DRC SITUATION REPORT September - October 2017

Democratic Republic
of the Congo

Humanitarian
Credit: UNICEF DRC 2017 Dubourthoumieu

SitRep

September to October, 2017 SITUATION IN NUMBERS

Highlights 3,900,000 Internally Displaced

Persons (IDPs) country-wide (OCHA Sept 2017)
Sporadic conflicts between the FARDC and the Armed Groups /
militias continued in various parts of the DRC, especially in the 475,019 refugees in DRC (UNHCR July
2017)
Eastern Regions.

20 October, 2017, the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) 38,405cases of cholera cases since
declared system wide Level 3 emergency response (L3) in the January 2017 (Ministry of Health)
Kasai Region, Tanganyika and South Kivu Provinces where there
is capacity gap and rapid increase in humanitarian needs in the 7.7 million people require food
DRC. . This followed the declaration of Level 3 emergency by six assistance (IPC, June 2017)
UN agencies UNICEF, OCHA, FAO, UNFAP, UNHCR and WFP,
in some or all of these three locations in the DRC.
UNICEF Appeal 2017
26 October, 2017, representatives of the security council of the
African union visited Kananga, Kasai Province to assess on- US$ 165 million
going humanitarian response in the region. 32.2% of required funds available

Funding status 2017

UNICEFs Response with Partners
UNICEFs and Cluster Response
UNICEF Sector/Cluster 2016 Carry
UNICEF Total Cluster Total forward: US$
Target Results* Target Results* 16.8 M

# of children 6-59 months with Severe Acute

310,609 160,458 388,262 160,458
Malnutrition (SAM) admitted for therapeutic
care
Requirement Funds
# of children (6 months-14 years) in $165.1 M received:
humanitarian situations vaccinated against 1,902,180 1,338,598
US$ 36.5 M
measles

# of natural disaster and conflict-affected

people with access to water, hygiene and 1,284,768 435,182 2,975,411 1,249,977
Funding gap:
sanitation basic services US$ 111.8 M

# of girls & boys (5-11 years) affected by 359,960 136,151 500,000 195,668
conflict or natural disasters given access to
quality education and psychosocial activities

# of school aged boys and girls (5 to 11

years) affected by crisis receiving learning 359,960 99,253 500,000 129,569 *.
materials Funds available includes funding received for the
current appeal year as well as the carry-forward
*Total results are cumulative
from the previous year
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Humanitarian Leadership and Coordination

Following the System wide L3 declaration, a humanitarian assessment is being initiated by the HCT in the Kasai
region, Tanganyika and South Kivu Provinces and used to inform the development of the 2018 HRP, which is
expected by the end of November, 2017.
Considering UNICEFs existing presence in Tanganyika and South Kivu Provinces, senior level internal capacity to
serve as Response Coordinators were identified and deployed from Goma and Lubumbashi to both Tanganyika and
South Kivu to provide management leadership to the UNICEF provincial teams in Bukavu (South Kivu) and Kalema
(Tanganyika). The UNICEF L3 response in the Kasai Region continues to be led by the Senior Emergency coordinator
based in Kananga, Kasai.
Toward the preparation of the response plan in Tanganyika, an initial UNICEF assessment team was deployed to
Tanganyika in early October, 2017 (in anticipation of the L3 declaration), and following the system wide L3
declaration a multi-sectoral technical team has been deployed to both Tanganyika and South Kivu to support the
preparation of the response plan. A draft response plan is being finalized to contribute to the system wide planning
for the response.
During the reporting period, the UNICEF-led NFI and Shelter Clusters organized workshops in Goma and Kalemie1
targeting 21 participants in Goma (from cluster member organizations), and 12 participants (partners) in Kalemi. The
aim of the training was to familiarize those actors with the revised NFI vulnerability scorecard approach; and in
collaboration with the Food Security Cluster to disseminate the new Guidance Note for improved coordination on
food and NFI interventions. The training also included joint targeting approaches, the use of vouchers and cash, and
feedback mechanisms.
UNICEF continues its leadership at national and provincial levels of four clusters (Education, NFI and Shelter,
Nutrition, and WASH) as well as leading the Child Protection sub-clusters and acting as co-lead (with WFP and Mercy
Corps) of the Goma-based Cash Working Group.

