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Viewing cable 06KINSHASA549, FOOD SECURITY REPORT: USAID/FFP DEMOCRATIC

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KINSHASA549 2006-04-07 11:31 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXYZ0016
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHKI #0549/01 0971131
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 071131Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3593
INFO RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 4897
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA 4551
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000549 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AID 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AID/W FOR DCHA/FFP TMCRAE AND CMUTAMBA 
NAIROBI FOR ECA/FFP ADEPREZ AND NESTES 
KAMPALA FOR RFFPO DSUTHER 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: EAID EAGR PREF CG
SUBJECT:  FOOD SECURITY REPORT:  USAID/FFP DEMOCRATIC 
REPUBLIC OF CONGO 
 
REF: A. KINSHASA 451 
 
     B. KINSHASA 450 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1. KAMPALA-BASED REGIONAL FOOD FOR PEACE (FFP) OFFICER 
TRAVELED FEBRUARY 5-22 TO KINSHASA, GOMA, BUNIA, BUKAVU, 
MOBA AND KALEMIE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO 
EVALUATE FOOD SECURITY CONDITIONS AND MONITOR PARTNERS' 
IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COUNTRY. 
2. IN EASTERN DRC, THE SECURITY SITUATION IS STILL A MAJOR 
CONCERN FOR FFP. CERTAIN AREAS HAVE IMPROVED, ESPECIALLY 
IN ITURI PROVINCE (BUNIA), DUE TO HEAVY MONUC/FARDC 
OPERATIONS AGAINST MILITIAS OPERATING IN THE AREA - THOUGH 
OFFENSIVES IN IRUMU WERE CAUSING DISPLACEMENT AT THE TIME 
OF THE VISIT. SOUTH KIVU (BUKAVU) HAS CONTINUING 
INSECURITY IN A NUMBER OF AREAS, BUT HAS NOT SEEN NEW 
LARGE-SCALE DISPLACEMENT. CONFLICT HAS INTENSIFIED IN 
RECENT MONTHS, HOWEVER, IN NORTH KIVU AND KATANGA 
PROVINCES. IN CENTRAL KATANGA - THE MANONO-PWETO-MITWABA 
TRIANGLE AREA - CONFLICTS BETWEEN NOTORIOUS LOCAL 
COMMANDER GEDEON'S MAI MAIS AND FARDC TROOPS CONTINUE TO 
CAUSE LARGE-SCALE DISPLACEMENT, INCLUDING WELL OVER 50,000 
NEWLY-DISPLACED SINCE NOVEMBER (AND MORE THAN 100,000 
PEOPLE OVER THE PAST YEAR). 
3. WFP'S EASTERN SUB-OFFICE FOOD ALLOCATIONS HAVE BEEN CUT 
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LAST YEAR, AND WFP OFFICES ARE FINDING 
IT DIFFICULT TO RESPOND TO NEW DISPLACEMENTS IN NORTH KIVU 
AND KATANGA WITHOUT SUFFICIENT FOOD RESOURCES, TRANSPORT 
FUNDS AND IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS. TITLE II PARTNER FOOD FOR 
THE HUNGRY INTERNATIONAL (FHI), HOWEVER, IS RESPONDING 
WELL TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF 10,000-15,000 PEOPLE IN THE 
MOBA (KATANGA) AREA. 
4. FFP IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH WFP TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT 
ACCESS TO POPULATIONS IN NEED. GIVEN WFP'S CURRENT 
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, FFP RECOMMENDS AN IMMEDIATE 
CONTRIBUTION OF APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION TO ALLOW THE 
ORGANIZATION TO MEET NEEDS OF NEWLY-DISPLACED POPULATIONS. 
FHI WILL ALSO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO FFP/W FOR FY 2006 
FUNDING. END SUMMARY. 
---------------------------- 
DRC - CURRENT FOOD SITUATION 
---------------------------- 
 
5. WFP'S UPCOMING PRRO JULY 2006-DECEMBER 2008 WILL BE 
MORE FOCUSED ON RECOVERY ACTIVITIES, WITH SUPPORT TO 
RETURNEES (BOTH FORMER IDPS AND REFUGEES) AND SCHOOL 
FEEDING PROGRAMS EXPANDED. IT WILL, HOWEVER, MAINTAIN A 
SIGNIFICANT EMERGENCY CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO CONFLICT- 
INDUCED DISPLACEMENT AND MALNUTRITION. WFP WILL BE 
REQUESTING APPROXIMATELY 368,000 METRIC TONS (MT) OF 
COMMODITIES VALUED AT $327 MILLION FOR THE 30-MONTH 
PERIOD. 
 
