UNICEF partners with IRC in the Rapid Response to movements of populations (RRMP) to provide returnee communities with drinking water in the Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DRC. Between July and August 2015, 19 water sources and 17 public latrines were built in the Burinyi area to open wider access to safe drinking water as well as hygiene and sanitation for over 3,000 returnee households.
The RRMP is a multi-partner and multi-donor programme. Co-managed by OCHA and UNICEF, the first-line mechanism is funded by several donors such as ECHO in order to respond quickly to the basic needs of displaced, returnee and other vulnerable host families.
In 2014, the RRMP provided assistance to 2.2 million men women and children, in terms of education, health, essential household items, water, hygiene and sanitation in the provinces of Katanga, Maniema, Orientale, North and South Kivu. From January to August 2015, 1.3 million people were assisted by the RRMP.
