Project Report
| May 25, 2018
Intervention in DR Congo
By Melissa Brosig | Corporate Fundraising Manager
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analysis of the communities needs
Bad news currently reach us from the Democratic Republic of Congo: over 770.000 children are famished. Over 400.000 of the children are suffering from severe malnutrition and urgently desire our fast and uncomplicated intervention. In total 3.8 Mio. individuals need humanitarian aid right now. The situation is caused by ongoing inner conflict and crippeling drought which prevent farmers from planting and harvesting.Aktion Deutschland Hilft and its member organisations are in Kongo to support the people facing the famine.
Our member organisation Malteser Hilfsdienst has recently opened a new health project that aims at refugees and internally displaced men, women and children. It is set in the northern part of Territore de Bondo in the region of Bas Uélé. Malnutrition is one of the main causes why the inhabitants of that area seek help in the health centers.
Malteser Hilfsdienst supports them by
- • Equipping the health centers with therapeutic emergency food for the treatment of severe malnutrition
- • training of health workers in the correct approach to treat people with malnutrition
- • Distributing of hygiene kits and kits for water treatment to households with undernourished children.
With these measures our member organisation Malteser Hilfsdienst ensures that children and adults with severe and light malnutrition can quickly access treatment.
With your donation you directly contribute to saving people from threatening starvation - in Congo and in other parts of the world. Therefore, we sincerely thank you for your kind support.
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Children suffer quickly from hunger and thirst
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Mar 2, 2018
access to food and water in Turkana / Kenya
By Janin Bartoschek | Corporate partnerships
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Water distribution in Nasinyono village
In 2017, the drought affecting 23 counties in Kenya developed into a humanitarian crisis and was declared a national disaster by the Government of Kenya in February 2017.
Our member organisation “Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe” carried out a school feeding program in primary schools in Turkana / Kenya. Due to the drought crisis nearly all children come to school with minimal or no food at all. Therefore we provided food assistance for 3.000 pupils in six primary schools in Turkana region. The pupils got maize and beans and were supported with some basic personal items.
In Nasinyono village the “Johanniter” are supporting the Nasinyono community by rehabilitating the water inlet by de-silting and by creating an artificial river bank, so that water can pass through and thus irrigate the farm. It will also involve removing of prosopis plat’s poles which were heaped by the previous season’s floods in a stretch of 2 km distance. This will help to increase the water volume intakt to the farm
We are very grateful that you support the work of our coalition. Your donation enabled us to increase our various support to people in need. Thank you!
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Our employee greeted by the chief of Nanam village
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Dec 1, 2017
Water supply in Ethiopia
By Janin Bartoschek | Corporate partnerships
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Women in Ethiopia
Ethipia is one of the most affected countries of the current drought in Africa. Due to the lack of rain, the vegetation is not able to feed lifestock. Normad families are not able to uphold their lifestyle and settle in informal camps, where they try to get access to food and water. One of these camps is located near Danan in the southern part of Ethiopia.
Our member organization Arche NoVa is currently supporting a health center in Danan. Nowadays, the center is focusing on treating people with severe malnutrition and diarrhea. But like the whole district, the city of Danan and the health center is suffering from water supply problems. In the past the community provided water from a river 70 kilometers apart to support its 8.000 inhabitants. The logistics were not only costly, the water was also of poor quality and therefore brought a new risk for infections.
With the support of our donors, Arche NoVa was able to build a water treatment plant on the area of the health center. Due to trainings, the staff of the health center will be able to service and maintain the plant on their own. Arche NoVa will move onto repairing the poorly equipped sanitary facilities.
We are very grateful that you support the work of our coalition. It enabled us to increase our support to people in need. As the hunger crisis is still going on, humanitarian aid is the only possibility to support the people suffering in East and West African countries. Thank you!
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