Project profile — DRC - Emergency Assistance - Action Against Hunger 2020-2021



Overview 

CA-3-P008946002
$1,500,000
Action Against Hunger (CA-CRA_ACR-3833634678)
2020-03-27 - 2022-03-31
Closed
Global Affairs Canada
YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br

Country / region 

• Congo, Democratic Republic (100.00%)

Sector 

• Emergency Response: Material relief assistance and services (72010) (30.00%)
• Humanitarian aid: Basic Health Care in Emergencies (72011) (70.00%)

Policy marker 

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

Description 

February 2020 - The crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is characterized by inter-ethnic conflict and widespread human rights abuses, including sexual violence. In 2020, 15.6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in the DRC, a 22% increase from 2019, and 2020 expects additional population movement, creating significant needs in protection, livelihoods, and food security. Currently, the DRC is home to the second largest food crisis, with almost 16 million people severely food insecure. In addition, it is home to the largest internally-displaced persons (IDPs) population in Africa with 5.01 million displaced people. These needs are exacerbated by the ongoing Ebola outbreak, increased violence, and the forced return of hundreds of thousands Congolese refugees. With GAC’s support, Action Against Hunger (ACF) is providing assistance to address the urgent needs of up to 68,337 conflict-affected people in the Mweso Health Zone in the DRC. This project focuses on improving water, sanitation and hygiene conditions, preventing and treating malnutrition, and providing access to basic health and sexual and reproductive health and rights services to conflict-affected people. Project activities include: (1) rehabilitating 65 water points; (2) constructing 500 latrines; (3) providing training to up to 18,870 people in acute and several malnutrition prevention; and (4) providing training to up to 50 community health workers.

Expected results 

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to sexual health and reproductive services for the most vulnerable; (2) increased access to primary health care services for children under five; (3) increased capacity to detect and prevent acute and severe malnutrition; and (4) increased access to water, sanitation and hygiene conditions. The expected ultimate outcome is reduce suffering, increase and maintain human dignity and lives saved in communities affected by the armed conflict in the province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Results achieved 

N/A

Budget and spending 


Original budget $1,500,000
Planned disbursement $0
Transactions
Transaction Date Type Value
27-05-2021 Disbursement $1,500,000
Country percentages by sector
Type of finance Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Collaboration type Bilateral
Type of aid Project-type interventions