6. WHILE WFP'S CURRENT FOOD PIPELINE LOOKS FAIRLY GOOD ON 
PAPER, EASTERN SUB-OFFICE ALLOCATIONS WERE CUT 
SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR TO REPAY $8.5 MILLION IN ADVANCE 
FUNDING FROM ROME. NEW FIGHTING AND DISPLACEMENT, 
ESPECIALLY IN NORTH KIVU AND KATANGA, ARE MAKING IT MORE 
DIFFICULT FOR WFP TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY WITH THESE 
LIMITED RESOURCES. 
 
7. ADDING TO WFP'S DIFFICULTIES IN RESPONDING TO NEW 
DISPLACEMENTS WITH VERY LIMITED FOOD, TRANSPORT FUNDING 
AND OVERLAND LOGISTICAL OPTIONS IS THE FACT THAT ECHO HAS 
REPORTEDLY REDUCED ITS FUNDING SUBSTANTIALLY IN EASTERN 
DRC, MEANING THAT WFP HAS NOW ALSO LOST A NUMBER OF ITS 
STRONGER PARTNERS. 
 
----------------------------------------- 
GOMA - NORTH KIVU: NEW RUTSHURU CONFLICT DISPLACES 100,000 
----------------------------------------- 
 
8. WFP'S GOMA SUB-OFFICE HAD FOCUSED APPROXIMATELY 60% OF 
ITS RESOURCES ON RELIEF - MAINLY SUPPORT FOR IDPS AND 
NUTRITIONAL FEEDING - WITH THE BALANCE GOING TOWARD SCHOOL 
FEEDING, FFW AND FOOD FOR TRAINING (FFT). HOWEVER, WITH 
THE DETERIORATING SECURITY IN JANUARY, WHEN FIGHTING 
OCCURRED IN RUTSHURU TERRITORY, WFP NOW ESTIMATES THAT 
THERE ARE OVER 100,000 IDPS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE, THE 
BULK OF THEM DISPLACED FROM THE RECENT FIGHTING. 
 
9. WITH THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE NEW CASELOAD OF IDPS, MANY 
 
OF THEM REPEATEDLY DISPLACED, WFP/GOMA'S PIPELINE 
(ESPECIALLY FOR CEREALS) IS CURRENTLY QUITE POOR. WFP HAS 
STOPPED VIRTUALLY ALL BUT EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES, AND EVEN 
REDUCED THE EMERGENCY RATIONS. WFP EXPECTS INSECURITY AND 
DISPLACEMENT TO WORSEN IN THE RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS, AND 
COULD CONTINUE AFTERWARDS AS WELL. 
 
10. WITH POPULATIONS ALREADY DISPLACED, AND COPING 
MECHANISMS STRETCHED, WFP IS SHIFTING BACK TO EMERGENCY 
MODE IN NORTH KIVU, THOUGH WITH LESS FOOD AND FEWER 
PARTNERS DUE TO ECHO CUTS. WFP FED 100,000 IDPS IN 
FEBRUARY, COMPARED TO ONLY 40,000 IN JANUARY. NORWEGIAN 
REFUGEE COUNCIL (WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF ECHO FUNDING) IS 
CURRENTLY WFP'S MAIN PARTNER, AS WELL AS CARITAS, AND MSF- 
FRANCE FOR NUTRITIONAL FEEDING IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS. 
 
11. IN FEBRUARY, WFP DISTRIBUTED FOOD FOR 60,000 DISPLACED 
IN KANYABAYONGA, BUT MSF-FRANCE NOTES THAT NEW 
DISPLACEMENTS CONTINUE TO OCCUR, AND THERE ARE 2-3 NEW 
ENTRANTS PER DAY IN ITS TFC. LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE SHARED 
FOOD WITH DISPLACED PERSONS, AND THE FAVOR IS NOW BEING 
RETURNED. MSF BELIEVES THE SITUATION WILL CONTINUE FOR 
SOME TIME, AND EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH ECHO'S 
PULLING OUT, AS A NUMBER OF KEY NGOS HAD REPORTEDLY LEFT 
DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING. 
 
