France has provided funding of one million euros to the World Food Programme (WFP) / DRC to support emergency operations in Eastern countries, plagued by fighting between the Congolese military and armed groups.
The financing agreement was signed Monday, October 15 between the French Minister for La Francophonie, Yamina Benguigui, and a representative of Pam Kanyaricunya, 10 kilometers from Goma in North Kivu.
This town is home to about fifteen thousand displaced families including some eleven thousand are assisted by humanitarian.
These IDPs fled the territory of Rutshuru, theater of war between the military and rebels of the Movement of 23 March (M23) since last May.
Pam officials said that the contribution of France will allow them to purchase more than one thousand tons of food to carry in the region.
This assistance will be distributed to nearly one hundred thousand people arrived at Kanyaricunya since last September.
In total, more than 500,000 IDPs were registered in the provinces of North and South Kivu between January and August 2012.
They are fed by Pam. The UN agency said it needs about 66.3 million Euros to support all these people.
After the signing of this agreement, Yamina Benguigui Minister also visited the displaced Kanyaruchinya to which he stated that “France was on their side.”
“All forces, including the European Union but also the DRC must mobilize to restore peace in Eastern DRC,” said Yamina Benguigui.
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