National staff in the management of acute malnutrition
Training traditional leaders in application of key human rights
Training in community protection and family tracing
Food
16,400 basic short term food packages distributed
612 households received food distributions in Goma City
32,256 kgs Maize
10,752 kgs Beans
5,376 kgs Oil
Distributed to 2,688 households
Salt distributed to 144 households
