The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a total financing of $502 million for the Multisectoral Nutrition and Health project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This funding comprises a $246 million credit and a $246 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) and a $10 million grant from the Global Financing Facility (GFF).
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), through the German Development Bank kfW, has contributed €50 million (USD 54 million) to a resilience building programme to be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World food Programme (WFP) in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The four-year programme (2020-2023) aims to bring relief to over 180,000 people living in rural areas - most of them smallholder farmers - in Walikale territory in North Kivu and Muwenga and Walungu territories in South Kivu. The farmers will receive assistance to strengthen their Agricultural production and post-harvest management, diversify their income generating activities, and improve nutrition and basic social services. This in turn, will contribute to peace and stability in the region.
The bulk of the funding, €40 million, will provide access to free and quality health care, including for malnutrition, for those living in Ebola affected areas. The remaining €10 million will help tackle the food security crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the second most serious such crisis in the world.
The European Commission has announced €50 million to help the most vulnerable people affected by the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The funding will address urgent needs and provide continued support to the Congolese population, notably to improve food security and access to quality health services.
With the timely contribution of € 3.7 million from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), WFP has helped improve the lives of some 111,000 displaced people in Tanganyika province with cash assistance, allowing them access to local markets. We followed some of the people who received cash distributions in June to find out how receiving cash has not only helped save, but also change their lives.
