press review of uesday 25 february 2014

PRESS REVIEW OF UESDAY 25 FEBRUARY
2014
Tuesday, 25 February 2014 10:34
The news this Tuesday, February 25, 2014 has three significant titles on the
DRC, namely: - The diocesan Caritas Ecuador and Kasai Occidental shall
inform the Project Support to Basic Education - Congo-Kinshasa: Massacre of
Masisi, the UN investigation, and - Congo - Kinshasa: the Gertler Foundation
educates the Congolese people to the social integration of albinos.
North Kivu: Families displaced without humanitarian assistance in Masisi
Thousands of displaced families who have come together for the most part,
the chief town of Masisi territory (North Kivu) are still not assisted. These IDPs
came especially Kahutu, Kasho, Crowded, Bukombo, Lwashi, Nyabiondo,
west of Masisi center. They had fled clashes between the Armed Forces of the
Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the militia of the Alliance of
Congolese Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS). The fighting started since last weekend.Selon la Société civile,
ces familles déplacées vivent dans la précarité et manquent de tout depuis leur arrivée il y a une semaine à Masisi-centre. Elles
sont regroupées dans certaines écoles et d’autres dans des familles d’accueil. Lors de leur fuite, elles avaient tout abandonné.
La Société civile locale appelle la communauté humanitaire au Nord-Kivu à leur venir en aide. L’administrateur du territoire de
Masisi, Dieudonné Tshishiku, a demandé aux déplacés de regagner leurs milieux désormais sécurisés par les FARDC. L’armée
loyaliste dit avoir délogé les combattants de l’APCLS et leurs alliés des localités de Nyabiondo, Kahutu, Kasho, Bondé,
Bukombo et Lwashi. Mais ces familles hésitent de regagner leurs habitations, disant craindre pour leur sécurité, selon la Société
civile de Masisi.
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Congo - Kinshasa : More than 5,000 cases of MDR- TB each year
The MDR-TB is a public health problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), especially as the number of people
suffering from this disease increases significantly.
" According to the World Health Organization (WHO ), each year , the DRC notify about 5,600 cases of MDR-TB , HIV and more
closely linked to the disease " , said the representative of the Secretary -General of Health , Ngumbu Mabanza , when
evaluating the contribution of the Project TB (tuberculosis) in 2015 to fight against tuberculosis in the DRC from 2010 to 2014 .
Ngumbu Mabanza suggested that in the fight against MDR-TB , the DRC has benefited from the support of the Program for
Appropriate Technology in the health sector , funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) .
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The diocesan Caritas Ecuador and Kasai Occidental shall inform the Project Support to Basic Education
Caritas Congo is one Asbl Local Executing Agency Project Support to Basic Education ( PROSEB ) . She was selected by the
General Secretariat of the Ministry of Primary, Secondary and Professional (EPSP ), for the rehabilitation / reconstruction of
schools in the provinces of Equateur and Kasai Occidental . It is in this context that the Executive Secretary of Caritas Congo
Asbl opened an information workshop PROSEB to close before Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Monday , reports caritasdev.cd
Furthermore Leaders of the Executive Secretariat of Caritas Congo Asbl and PROSEB have participated in the workshop
Directors diocesan Caritas Luebo Mweka Molegbe and Budjala . In fact, these are called Diocesan Caritas to build 63 schools in
their respective jurisdictions. "We ask you to earn the trust placed Caritas network ," said the Executive Secretary of Caritas
Congo Asbl Dr. Bruno Miteyo , addressing the participants. To recap, the PROSEB includes three components : Increased
access to primary education, improvement of quality of education and institutional strengthening and governance. This part of
the Interim Plan funded by the Global Partnership for Education ( SMEs) in the amount of 100 million U.S. dollars ( PIE ) of the
Ministry of Education EPSP , with the support the International Development Association (IDA) .
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Congo - Kinshasa : Massacre of Masisi, the UN investigation
Democratic Republic of Congo , after the first reports of the death of 70 people in a remote area of Masisi in the East, the United
Nations Mission in Congo went there to try to learn more.
The first incident of January 30 . From the evidence collected , that day , two men of the Hunde ethnic group were killed in their
fields. Follows a cycle of bloody ethnic reprisals : Hunde against Hutus. The FDC against the Nyatura . And vice verca .
Conclusion: six villages burnt , churches and schools looted. 35 confirmed dead , some shot , others by machete. 40 people
were also abducted by the FDC and taken to an unknown destination. Impossible in the short term, for investigators to locate
these people and see if they are still alive. For this cycle of violence is still ongoing. United Nations investigators have been
limited in their fieldwork . The area is difficult to access, with virtually no telephone network. And while attacks are underway,
much of the population remains holed up in the forest.
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Congo - Kinshasa : The Gertler Foundation educates the Congolese people to the social integration of albino
Gertler Family Foundation ( GFF ) announced Friday, February 21, 2014 , sponsorship of the project " Ebony White " , the
unique multi-faceted support for the social integration of people albinos in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Gertler Family Foundation ( GFF ) is a sponsor of the " Ebony White " that educates the Congolese people to the
awareness of the population albino Democratic Republic of Congo. Treated much better than in other African countries, the
albino population in DRC is still suffering from discrimination , marginalization and ritual killings (...) The GFF , charity , has
partnered with Texas Mwimba Foundation and helped up to $ 87,000 to help a greater awareness of social and medical
services to the Congolese albino . Founded by renowned Congolese wrestler Mwimba Makiese Alphonse Texas in 1998, Texas
Mwimba Foundation uses sports, arts and education to help integrate the community of albinos in the Democratic Republic of
Congo and is the creator of the " White Ebony " . On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 , the " Ebony White " begins with a photo
exhibition of the famous Belgian photographer Patricia Willocq followed by a concert featuring Salif Keita, Malian singer and
human albinos in Africa. [007/2014 ]
Communication
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Joseph KIALA
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