Mahagi, March 22nd, 2026 (CPA) – A total of 3,253 displaced households have received non-food assistance from a United Nations agency in villages within the Rabu and Kambala health areas, in Mahagi territory, Ituri province (northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo), CPA learned Sunday from humanitarian sources. “UNICEF, through the NGO Program for the Promotion of Primary Health Care (PPSSP), has assisted 3,253 displaced households with essential household items (EHI) in the Rabu and Kambala health areas, respectively in the chiefdoms of Panduru and Walendu Watsi,” announced Trésor Muyumba, communication officer for the UNICEF Rapid Response project (UNIRR) within the NGO.
These items include cooking utensils, sets of three pagnes, cups, ladles, wash kits with jerrycans, bars of laundry soap, water purification products, hygiene kits for women of reproductive age, and several other items, he specified. He added: “The objective of this humanitarian intervention is to somewhat improve the living conditions of these vulnerable people who have fled atrocities linked to armed conflicts,” noting that only displaced persons who have not yet spent three months in displacement are targeted. Speaking to CPA, Lotoma Feti, a local authority in the Walendu Watsi chiefdom, welcomed the assistance provided to displaced persons from several localities in Djugu territory, including Bule and Mabanga. The UNICEF Rapid Response project is funded by the American people, the European Union, Korea, Sweden, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and the German government, according to sources.