Summary Analysis of Programme Response

Nutrition
During September and October, 8,841 children 2 between 6-59 months with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) were
admitted for therapeutic care in DRC. In October, in the five provinces of the Great Kasai only 2,262 cases of SAM were
admitted for treatment. UNICEF supported this treatment with the provision of RUTF3 and systematic treatment drugs.
Following the donor (ECHO and DFID) mission to the Kasai, advocacy is ongoing at both Kinshasa and Kasai level to raise
attention on the nutritional situation in the five provinces. Nutritional anthropometric and retrospective mortality
surveys were launched on October 2, with support from UNICEF, in Bunkonde and Lubonde health zones (Kasai Central
province), Miabi health zone (Kasai Oriental province) and Kalonda East health zone (Lomami province) to further inform
key nutritional interventions linked to Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) in emergencies.

Health
In the last two months, 16,077 new cases of cholera and 199 deaths were recorded. As part of the national health response,
UNICEF and partners provided cholera treatment supplies and medicines for 5,000 cases in the Tanganyika and South
Kivu provinces. Furthermore, in October, the Ministry of Health approved the Cholera Response Plan developed with
UNICEFs technical support for the Kasai province. The plan targets the four high risk health zones4 in the Kasai Province.
UNICEFs responsibilities in this Plan were focused on social mobilisation, case management and
chlorination/disinfection of water-collection points. 4,940 new cases of measles and 39 deaths were also recorded during

1 Capital cities of North Kivu and Tanganyika Provinces

2 These figures are for 9 provinces out of 26. As data collection is the responsibility of the Government, UNICEF did not receive yet data for other provinces for the reporting period. Should
be mentioned that 5 out of the 9 provinces are in the Great Kasai where UNICEF is supporting a data collection system for SAM issues.
3 Ready To Use Therapeutic Food
4 Ilebo, Mikope, Mushenge and Dekese Health Zones.
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the period; and as part of the national response, UNICEF is providing measles vaccination in the affected health zones,
with 975,744 more children during the reporting period which represents 72% of the children vaccinated since the
beginning of this year.
During these last two months, UNICEF has provided, through the Provincial Health Division in Kasai Central Province,
free health care services, to 2,625 children and 100 pregnant women in conflict-affected areas. In addition to the RRMP
interventions (see below), 195,643 households, in Kasai Central5, received 218,324 Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated nets
to prevent malaria in children, pregnant women and families.

WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

In the preparedness and response to the Cholera outbreak, UNICEF provided In-kind supports to several humanitarian
organizations in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema, Kinshasa and Congo Central and in addition, 12 water
tanks of 190m3 were provided to the authorities in North Kivu.
In Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai Oriental Province, WASH in emergencies training was held, by UNICEF, for 36 participants from
19 WASH and/or health sector organizations. In October, 92,420 persons, including 5,317 children, benefited from
activities, such as construction/rehabilitation and water quality control) under the WASH In Nutrition strategy (CERF
funds, implemented by ACF in Kasai and APEDE in Kasai Oriental).

