Grands Lacs: Fonds régional Actions urgentes

The Great Lakes region is extremely volatile and fragile. The state of precariousness encourages political instability and recurring conflicts in the cases of Burundland the DRC. SDC and its offices in Kigali, Bujumbura and Bukavu are often approached by different agencies and NGOs with requests for the funding of a variety of humanitarian activities, including emergency response. Many projects are of limited scale requiring financial support of a few thousand Swiss Francs only.

The objectives of the program Small actions grant line is to provide the Regional Cooperation Office in the Great Lakes region with a simple and flexible quick Instrument to address clear humanitarian needs of the targeted beneficiaries as well as addressing windows of opportunities within the Great Lakes Region.

Vulnerable groups, in particular women and children

Flexible and quick response to critical humanitarian needs, including preparedness.

Resultados previstos:  

Capacities of the humanitarian community are strengthened, and vulnerable groups are provided with emergency response.

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

Quick and flexible funding enabled SDC to fill certain gaps and support victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts who weren't targeted by larger projects.

Regular dialogue with the humanitarian community is maintained, and actions are in line with the various existing crisis and emergency response plans.

Fase 4 05.05.2016 - 31.03.2018   (Completed)