: MONUSCO Police Component held a sensitization session on MONUSCO’s mandate, more particularly the one of its police for holyday makers in holiday camps.

The chief of the United Nations Police, UNPOL NYUIKI Peter TAKEH, first explained MONUSCO’s mandate with a special focus on the mandate for the Police Component in accessible language, using simple terms with the assistance of an interpreter into the Swahili language for all the participants to a better understanding of the mandate. He addressed many grey areas in the mind of the youth who thought MONUSCO had to play the role of the Congolese Government by solving all DRC’s problems.

Anxious to know more about MONUSCO’s activities and functioning, holyday-makers asked several questions to know what MONUSCO is doing for children, why it does not rehabilitate KAVIMVIRA bridge damaged three months ago, why it does not rehabilitate road leading to the border between Burundi and DRC, stopped for several months and how MONUSCO recruit employees.

Responding to the different questions, MONUSCO representative specified that MONUSCO’s mission is not to substitute for the Government but rather to bring its contribution within the framework of civilians’ protection to the electoral process, the restoration of the state authority through quick impact project which backs infrastructure projects such as the rehabilitation of police stations and prisons, bridges, drainage…

Moreover, MONUSCO provides training for public servants in different areas, including security. The objective of the current session was to help youth to know MONUSCO’s mandate and to highlight the need for promoting peace, social cohesion and development.

They voiced their entire satisfaction at the end of the session and said it helped them understand the objectives and missions of MONUSCO in the DRC. They further expressed the hope to see such sessions extended to more young people with educational activities. The holidaymakers asked MONUSCO to plan other sessions with presentations on the other aspects of the United Nations organization’s activities in the DRC.

MONUSCO’s representative asked the participants to share the information received to their colleagues, relatives…

This vacation activity was organized by the Catholic community in KILOMONI. UVIRA, from 3 to 26 July 2015. It brought together 1000 children aged from 6 to 14 years; all of them school children from the city of UVIRA; they split into 5 work groups representing the 5 continents.

DJIBRIL Mariama and Mbaye Sady DIOP