Education
During the reporting period, 8,942 children aged 6-11 (about 50% of girls) affected by conflict received access to quality
education. And, 71 teachers (12 women) benefited from the training on psychosocial support and Peace/Emergency
Education, which had a positive impact on 1,720 children. In Tanganyika province, 1,000 conflict-affected children (about
50% of girls) are receiving remedial classes and learning materials. Also, in the North Kivu province, 362 children are
receiving learning materials. The children are in a school reintegration process.
In the Kwilu province, UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, organised training for 41 trainers on Peace
Education, and contingency education stock (kit) that included (a) 120 school-in-a-carton (for 4,800 children), (b)
recreation kits for 50 schools and (c) 15 Early Childhood Development kits were delivered to support 750 identified IDPs
children.
In the Kasai region, UNICEF, with the support of the Ministry, provided 10 tents for Temporary Learning Spaces, of which
4 tents have already been set up in Tshikapa, Kasai province, which allowed 142 children to be enrolled. With funding
from UKAId, UNICEF has executed peace-building activities in Kasai Central that included (a) remedial classes for 280
children in cooperation with the provincial Division of Social Affairs, (b) trainings/awareness raising activities on
Peace/Emergency Education for 120 teachers and 1,200 community members (including Children), and (c) 450 books
distributed to teachers; and (d) 1,643 adolescents6 sensitized on peace-building by civil society groups.

Child Protection
This last two months, UNICEF provided assistance to 367 out of the 6687 children associated with armed groups released
within the Cluster Response; 124 (including 21) of them were in the Kasai region.
During the reporting period, 402 separated and unaccompanied children were identified and reunited with their families,
with support from UNICEF and some other 571 by other cluster members. 299 community members (including 110
women) from Kananga, Mbuji-Mayi and Goma8 were trained on child protection thematic issues, such as prevention of
abuses, violence and exploitations against children. In October, 43 child protection actors (including 17 women) from
Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) organizations benefited from trainings to reinforce their capacity in the
identification of the Six Grave Violations of Children Rights, including the underlying legal instruments and on the
Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) principles and tool kits. In addition, 6,030 conflict-affected children
(including 3,008 girls) received psychosocial support in 20 child-friendly spaces established in the provinces of Ituri,
Tanganyika, South Kivu, North Kivu, and Kasa. 118 survivors of Gender-Based Violence (115 girls and 3 boys) were

5 In 13 conflict-affected Health Zones.

6 Over 12 years old, so aged above the initial age target group which is less than 12.
7 301 were assisted by the other cluster members.
8 Capital cities of the provinces of Kasai Central, Kasai Oriental and Nord Kivu
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registered and received medical and psychosocial support in Kasai, Kasai Central, Kasai oriental, Tanganyika, and Haut-
Katanga; among whom were 52 children who benefited from legal support and 21 received socioeconomic support.

Non-Food Items (NFI) / Shelter materials

Last two months, UNICEF partners (see RRMP section) assisted 20,525 people (4,105 families) in North Kivu and
Tanganyika provinces with access to essential household and personal Non-Food Items (NFI) via NFI voucher fairs.

Rapid Response for Movements of Population (RRMP)

For Eastern Congo, during this period, the RRMP mechanism assisted 194,849 recent displaced persons with a multi-
sectoral package covering NFI, health, education and WASH needs in the provinces of Tanganyika, Haut Katanga, Nord
Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri. A total of 11 interventions were conducted using approaches that promote accountability to
affected population, as well as gender and protection mainstreaming. In Nord Kivu and Tanganyika, RRMP teams carried
out 23,189 new medical consultations (including 4,406 women) through two health interventions using both mobile
clinics and support to functional health structures. In addition, WASH partners provided improved access to drinking
water and sanitation to 41,597 people together with awareness raising activities to promote hygiene practices adapted
to their specific displacement situation through three interventions. Also, Education partners helped to re-integrate
9,049 children (including 4,705 girls) into emergency-affected schools, and assisted them as well with school materials
in two intervention conducted in these two provinces. In the provinces of Nord Kivu, Haut Katanga and Tanganyika, NFI
partners reached 17,493 households (87,463 persons) with access to NFI items through three NFI fairs. In the province of
Nord Kivu only, an additional 6,710 households (33,551 persons) were assisted with multipurpose cash transfer.
In the Kasai Central, UNICEF and its partner Action Contre la Faim (ACF) have concluded a four weeks training on several
topics such as SAM, WASH and Primary Health Care in three health centers. NFI and shelter materials were delivered to
1,746 vulnerable households in two localities. Likewise, in Lomami Province (Kasai Region), UNICEF and its Consortium
partner Solidarits/Caritas Belgium distributed 1,791 NFI family kits to affected households in two Health Areas.
Meanwhile, 457 awareness raising sessions about hygiene was organized reaching 1,074 persons with information on
hygiene issues such as open defecation and hand washing. In support to social services reinforcement, three health
centers in Kasai Central and the Kanda-Kanda General Hospital, in Lomami, benefited to medical and hygiene kits supply.

