Democratic Republic of the Congo
Facts & figures
From January to June 2017
25,500
detainees were visited, with more than 2,000 receiving monthly food aid
30,000
people benefitted from the repair and renovation of 4 rural water-supply systems
42
unaccompanied children were reunited with their families
414
war-wounded civilians and combatants were operated on by surgical teams deployed or trained by the ICRC
42,000
people received essential supplies in North and South Kivu
4,300
members of the security and armed forces and other weapon bearers attended awareness-raising sessions on international humanitarian law
2,880
detainees received monthly food assistance through an ICRC nutritional programme
199
local Red Cross volunteers were trained in emergency response in 7 provinces