12. THOUGH SECURITY IN GENERAL IN NORTH KIVU HAS IMPROVED 
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THE RECENT RUTSHURU BLOWUP 
EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR WFP TO MAINTAIN SIGNIFICANT 
EMERGENCY CAPABILITY IN ITS PROGRAMMING. LOWER SUB-OFFICE 
ALLOCATIONS AND A POOR PIPELINE EXACERBATE WFP'S PROBLEMS 
BY SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITING ITS ABILITY TO RESPOND 
EFFECTIVELY TO EMERGENCY NEEDS. 
 
---------------------- 
BUNIA - ITURI PROVINCE 
---------------------- 
 
13. IN 2005, THE WFP/BUNIA SUB-OFFICE DEALT MAINLY WITH 
IDPS AND RETURNEES, AND WAS ABOUT 90% EMERGENCY FOCUSED, 
DELIVERING 9,915 MT LAST YEAR. 
 
14. DURING THE VISIT, THE WFP SUB-OFFICE HAD SUFFICIENT 
COMMODITIES FOR FEBRUARY AND HALF OF MARCH. RFFPO VISITED 
WFP SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS AND CONSTRUCTION FFW, AS WELL 
AS RETURNEES WORKING ON FAO-SUPPORTED MOSAIC-RESISTANT 
CASSAVA FARMS. RFFPO VISITED VILO DISPLACED CAMP WITH 
APPROXIMATELY 4,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED IN JANUARY FROM 50-60 
KM SOUTH, FLEEING FIGHTING BETWEEN FARDC AND MILITIAS. 
SECURITY IN VILO WAS GOOD, AND ITALIAN NGO CESVI WAS 
SUPPORTING THE GROUP. THE AREA APPEARED TO HAVE EXTREMELY 
FLUID DISPLACEMENT AND RETURNS. 
 
15. GERMAN AGRO-ACTION (GAA) HAS BEEN WFP'S LARGEST 
PARTNER IN ITURI, DISTRIBUTING APPROXIMATELY 95% OF 
COMMODITIES. HOWEVER, WITH ITS LOSS OF ECHO FUNDING, GAA 
WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH SOME FFW, BUT NO LONGER 
IDP/RETURNEE SUPPORT. ACCORDING TO PARTNERS, THE SECURITY 
SITUATION, EXCEPT IN IRUMU, IS MUCH BETTER NOW THAN IN THE 
PAST TWO YEARS, WITH MANY RETURNS. THERE IS STILL SOME 
DISPLACEMENT NEAR MONUC/FARDC OPERATIONAL AREAS, BUT ALSO 
HOPE THAT IDPS CAN RETURN SOON.(NOTE: WFP DOES NOT HAVE 
ENOUGH RESOURCES TO FUND NGO PROGRAMS AND STAFF TO BE ON 
THE GROUND, BUT RATHER TAPS INTO THOSE ALREADY IN PLACE 
WITH SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDING FOR TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION 
MONITORING. END NOTE.) 
 
16. ON THE WHOLE, THIS WAS THE MOST POSITIVE AREA OF THE 
EAST, WITH THE SECURITY SITUATION FAR IMPROVED FROM 
PREVIOUS YEARS. WHILE CONFLICT IN CERTAIN AREAS CONTINUED 
TO CAUSE SOME DISPLACEMENT, IMPROVED SECURITY IN MUCH OF 
THE PROVINCE WAS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO RETURN AND PLANT THEIR 
FIELDS.  SINCE FFPO VISIT, HOWEVER, A FARDC/MONUC JOINT 
OFFENSIVE SOUTHEAST OF BUNIA LED TO SERIOUS SETBACKS FOR 
THE FARDC AND FORCED AN ESTIMATED 13,000 IDPS TO THE TOWN 
OF CANTONNIER (REF A). 
 
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BUKAVU-SOUTH KIVU: MORE OF THE SAME - NOT TOO GOOD 
--------------------------------------------- ----- 
 
17. SECURITY IN SOUTH KIVU CONTINUES TO BE POOR, AND IS 
AFFECTED BY RECENT FARDC/MONUC OFFENSIVES. SEVERAL FDLR- 
RELATED GROUPS ARE REPORTED TO BE IN KAHUZI-BIEGA PARK, 
AND IN NUMEROUS LOCALITIES (BUNYAKIRI, KALEHE, MWENGA AND 
 
SHABUNDA) POPULATIONS CONTINUE TO FACE ATROCITIES BY THE 
VARIOUS MILITIAS. 
 