Cash-based programming
In the last two months, UNICEF, through its partner, Catholic Relied Service (CRS) focused its cash transfer activities on
post-intervention monitoring in Tshikula, Kasai central. 4,630 households (approximately 23,150 persons) had received
cash assistance in this area through the UNICEFs Alternative Responses for Communities in Crisis program (ARCC)
funded by UKAid in the Tshikula health zone.

Communications for Development (C4D), Community Engagement & Accountability

In order to respond to the cholera outbreak reported in 21 provinces, the hygienic behaviours promotion plan, developed
with support by UNICEF, are being implemented in the six most affected provinces9. About 120,000 people have been
reached so far in four out of the six provinces10.
As part of the post Ebola response, an end-line rapid KAP survey11 was done in Likati (Bas-uele province), to assess the
results of the C4D response. The survey result indicated a better knowledge of positive attitudes/healthy practices12 such
as a better use of health facilities and the organization of safe burials, to respond to an eventual outbreak of Ebola.
In the Kasai region, information about available services and key practices were transmitted to affected communities. In
the health sector, C4D activities reached about 885,000 households in the Kasai and Kasai Central provinces. As for the
Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated nets distribution, nearly 900,000 households have been reached with awareness
raising, information on the importance and use in the 26 health zones targeted in Kasai Central. In October, a concert in

9Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, Tanganyika, Kwilu, Kasai and Kasai Oriental.

10South-Kivu, North Kivu, Kwilu and Tanganyika
11Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey.
12 Compared with the results of the first KAP survey, the noted change is between 46 to 62.5 percentage points margin.
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support of children's rights was organized in Kananga with nearly 1,500 people attending, including youth/children and
social leaders. The concert was also relayed to a larger audience through the child friendly journalists'' network.

Media and External Communication

This last two months, twenty-five stories related to DRC humanitarian situation and UNICEFs programmes across the
country has been posted on the DRC Country Office (CO) blog (www.ponabona.com).
The Country Office continue to focus its external communication work during this period on the impact of the Kasai-
crisis on children and the UNICEFs response. Mid-September, a communication push on protection and education in the
Kasai-region was organized. The press release Childrens access to education under treat from ongoing violence in Kasai
region supported by a press briefing was widely pick-up by national and international media. The visit of the Regional
Director13 to the DRC, including to the Kasai region, provided the CO another opportunity to develop communication
work on Kasai, including:
A press release UNICEF urges all partners to support the humanitarian response in Kasai.
Face-to-face interviews of the Regional Director with RFI, France24, AFP, Radio Okapi, and the national
Congolese television RTNC.
A monthly situation report on Kasai has been posted online.
Posts on various social media platforms, and an emailing on Kasai shared with partners and media, to maintain
attention on the crisis and generate support for UNICEFs Response.

