{{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.}} <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
This town is home to about fifteen thousand displaced families including some eleven thousand are assisted by humanitarian.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
This assistance will be distributed to nearly one hundred thousand people arrived at Kanyaricunya since last September.<\/p>\n
In total, more than 500,000 IDPs were registered in the provinces of North and South Kivu between January and August 2012. <\/p>\n
They are fed by Pam. The UN agency said it needs about 66.3 million Euros to support all these people.<\/p>\n
After the signing of this agreement, Yamina Benguigui Minister also visited the displaced Kanyaruchinya to which he stated that “France was on their side.”<\/p>\n
“All forces, including the European Union but also the DRC must mobilize to restore peace in Eastern DRC,” said Yamina Benguigui.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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