Title: Helping affected families in the province of South Kivu in the DRC
Affected families in the province of South Kivu have received help from the central government in the DRC. Material and financial goods were handed over during an official ceremony to each family. According to the Congolese Press Agency (ACP), the aid consisted of an envelope of 2,500,000 Congolese francs, medical monitoring for the survivors, as well as bags of flour, rice, beans, cans of vegetable oil, loincloths and tarpaulins.
The national Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Modeste Mutinga, said that the central government would also take charge of the development of a site to temporarily accommodate the affected families.
In recent years, the province of South Kivu has been affected by several natural disasters. It is time, according to the second vice-president of the National Assembly, Vital Banywesize, that the inhabitants learn from past mistakes and avoid building on sites that are not suitable.
The delivery of this aid will certainly help to ease the difficult situation experienced by the affected families of Kalehe. However, the authorities must continue to work hard to find lasting solutions to the environmental problems that have led to this difficult situation.