Reference :
V-P-CD-E-00840
Date :
22/11/2008
Caption :
Kibati camp. A little child from the displaced camp stands near an ICRC water tank truck.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
Extracts from 09.12.2008 and 16.12.2008 ICRC Operational update.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: despite letup in fighting, many needs remain
Recent contacts between Congolese and Rwandan officials are being followed closely by humanitarian organizations, in the hope that they will facilitate aid operations. In the meantime, the ICRC is pursuing its activities for victims of the conflict that has ravaged eastern Congo in recent months.
Latest report on ICRC activities in the field
General situation
The humanitarian situation in the Kivus remains a source of concern for the ICRC, even though there has been less fighting during the past week. Following the withdrawal of the armed opposition movement of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) from Ishasha and Nyamililma last week, residents who had fled their homes to escape the fighting have started to return. Several thousand people have chosen to remain in refugee camps in neighbouring Uganda, however, until the situation stabilizes. The ICRC has supplied medicine to several hospitals in the area to help them cope with additional needs. In south Lubero, the civilians that fled the fighting are slowly returning to the towns of Kirumba, Kayna and Kanyabayonga.
In the Kibati camps near Goma, the ICRC and the Congolese Red Cross continue to supply 80,000 litres of water to two distribution points – Kanyarutchinia and Munigui – every day to meet the needs of 30,000 displaced people.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3872x2592
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
