Humanitarian: nearly two billion dollars needed to help eastern DRC

The situation in eastern DRC would require nearly two billion dollars in funds to overcome the crisis.

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The UN coordination of humanitarian affairs in the DRC is concerned.

In 2021, the violence in the eastern part of the country and the influx of refugees into Congolese territory are causing the needs of the populations to explode.

Donor countries and the international community are mobilizing too few resources to alleviate the suffering of the inhabitants of these regions.

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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,

Pascal Mulegwa

It will take US $ 1.9 billion to enable national and international NGOs and UN agencies to cope with the crisis and to help nearly 20 million people in need of assistance and protection.

In his statement, the humanitarian coordinator is all the more concerned that food insecurity "

 has reached the highest level ever recorded

 ".

Almost a quarter of the population will face "

severe and acute

food insecurity 

in the first 6 months of this year,

 " he says.

5 million internally displaced

If the crisis is so major, it is not only because

of armed conflicts

, there are natural disasters, epidemics, and the socio-economic impact

of Covid-19

.

All in a deleterious environment marked by a structural lack of access to essential services.

The DRC registers more than 5 million internally displaced persons without counting the 527,000 refugees.

Young children represent almost a fifth of people suffering from acute malnutrition.

For the humanitarian coordinator, the situation " 

could worsen if assistance was not provided quickly to meet the basic needs of the most vulnerable

 ".

The problem is that donors are mobilizing less and less resources.

In 2020, only 36% of the budget out of 1.8 billion was mobilized.

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