Kalemie, 19 June 2018 – Canadian Ambassador, Nicolas Simard inaugurated a mobile clinic in the displaced site at Katanika, 7 km away from southern Kalemie, in the Tanganyika province, in a ceremony attended by provincial government’s officials and the Representative of the Swedish Embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project funded by the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) received support from MONUSCO and other partners: WFP and…
Kananga, 22 June 2018 – MONUSCO Political Affairs Section held an awareness session for forty young people including 11 women in the conference hall of MONUSCO headquarters in Kananga, Kasaï-Central. Drawn from member organizations of the Provincial Youth Council, the young people, together with the head of the political Affairs in Kasaï, Mr. Tarizzo Daniela, perused MONUSCO’s mandate derived from the UNSC Resolution 2409(2018). They also…
On Monday, 4 December 2017, during a meeting between the Head of MONUSCO-‐South Kivu/Maniema Office and the Mission staff in Bukavu, one staff member spoke about his work and private responsibilities. After listening to him, Karan Soro, the Head of Office, immediately turned towards those of us working within the Public Information Division to propose that we produce a portrait of this staff member. His name is Jérémie Barhankabaga Chiza, a…
I will tell you one thing right away: I have never seen someone, put forth as a candidate for the "Portrait of the Month", who attracts so many testimonies on her. This means that either she is, as the singer would say, " GREAT”, or her colleagues are "GREAT" or they are all "GREAT". I would go for the latter, as far as I am concerned. Listen to this, coming from the Head of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Division, Ely Dieng, who is naturally…
Goma, 25 march, 2018 – The entire month of March, called the month of the Woman, has been reserved for activities related to International Women’s Day celebrations. The commemorations marking this day are activities set aside to celebrate women’s achievements throughout the world. Its purpose is also to promote women’s equality, encourage support for repressed women and promote appreciation toward women everywhere around the world. Many…
I have many times heard our colleague spoken of highly by Radio Okapi staff as a man dedicated to his duties of ensuring transport is available to them at all hours of the day and night. Indeed all Radio Okapi staff are full of praise for his ability to devise solutions to transport problems. "Even when in Matadi, miles away from Kinshasa,” said one of them, “Donat will still manage to arrange transportation for a news presenter in the capital…
Walungu, March 23, 2018 – Walungu is a locality situated tens of kilometres from the town of Bukavu in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The main activity of the population in this mountainous region is farming. They toil the land to feed the hungry population in urban Bukavu and elsewhere within the country. “The land is not quite fertile”, says one local resident, “what hinders our farming activities is the…
Goma, march the 8th 2018 – MONUSCO Strategic Communications and Public Information Section has organized a debate on 08 March 2018 on the role of the media in the advancement of women as part of activities to commemorate the International Women's Day in Goma. The debate brought together mostly Journalists, members of the Civil society, Political leaders, MONUSCO staff from different sections, Socio-Political actors and the representatives of the…
There are times when I really need to know someone just because of what is coming out of the person. This is exactly what happened in Shahin’s case. After being nominated by her colleagues for the “Portrait of the month,” it took me just a glance, not more, I assure you, for me to feel compelled to dig thoroughly and find out who she actually is. And guess what, I was not actually wrong! Someone whose motto is: “Be the best version of yourself…
Goma, 26 february 2018 – According to the testimonies of some people living with HIV (PLH), they continue to experience the effects of discrimination in various forms in the public and private sectors, as well as in their families and communities. Some reports on this subject indicate that the impacts of this discrimination on the quality of lives of PLH is also very high. In our communities, PLH are confronted with acts that show an alarming…