The humanitarian response plan for the DRC includes treatment of 1.5 million children suffering from acute malnutrition. The humanitarian community calls to allocate $ 2.54 billion to provide emergency assistance to the DRC Humanitarian assistance ~ 60 > the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the humanitarian community announced the beginning of the implementation of the humanitarian response plan for 2025 to mobilize $ 2.54 billion. Financing is crucial for assisting 11 million people, including 7.8 million internally displaced persons in the DRC
В настоящее время ДРК столкнулась с рядом дестабилизирующих факторов, включая эскалацию насилия, переход под контроль повстанцев ключевых районов Северного и Южного Киву и серьезный кризис финансирования, ставящий под угрозу проведение гуманитарных операций в стране.
“Our goal is to help the most vulnerable segments of the population, wherever they are,” said Bruno Lemarka, the UN Office Coordinator for the coordination of humanitarian issues in the DRC. – We must adapt to the changed situation in order to continue to deliver vital assistance, without jeopardizing the fundamental principles that guide humanitarian activities: neutrality, impartiality, independence and humanity. ”~ 60 > 60 > 62 ~ humanitarian response plan for the DRC includes treatment for 1.5 million children, suffering from acute malnutrition, ensuring access to safe drinking water for five million people, as well as the fight against outbreaks of such dangerous diseases as cholera, measles and smallpox of monkeys. In addition, measures provided for by the plan relate to support for the return of displaced families, restoring the existence and preparation of the local population for possible climatic shocks. ~ 60 > 60 > this year a sharp reduction in financial contributions threatens the humanitarian response to the DRC. In 2024, thanks to record financing of $ 1.3 billion, 7.1 million people received humanitarian aid in the DRC. The leading donor – the United States of America – then covered 70 percent of financing operations in the DRC. With the advent of the White House of the new administration, the situation may change dramatically.
~ 60 > “We are at a crossroads,” Bruno Lemarka emphasized. – Without strengthening international support, the humanitarian needs for the DRC will increase sharply, regional stability will be threatened even more, and our ability to quickly respond to the development of the situation will be seriously undermined. ”