The U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) has deployed a Disaster Assistance
Response Team (DART) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to
assist with the relief effort for the ongoing complex emergency.
"We are extremely concerned about the situation in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. Thousands of people are in dire need of assistance,
and the volatile security situation hampers the humanitarian effort," said
USAID Administrator Henrietta H. Fore. "Our DART will work alongside local
officials and the international community to assess needs and to provide
assistance to those in need as quickly as possible."
The U.S. government has provided more than $123 million for emergency
programs in the DRC for agriculture and food security, health, Internally
Displaced Persons assistance, nutrition, protection, and water, sanitation,
and hygiene in fiscal year 2008.
SOURCE U.S. Agency for International Development
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