Assistance a 315 personnes sinistrees a Bukavu

Progress to Date

We have received and acknowledged the €9 contribution raised and transferred through GlobalGiving—our sincere thanks to the GlobalGiving team and all donors.

With this initial funding, we have begun registering the 315 fire victims in Bukavu (the project location) and conducted an initial needs assessment.

Through outreach activities, our team contacted about ten households and began documenting the beneficiaries' specific needs (shelter, basic supplies, psychosocial support).

2. Challenges and Delays

Unfortunately, the project's progress remains slower than expected, as three donors have released $11 of the $184,706 total over eleven months.

In the eastern part of the DRC (where Bukavu is located), the security and humanitarian situation has further deteriorated: beneficiaries, already deprived of significant assistance, are now facing increased distress due to a renewed occupation war affecting both Bukavu and the neighboring city of Goma.

The combination of slow donor response and increased local needs means that many of the 315 fire victims remain without substantial assistance.

3. Impact to Date

Although full assistance is not yet in place, a better understanding of the beneficiaries' plight has been gained, and we have laid the foundations for future interventions.

The beneficiary community now has a documented profile and a list of needs, which will allow for faster deployment of assistance once funding is secured.

GRAD continues to collaborate with partners and local stakeholders to ensure readiness as soon as resources become available.

4. Next Steps: Next Steps

Urgent Fundraising: We are appealing to the GlobalGiving community, our friends, benefactors, and partners to respond to this urgent crisis in Bukavu. Every donation counts to save lives at risk.

Resource Mobilization: GRAD is exploring multiple funding sources (local donors, international foundations, in-kind donations) that are unfortunately not available to supplement GlobalGiving's contribution.

Program Implementation: Once sufficient resources are available, we plan to distribute relief kits (shelter, basic household items), provide psychosocial support, and establish referral pathways for longer-term reconstruction.

Monitoring and Reporting: We will ensure transparent reporting on fund use, beneficiary feedback, and impact indicators. We are committed to providing additional funding.

Acknowledgments:
We are deeply grateful for your collaboration, for the donations already raised, for your support, and for your willingness to help those suffering in Bukavu. GRAD remains fully committed to this cause and open to any form of assistance that can respond to this urgent appeal.

Sincerely,
Adrien M'MASSA
Coordinator – GRAD

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• Assistance to 315 Fire Victims in Bukavu by GRAD NGO

Dear Partners,

We are very pleased to present this June report for our project to assist 315 disaster victims in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

This report is the third since the GlobalGiving team validated our project, which we continually thank for its wonderful work helping people in distress.

Our project is progressing at a snail's pace due to a lack of funding, which we are still awaiting. Since its validation, we received a €10 donation from an anonymous benefactor on April 29, 2025, for which we express our sincere thanks. We continue to raise awareness about environmental management, actions that can significantly reduce fires in our city.

We are confident that with the awareness raised in our community, fires have decreased.

We continue to mobilize donors to support this project, as many people are homeless in the city of Bukavu. This situation worsened in February 2025, when the city received several internally displaced people fleeing the clashes.

We organized a training session and two awareness campaigns in local schools. You will find some images attached.

We are still appealing to donors for help because, after our awareness campaign, we deplore six fires this June, the causes of which remain unclear. We also regret the disappearance of five people, including three children under ten years old.
The need for assistance for all these families remains acute. May our donors and philanthropists continue to help us.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Adrien M'MASSA

Coordinator