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Humanitarian Mine Action

One year contract with AECI to mine action acitivities in Eastern Congo

12.02.2008: DanChurchAid (DCA) Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) program in DR Congo has signed a one year contract with the AECI, Spanish Agency for International Cooperation under the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for an amount of 554.713 Euros to finance Mine Action activities in Eastern Congo.

The contract started on the 1st of December 2007 and will end on the 30th of November 2008.

The action is entitled “Humanitarian Mine Action Programme for internally displaced, returning refugees and war affected communities in South-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.”

Through the deployment of two survey/MRE/HIV-AIDS teams and one EOD team in South-Kivu Province the main objectives of DCA, supported by AECI, are the following:

To reduce the risks of accidents caused by landmines and Unexploded Ordnance.
To reduce the spread ofHIV/AIDS (HIV/AIDS awareness is an integrated component of DCA HMA Programme).
To give the population (war affected local people, IDPs and Refugees) access to agricultural lands, water and basic social services.
To develop a national competence to ensure the sustainability of Humanitarian Mine Action Activities.
Feeding of the information on mines and UXO into IMSMA (Information Management System for Mine Action) compatible format as well as starting the post-clearance assessments.

Expected Results:

25 dangerous areas identified and cleared
25.000 people received Mine Risk Education (war affected people, IDPs, Returnees, Local Authorities and humanitarian partners).
20.000 people received HIV/AIDS Education
Pre- and post clearance impact documented.

Read more about AECI: www.aeci.es

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