DRC HUMANITARIAN FUND 2 THE DRC HF THANKS ITS DONORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT IN 2017 CREDITS This document was produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Democratic Republic of the Congo. OCHA DRC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of its committed staff at headquarters and in the field in preparing this document. The latest version of this document is available on the DRC HF website at https://www.unocha.org/our-work/ humanitarian-financing/country-based-pooled-funds-cbpfs/cbpfs-annual-reports. Full project details, financial updates, real-time allocation data and indicator achievements against targets are available at gms.unocha.org/bi. All data as of March 2018. For additional information, please contact: Democratic Republic of the Congo Humanitarian Fund [email protected] Front Cover A young girl learns sewing in a workshop of the NGO AJEDEC, in a project to reintegrate vulnerable children into their communities. 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Financial data is provisional and may vary upon certification 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 FOREWORD 6 2017 IN REVIEW 7 AT A GLANCE 8 HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT 10 ABOUT THE DRC HUMANITARIAN FUND 13 DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS 16 ALLOCATION OVERVIEW 20 FUND PERFORMANCE 20 PRINCIPE 1: INCLUSIVENESS 20 PRINCIPE 2: FLEXIBILITY 22 PRINCIPE 3: TIMELINESS 23 PRINCIPE 4: EFFICIENCY 24 PRINCIPE 5: ACCOUNTABILITY & RISK MANAGEMENT 26 ACHIEVEMENTS BY CLUSTER 27 EDUCATION 28 FOOD SECURITY & LIVELIHOODS 29 HEALTH 30 LOGISTICS 31 NUTRITION 32 PROTECTION 33 SHELTER & NON-FOOD ITEMS 34 WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE 36 ANNEXES 37 FUND PERFOMANCE: INCLUSIVENESS 38 FUND PERFOMANCE: FLEXIBILITY 39 FUND PERFOMANCE: TIMELINESS 40 FUND PERFOMANCE: EFFICIENCY 41 FUND PERFOMANCE: ACCOUNTABILITY & RISK MANAGEMENT 42 ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS 43 DRC HF-FUNDED PROJECTS 45 DRC HF ADVISORY BOARD 46 MAP OF ALLOCATIONS BY PROVINCE 4 DRC HF 2017 ANNUAL REPORT FOREWORD The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic responders. Inspired by the Grand Bargain adopted at the of Congo (DRC) deepened and spread in 2017, becoming World Humanitarian Summit, the Fund focused on promoting one of the world’s largest, fastest evolving and complex efficiency in the humanitarian operation. Overall, 84 per cent humanitarian crises. The number of people in need of of funding went to non-governmental organizations (NGOs), humanitarian protection and assistance in the DRC nearly and we have all but eliminated ‘pass-through’ funding. doubled over the last year, from 7.3 million people in early 2017 to 13.1 million people by January 2018. Over half I want to express my sincere appreciation to the Fund’s of these needs are generated by conflict and population donors for their long-standing partnership and support. Their movement. An estimated 4.5 million people are internally strong commitment continues to enhance our coordination displaced across the DRC - half of whom were displaced in with our partners so we can jointly deliver and respond to 2017 alone. While the DRC is often referred to as a protracted the highest priority needs. Faced with a drastic increase in crisis, the humanitarian situation faced today is neither need, the HRP was revised upwards mid-year and donors static nor simple, and it is more accurately characterised heeded our call. Their contributions to the DRC HF exceeded as a relentlessly acute crisis. $70 million. Our collective thanks go to the governments of Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Within this context, the Democratic Republic of Congo Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom for their generous Humanitarian Fund (DRC HF) has been an important support and advocacy to sustain life-saving response catalyst for timely, coordinated and effective humanitarian through the DRC HF. action. Under the DRC HF Advisory Board’s stewardship, we allocated $35.8 million1 to 43 projects implemented As we look to 2018, requirements are not foreseen to by 36 partners across the country throughout the year, decrease. We therefore need, more than ever, to ensure making the DRC HF the fourth largest contributor to the that money goes to the partners and projects that have the 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). Through these greatest impact. I remain convinced that the DRC HF is an allocations, 1.6 million people have been reached with invaluable tool in this endeavor, reinforcing our collective humanitarian assistance. prioritization and strategic vision with funding at vital moments. For 2018, the revision of the HRP 2018 calls for The added value and comparative advantages of the DRC $1.68 billion to assist 10.5 million people. Aiming to cover HF continued to be demonstrated in 2017, as the Fund 12.5% of the HRP1, the DRC HF’s funding target is $211 supported response to numerous emergencies differing million. Making this target a reality requires the engagement in scale, nature and location. Along with the OCHA Central of the entire humanitarian community. Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the DRC HF provided the first funding to kickstart the response in the greater I sincerely thank all our partners - NGOs, UN agencies, and Kasais region when conflict erupted in the early part of the donors - for making the DRC HF so instrumental in our year. Following the activation of the IASC system-wide Level response capacity in 2017, and look forward to our continued 3 (L3), the DRC HF responded with funding for life-saving close collaboration in the year ahead. multi-sectoral interventions to assist and protect conflict- affected communities in L3 and non-L3 areas. At different times during the year, the DRC HF played a key enabling role, funding logistics interventions to facilitate access or KIM BOLDUC a common pipeline for nutritional inputs. Humanitarian Coordinator for DRC The DRC HF is driving the localization agenda in country, and has already surpassed the Grand Bargain commitment on funding to local and national responders. In 2017, 38 per cent of funds went directly to national NGOs - our front-line The dense forest of Opienge. Villagers are working to improve the road in order to make it accessible to deliver humanitarian aid. Credit: OCHA/Ramon Sanchez 1 All $ signs in the report refer to US dollars, unless otherwise indicated 2 12.5% represents an interim target and will go up to 15% of HRP funding in 2019, in line with Secretary General’s goal following the World Humanitarian Summit 5 DRC HF remains one of the smartest choices to support timely and effective humanitarian response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. KIM BOLDUC HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR DRC 6 DRC HF 2017 ANNUAL REPORT DRC HF 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 IN REVIEW The past year has again proved the DRC HF to be a flexible, inclusive mechanism that provides vital funds for life-saving humanitarian action in the DRC and supports a wide range of partners. Through eight allocations, $35.8 million was disbursed supporting 43 projects implemented by 36 partners, of which 17 were national NGOs. Most funding was allocated to projects to respond to conflict-related displacement crises in Kasai, Tanganyika, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. Out of $35.8 million allocated, $11.3 million supported the emergency response in the Kasai region. Shortly after the system- wide L3 activation on 20 October, the Humanitarian Coordinator decided to allocate a further $24 million to provide multisectoral assistance to affected populations in the L3 crisis areas. Through these projects, and other ongoing from 2016, 1.6 million people were reached with humanitarian assistance. 2017 IN REVIEW: AT A GLANCE 7 DRC HUMANITARIAN FUND AT A GLANCE U 07 Sweden 17 Germany 2 Ireland 3.9 Belgium 3.6 MANIEMA N 3.5 0 NORTH KIVU Nway 2 1 EASTERN KASAI Luxembourg 0 1 SOUTH KIVU 7 KASAI 2 TANGANYIKA 2 LOMAMI CENTRAL KASAI 01 0 HAUT-KATANGA 2 # projects by province 0 1-2 3-6 7-10 11-20 >20 F rity 102 Lgistics 5.4 ShelteNF 5.3 Nition 4.8 Water Hgiene 3.8 Potection 3.6 Education 1 H 1 8 DRC HF 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 IN REVIEW HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT In 2017, the humanitarian crisis dramatically worsened and In north east and north-west DRC, a new influx of over 90,000 spread, affecting people in areas previously considered stable refugees from Central African Republic, Sudan and Burundi and exhausting the adaptive capacity of those previously resulted in increased competition for scarce resources and affected. The sharp increase in violence and inter-communal contributed to the deterioration of living conditions for the tensions, particularly in eastern Congo, Tanganyika and Kasais, host community. made DRC one of the world’s biggest displacement crises with 2.2 million new internally displaced people (IDPs) in Acute protection crisis 2017, bringing the total number of IDPs in the country to 4.5 The resurgence of violence, population movements, as well million. The displacement crisis in DRC also includes over as frustrations related to the difficult socio-economic context 540,000 refugees from neighboring countries, out of which have led to an alarming increase in human rights violations. more than 90,000 arrived in 2017 and are often located in In the third trimester of 2017, over 30,000 new protection hard-to-reach areas. incidents were reported by the protection monitoring mechanism, while some 26,000 new cases of sexual violence By the end of 2017, the rapid deterioration of the situation, were registered in the provinces affected by the humanitarian along with the combined consequences of epidemic outbreaks crisis, out of which 31 per cent in North Kivu alone.