18. MALNUTRITION RATES ARE A BIT BETTER THAN IN 2005, 
THOUGH NOT VERY STABLE, CURRENTLY AT APPROXIMATELY 5-15% 
GLOBAL ACUTE MALNUTRITION (GAM). MAJOR REFUGEE RETURNS 
(150,000 PEOPLE IN TANZANIA) ARE BEING PLANNED WITH UNHCR. 
AS OF MID-FEBRUARY, THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY 8,000 OFFICIAL 
AND APPROXIMATELY 16,000 SPONTANEOUS RETURNS, BUT NUMBERS 
ARE EXPECTED TO RISE SUBSTANTIALLY THIS YEAR. 
 
19. WFP HAS A MIXED PROGRAM IN SOUTH KIVU, WITH SUPPORT TO 
IDPS, RETURNEES, NUTRITIONAL FEEDING, FFW, FOOD FOR 
TRAINING, SCHOOL FEEDING AND DEMOBILIZATION ACTIVITIES. 
HOWEVER, IT ALSO FACES A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINTS: 
IDENTIFICATION OF IDPS DUE TO THEIR CONTINUAL MOVEMENT; 
INSECURITY; LACK OF PARTNERS; EXPENSIVE AIRLIFT IF 
OVERLAND NOT POSSIBLE; INSUFFICIENT LOCAL TRANSPORT; BAD 
ROADS; HIGH FUEL COST; AND POOR FOOD PIPELINE. 
 
20. THE PIPELINE WAS A MAJOR ISSUE. IN FEBRUARY, WFP 
DISTRIBUTED ONLY BEANS AND SALT, DUE TO LACK OF CEREALS 
AND VEGOIL, THOUGH EXPECTED ARRIVALS SHOULD ALLOW 
DELIVERIES TO PROCEED WITH A FULLER BASKET. WFP'S PIPELINE 
FROM MARCH LOOKS REASONABLY GOOD ON PAPER, BUT AGAIN, THE 
$8.5 MILLION REPAYMENT AND INCREASED NEEDS WILL MAKE IT 
DIFFICULT TO RESPOND AS EFFECTIVELY AS HOPED. 
 
21. WFP/BUKAVU'S FOOD ALLOCATION WAS CUT FROM 2,800 
MT/MONTH LAST YEAR TO THE CURRENT 1,690 MT. WITH INCREASED 
NEEDS AND A POOR PIPELINE, SUB-OFFICES ARE SCRAMBLING FOR 
SCARCE RESOURCES, OFTEN AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER SUB- 
OFFICES. WHILE THERE IS A REGIONAL LOGISTICS COORDINATOR 
BASED IN GOMA, WFP'S REGIONAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR POSITION 
WAS SCRAPPED A FEW YEARS AGO. IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO REVISIT 
THIS POSITION (OR AT LEAST STRENGTHEN FIELD COLLABORATION) 
IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE NEEDS FROM THE FIELD, RATHER THAN 
FROM KINSHASA, WHERE WFP RECEIVES EACH SUB-OFFICE REQUEST 
WITHOUT SUFFICIENT COORDINATION AND PRIORITIZATION. 
 
22. WFP NEEDS TO REPRIORITIZE EASTERN DRC, AND BRING MORE 
ATTENTION (BOTH OF DONORS AND OF THE PUBLIC) TO ITS 
PIPELINE DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES IN RESPONDING 
EFFECTIVELY TO MEET EMERGENCY NEEDS. 
 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
KATANGA: MAI MAI/FARDC FIGHTING CAUSING LARGE-SCALE 
DISPLACEMENT 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
23. IN CENTRAL KATANGA - THE MANONO-PWETO-MITWABA TRIANGLE 
AREA - NOTORIOUS LOCAL MAI MAI MILITIA COMMANDER GEDEON'S 
CONFLICT WITH FARDC TROOPS CONTINUES TO CAUSE LARGE-SCALE 
DISPLACEMENT, INCLUDING WELL OVER 50,000 NEWLY-DISPLACED 
SINCE NOVEMBER (AND MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE OVER THE PAST 
YEAR). 
24. ACCORDING TO UNOCHA, THOSE DISPLACED FROM MARCH- 
SEPTEMBER 2005 NUMBER APPROXIMATELY 75,000 PEOPLE, AND 
FROM NOVEMBER 2005 AT LEAST 40,000 AND GROWING. THESE 
OFFICIAL UN NUMBERS DO NOT INCLUDE THOSE NOW IN THE MOBA 
AREA - OVER 10,000 PEOPLE - AND PROBABLY MORE THAT HAVE 
FLED TO LESS-ACCESSIBLE AREAS. OFDA REPORTS (REF B) THAT 
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30,000 NEW IDPS AROUND MITWABA, SO 
THE NEWLY-DISPLACED FIGURE INCLUDING PWETO IS WELL OVER 
50,000. 
 
