Statusrapport
Programme by the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA): Reducing Gender Based Violence and Building Sustainable Peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 2010 - 2012 Mid Term Review Report
The review was undertaken at the request of the MFA, the Section for Humanitarian Affairs. This report aims to allow MFA and NCA to review the programme to effectively secure rights and livelihoods of the targeted populations and their communities. The review exercise took a participatory approach by involving NCA staff. However, responsibility for the conclusions and recommendations rests with the external consultants (from Norad and MDF) and are not necessarily and not always NCA’s. Given the volatile situation in East Congo over the past eighteen years, and the continued insecurity and plight of the population in the two Kivu provinces, NCA’s programme has both an emergency and a development approach within the seven pillars that constitute the programme. The overall finding is that the programme is relevant and responds very well to needs that beneficiaries themselves rank as their highest priorities. It succeeds particularly well in its approach to strengthen people’s resilience and community coherence and hence in creating emergency preparedness.