Democratic Republic of the Congo - Complex Emergency
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Regional Team: ECA
Disaster Declared: 10/17/2005
Brief Description: Since 1998, armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed an estimated
3.3 million lives as a direct result of fighting, disease, and malnutrition. According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the conflict displaced 3.3 million residents, of which approximately 1.6 million have returned
from displacement and are attempting to restore their homes and livelihoods. Ongoing insecurity in eastern DRC, due to the
presence of national and foreign armed groups, continues to destabilize the region and hinder the provision of humanitarian
assistance to populations in need. In January 2006, OCHA estimated that 80 percent of the population lived in absolute poverty
and 71 percent suffered from insecurity as a result of the conflict and ongoing instability.
On October 17, 2005, U.S. Ambassador Roger A. Meece redeclared a disaster in response to the ongoing humanitarian emergency in the DRC.
Since 1998, OFDA has provided more than $147 million in vital emergency assistance to the vulnerable populations in the DRC, including
emergency supplies, health care, nutrition programs, water and sanitation improvements, as well as food security and agriculture activities.
FY2006
live without appropriate health, water and
sanitation services, and adequate food.
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