Our work in the DRC: January-June 2017
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Highlights:
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414 war-wounded civilians and combatants were operated on by surgical teams deployed or trained by the ICRC. |
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42,000 people received essential supplies in North and South Kivu. |
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42 unaccompanied children were reunited with their families. |
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30,000 people benefitted from the repair and renovation of 4 rural water-supply systems. |
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25,500 detainees were visited, with more than 2,000 receiving monthly food aid. |
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4,300 members of the security and armed forces and other weapon bearers attended awareness-raising sessions on international humanitarian law. |
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199 local Red Cross volunteers were trained in emergency response in 7 provinces. |
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