Funding
Funds available Funding gap
Appeal Sector Requirements
Funds Received
Carry-Over $ %
Current Year
Nutrition 41,255,522 964,688 5,024,202 36,231,320 88%
Health 8,514,710 1,310,180 255,593 8,259,117 97%
Water, sanitation and hygiene 20,805,746 3,050,396 516,904 20,288,842 98%
Child protection 8,657,114 5,283,883 122,204 8,534,910 99%
Education 9,252,718 1,774,380 216,464 9,036,254 98%
NFI / Shelter 5,846,000 1,261,398 0 5,846,000 100%
Rapid Response to Population
Movement (WASH, NFI/shelter, 43,745,160 19,512,966 6,372,711 37,372,449 85%
education, health)
Multipurpose cash transfer 21,185,784 1,554,132 4,097,943 17,087,841 81%
Cross sector / sector 1,774,932
coordination 5,804,315 160,854 5,643,461 97%
Total 165,067,070 36,486,955 16,766,875 111,813,239 68%
*Funds received include regular HAC Funds and OR/ORR utilized for the Kasai Crisis response
As of 30 October 2017, UNICEF had received 32 percent (US$ 36.4 million) of the US$165 million 2017 revised HAC appeal,
in addition to US$16.7 million carried forward from 2016.
From September to October 2017, UNICEF has mobilised $1.6M from the Government of Belgium to assist the Child
Protection sector in DRC (temporary care and reintegration support of children affected by conflicts in eastern zone).
USAID has made a generous contribution of $4.2M to the RRMP and Child Protection in the Kasai region, plus an
additional $2.5M to RRMP eastern zone.
UNICEF has signed a MoU with DFID of 8M GBP for the Rapid Response to Movements of Population (RRMP) 8th phase
implemented in eastern zone of DRC.

13 UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa.

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Annex A

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME RESULTS

UNICEF and IPs Cluster Response
Change Change
2017
Total since last 2017 Total since last
Results* report Target Results* report
Target

NUTRITION
# of children 6-59 months with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
admitted for therapeutic care
310,609 160,458 8,841 388,262 160,458 8,841

HEALTH
# of children (6 months-14 years) in humanitarian situations
vaccinated against measles
1,902,180 1,338,598 975,744
# of people affected by conflict and disease outbreaks having
received access to primary health care
300,000 158,885 2,725

WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE

# of natural disaster and conflict-affected people with access to
water, hygiene and sanitation basic services
1,284,768 435,182 176,361 2,975,411 1,249,977 567,757
# of persons in cholera-prone zones benefitting from WASH cholera-
response packages
582,581 227,787 4,162,964 1,713,135 294,246
1,665,186
# of SAM-affected care/mother and children who receive hygiene
kits with key hygiene message
128,862 12,694 5,317 91,698 24,046 5,317

CHILD PROTECTION
# of children formerly associated with armed forces/groups released
and provided with temporary assistance
3,600 1,891 367 3,700 2,217 668
# of separated and unaccompanied children identified and reunited
with their families
9,600 1,659 402 1,200 4,489 975
# of displaced, refugee and returnee children provided with safe
access to community spaces for socialization, play and learning
70,000 62,273 6,030 50,000 77,431 11,431
# of identified survivors of sexual violence provided with a
comprehensive response
7,000 3,532 118

EDUCATION
# of girls & boys (5-11 years) affected by conflict or natural disasters
given access to quality education and psychosocial activities
359,960 136,151 3,993 500,000 195,668 8,942
# of school aged boys and girls (5 to 11 years) affected by crisis
receiving learning materials
359,960 99,253 6,912 500,000 129,569 11,160

# of class rooms set up or rehabilitated 636 65 20 1,515 233 76

# of teachers trained on learner-centered methodologies, peace
education, conflict/disaster risk reduction (C/DRR), and Psychosocial 6,545 1,352 197 9,090 3,966 201
support
NFI/SHELTER
# of people accessing essential household items, and shelter
materials
900,500 796,650 566,355 1,678,683 477,889 0

MULTIPURPOSE CASH BASED ASSISTANCE

# of people assisted with an unconditional cash grant 366,450 200,540 0 300,000 245,035 0

*Total results for all sectors are cumulative

*The HRP is currently under review meaning that cluster targets have not yet included Kasai needs as opposed to UNICEF targets including the targets set for
UNICEF Kasai response.
** Data have been cleaned and updated
*** Child protection. Cluster targets are lower than UNICEF due to the fact that UNICEF target was review with the HAC (including Kasai) and that the cluster target
is only now under review through the current HRP revision process; consolidated figures will be available soon.
**** NFI/Shelter. The 2017 target numbers for the clusters are being reviewed at this moment.