25. THE MITWABA AND PWETO AREAS ARE EXTREMELY ISOLATED, 
AND VIRTUALLY THE ONLY FEASIBLE ACCESS TO MITWABA IS BY 
AIR. MONUC DELIVERED 31 MT OF WFP FOOD TO MITWABA BY 
HELICOPTER, AND 99 MT REPORTEDLY ARRIVED BY TRUCK ON MARCH 
2, AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS ON THE ROAD. HOWEVER, THESE MINIMAL 
QUANTITIES ARE INSUFFICIENT. ROAD TRANSPORT IS EXTREMELY 
SLOW AND AIR TRANSPORT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. WHILE MONUC'S 
SHORT-TERM ASSISTANCE WAS APPRECIATED, WFP NEEDS A MORE 
SUSTAINABLE OPTION. 
 
26. FHI IS ALSO DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO IDP AND RETURNEE 
POPULATIONS IN NORTHERN KATANGA (MOBA, KALEMIE AND 
KONGOLO). DURING OUR MOBA VISIT, FHI WAS PLANNING SUPPORT 
TO SOME 10,000-15,000 NEW IDPS WHO WERE FLEEING FROM 
GEDEON ALL THE WAY EAST TO MOBA. IN LUSAKA, 50 KM WEST OF 
MOBA, APPROXIMATELY 1,000 IDPS HAD ARRIVED IN THE DAYS 
PRECEEDING THE VISIT (INCLUDING SOME ON THE MORNING OF THE 
VISIT), CAMPING AT A LOCAL SCHOOL. ALL WERE EXHAUSTED FROM 
THEIR JOURNEY, AND THOUGH MANY HAD BEEN ABLE TO CARRY SOME 
BASIC PROVISIONS, LACK OF FOOD WAS ALREADY BECOMING AN 
 
ISSUE FOR MANY PEOPLE. 
 
27. AS WFP SUB-OFFICE FOOD ALLOTMENTS WERE CUT FROM 2005, 
WITHOUT RESERVE STOCKS IN PLACE, IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY 
DIFFICULT FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO RESPOND TO NEW 
DISPLACEMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN NORTH KIVU AND CENTRAL 
KATANGA. POOR RESOURCES AND LOGISTICS ARE ESPECIALLY 
INTERTWINED IN KATANGA, AS WFP HAS NEITHER ADEQUATE 
FOODSTOCKS NOR SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MOVE COMMODITIES TO 
MITWABA AND PWETO, AREAS THAT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT 
TO ACCESS WITHOUT AN EXPENSIVE AIR CAPACITY. WHILE MONUC 
HAS ASSISTED WITH LIMITED AIRLIFTS IN THE SHORT TERM, A 
MORE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION CLEARLY NEEDS TO BE FOUND. 
 
------------------- 
FHI KATANGA PROGRAM 
------------------- 
 
28. IN MOBA AND KALEMIE, RFFPO VISITED A NUMBER OF SITES 
WHERE FHI WAS CONDUCTING GENERAL DISTRIBUTIONS FOR IDPS 
AND RETURNEES, FFW ACTIVITIES - MAINLY ROADWORKS - AND 
SEED FAIRS/SEED PROTECTION RATION (SPR) FOOD DISTRIBUTION. 
 
29. FHI'S MAIN CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN THE LATE ARRIVAL OF 
COMMODITIES, AS WELL AS THE DAUNTING LOGISTICS TO GET FOOD 
INTO AND AROUND KATANGA. OUT OF ITS TOTAL 4,900 MT, IT HAD 
MOVED OVER 2,000 MT OUT OF DAR ES SALAAM, AND DISTRIBUTED 
OVER 700 MT. DISTRIBUTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE 
RAPIDLY NOW THAT FOOD IS ON THE GROUND IN THE LOCATIONS. 
 
30. MOBA CLEARLY REMAINS THE BREADBASKET OF THE AREA, WITH 
TONS OF MAIZE BEING SHIPPED OUT TO KALEMIE AND UVIRA 
(DESTINED AS FAR AS BUKAVU) WITH EVERY BOAT. SEED AND 
GRAIN PRICES ARE APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD THE PRICE IN 
KALEMIE. GIVEN GOOD FOOD AVAILABILITY AND GROWING 
POTENTIAL, FHI NEEDS TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL TO ENSURE 
PROPER TARGETING WITH FOOD AID DISTRIBUTIONS IN MOBA. 
 
