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USAID Development Activities in South Kivu Province L ow 27°E U 28°E a 29°E B lu Ngungu ia DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN SUD-KIVUsi PROVINCE MASISI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. NOVEMBER 2016 Minova NORD-KIVU Hombo Kisha Numbi Nyamasasa Nord Mukwija PUNIA L u h Lake o Kihumba t o Kivu Hombo KALEHE Nyabibwe Idjwi Idjwi Sud Bushonga 2°S Tchigoma sud Karali Bugarula E M Bunyakiri ze obe Kalehe za Bulambika IDJWI Kaundju Kasheke Tchioka Buhoro I uka L Rambo e KAILO s Mapimo a Niabembe K Cegera Katanti Katana centre Ishungu sa i a S l Bushahi u Luhihi y u Lug Lulingu l ul u Birava u y Kahuzi-Biega u Lupumpu L National park Katchungu Isambika Kabare Ihembe Cirunga Masanga Lumba KABARE Luwungu Iregabarhonyi Bukavu e Kalima ugw Izege Kal Kaniola Walungu Mumosho Nduba Nyangezi Kalambo Baliga Lubimbi Shabunda Ville Burhale SUD-KIVU Kamanyola a Lu Lubona vimbi as S Tubimbi WALUNGU Mungembe Birhala Ngombo Lubarika Centre Mw Lwanguku Matili K ana Luvungi i Ishongwe L SHABUNDA lu Kampuse uvubu n g Mulungu u Kakamba lw Karhala Buhogo I e Mulun R gu Nyamugali uzi Kasika zi Kakangala N zo Luberizi Bilembo Kigogo k w e 3°S Kabeba I Mwenga Lemera Kigurwe Tusisi Kigoma Sange Kamituga a y l Kabumba UVIRA a Ruvuza i Z ind Mizulo U PANGI K Ngolole lind Kimuka Mazozo i a ik Bungalama Runingu ir B Mitobo Kikamba M Centre u Kiliba g Butetegele Kikuzi Kagando om a - Kiliba a Muhungu ush Kitutu I Lung E li M la MWENGA uso nd jo Kagando Kakemenge Isoga Kangele Uvira Nyakatulo Lwimbi Bitumba Miki Nyalukungu Lugushwa Ville Kibenge I Mayamoto Kitopo Itombwe Penekusu Nature Kalungwe K i Reserve l i z a Tunkele Bijombo Makobola Lusenge Kalole C.C Itula Swima a m a K Simunambi Tubangwa Molongo o long Ki Balole MANIEMA ua uv L Lusenda a Minembwe l Mukolwe a b m a l u M 4°S Namoya Mimbi Turungu Baraka Some ACTIVITIES Malinde1 Basilugezi CARPE (Environment) FIZI Kaseke KASONGO Luama-Kivu Mulenge Fizi Maiko-Tayna-Kahuzi Biega Landscape Hunting Biera Worldlife Conservation Society (WCS) . Oct 2013 - Sep 2018 Domain Democracy,Kasongo Human Right and Good Governance: V i l l e CENI Technical Support Activity United Development Program (UNDP) PIO Grant CENI . Jun 2015 - Jun 2017 Media Sector Development Program Internews Network . Dec 2010 - Dec 2017 KABAMBARE Basikikela Tomikotisa - Political Party Strengthening Program Kavumbwe National Democratic Institute for Int. Affairs (NDI) . Oct 2013 - Sep 2016 Lake Economic Growth Lubondja Tanganyika Sustainable Enterprise in South Kivu, eastern DRC (ASILI) Lulimba-Misisi American Refugee Committee (ARC) . Field Support . Jun 2015 - Dec 2017 Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) Misisi International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) . Nov 2016 - Nov 2020 0 40 Km Responsible Minerals Trade: Infrast. and Regulatory Reform Lubichako International Organization for Migration (IOM) . Jan 2012 - Dec 2018 0 40 Miles Isebwe Education ACCELERE! C Chemonics International,o May 2015 - May 2020 n Kunua g Nyangi o Health Milimba 5°S President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Expansion Project (PMI-EP) Population Services International (PSI) . Oct 2012 - Oct 2017 E2A - Integrated HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment (PROVIC) Plus Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) . Until - Nov 2017 Africa Indoor Residual Spraying (AIRS) Abt Associates . Nov 2013 - Oct 2019 Measure Evaluation Phase IV KALEMIE University of North Carolina (UNC) . Jul 2014 - Jun 2019 OTHER KEYS Challenge TB International Union AgainstKo Tuberculosisngolo and Lung Disease (The Union) . 2015-2019 Province Capital Built-Up Area Fistula Care Plus Ville City (Ville) Water Body Engender Health . Dec 2013 - Dec 2018 TANGANIKA Congo KONGOLO Transition Objective 3 Office: Commune Boundary Food For Peace South Kivu Development Food Aid Prog. Luama-Katanga Mercy Corps . Oct 2016 - Sep 2021 InternationalHunting Major Settlement Domain Tuendelee Pamoja (Moving Forward Together) 2/Development Food Aid Prog. NYUNZU Province Food for the Hungry (FH) . Oct 2016 - Sep 2021 Airstrip Data Collection on Peace Consolidation and Reconstruction Project Territory United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) . Mar 2014 - Mar 2017 Port Appropriate Care for Families and Children Activities are mapped at territory Save the Children . Apr 2012 - Apr 2017 Road Network or ville (city equivalent) level. Map Reference: RSKV-EC012-0210; Geographic USHINDI-Overcoming Sexual and Gender-based violence in Eastern Congo National TO3 Priority Zones Interchurch Medical Assistance (IMA) World Health . Jul 2010 - Jul 2017 Coordinates System, Datum: WGS 184. Ext. Data Sources: MONUSCO-GIS , OSFAC.net, Community Recovery and Livelihoods Prog. (CARE), Tufaidike Wote Project Provincial (Primary) Priority Zone 1 OCHA, ESRI, WRI. CARE InternationalK A .B FebALO 2012 - Dec 2016 Kalemie USAID/DRC GIS specialist: Child Protection Prog. for the Prevention of Child Recruitment and Use National Park [email protected];Ville Tel.: (+243) 815554624. United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) . Sep 2011 - Dec 2016 Nyunzu Priority Zone 2 Designed for USAID usage. Names and boundary Solution for Peace and Recovery (SPR) Other Type representation are not necessarily authoritative. Management Systems International (MSI) . Aug 2016 - Aug 2019 Released in November 2016. Copyright:© 2014 Esri6°S.
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