31. A NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS CENTERED ON FHI'S SEED FAIRS 
AND SPR. MOST AREAS WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SEEDS, 
WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO PLANT A GOOD CROP. HOWEVER, FHI 
CURRENTLY PROVIDES A THREE-MONTH "SEED PROTECTION" FOOD 
RATION, WHICH DOES NOT REALLY "PROTECT" THE SEEDS FROM 
BEING EATEN AFTER THE FIRST MONTH. GIVEN ALSO THAT SEED 
BENEFICIARIES CURRENTLY RECEIVE A LARGER PACKAGE 
(SEEDS/TOOLS PLUS THREE-MONTHS RATION) THAN MORE 
VULNERABLE IDPS AND RETURNEES WHO ONLY RECEIVE A THREE- 
MONTH FOOD RATION, FHI WILL REDUCE THE SPR TO 1.5 MONTHS. 
IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT SEED FAIR TARGETING WAS POOR: 
EVERYONE IN A LOCATION WAS REGISTERED TO RECEIVE SEEDS AND 
FOOD, EVEN VILLAGE CHIEFS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT NEW 
RETURNEES WHO HAD ARRIVED AFTER REGISTRATION WERE NOT DUE 
TO RECEIVE ANYTHING. FHI WILL WORK WITH VILLAGE COMMITTEES 
TO STRENGTHEN TARGETING OF THE SEED FAIRS/SPR, AND ENSURE 
THAT THOSE MOST VULNERABLE ARE TARGETED. 
 
32. FHI PLANS TO SUBMIT A FOLLOW-ON PROPOSAL FOR 
APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION FOR MOBA, KALEMIE, KONGOLO AND 
EXPANDING TO KABALO. THIS CONTINUATION OF ACTIVITIES 
TARGETED PRIMARILY TO IDPS AND RETURNEES IS ESPECIALLY 
IMPORTANT, GIVEN CONTINUING TENSIONS IN CENTRAL KATANGA 
AND DISPLACED POPULATION FLOWS INTO THE MOBA AREA. FHI 
ALSO PLANS TO WORK AS A UNHCR PARTNER PROVIDING FOOD FOR 
UP TO 10,000 REFUGEE RETURNEES FROM ZAMBIA AND TANZANIA, 
AND TO CONTINUE SEED FAIRS AND FFW ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO 
LAY A FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVED FOOD SECURITY IN THE AREA. 
WE BELIEVE THAT FHI, WHILE STILL IN ITS EARLY DAYS IN 
TERMS OF FOOD ACTIVITIES, SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED, 
AS THERE IS A NEED TO REMAIN ON THE GROUND IN 
NORTHERN/CENTRAL KATANGA TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY NEEDS AND 
HELP PREPARE THE GROUND FOR RETURNS. FFP LOOKS FORWARD TO 
RECEIVING AND HELPING REFINE FHI'S PROPOSAL. 
 
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CONCLUSION/RECOMMENDATIONS 
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33. IN DRC, WFP SUB-OFFICE ALLOCATIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN 
CUT SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LAST YEAR, AND THE ORGANIZATION'S 
ABILITY TO RESPOND TO NEW DISPLACEMENTS - ESPECIALLY IN 
NORTH KIVU AND KATANGA - WITH INSUFFICIENT FOOD RESOURCES, 
TRANSPORT FUNDS AND PARTNERS HAS BEEN PROVING EXTREMELY 
DIFFICULT. FHI IS RESPONDING WELL TO NEW DISPLACEMENT OF 
10,000-15,000 PEOPLE IN THE MOBA AREA, AND WILL SUBMIT A 
NEW PROPOSAL TO FFP/W FOR FY 06 FUNDING. 
34. WFP/KINSHASA NEEDS TO REPRIORITIZE EASTERN DRC, AND 
 
BETTER PUBLICIZE ITS CHALLENGES IN RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY 
TO EMERGENCY NEEDS, BOTH TO DONORS AND THROUGH THE MEDIA. 
GIVEN WFP'S CURRENT RESOURCE DIFFICULTIES, WE RECOMMEND AN 
IMMEDIATE CONTRIBUTION OF APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION TO 
ALLOW IT TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF NEWLY-DISPLACED 
POPULATIONS. 
MEECE