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Emergency Aid to the Congo DR
Congo, DR
| Financing Type | Grants |
| Category | Emergency Aid |
| Focus Area | Multisectoral |
| Approved | 22.01.2002 |
| Signed | 22.01.2002 |
| Loan Administrator | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| Executing Agency | IFRCS |
| Co-financiers | OPEC Fund |
| Organization | IFRC |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.10 |
| Total Project Cost (USDm) | 0.10 |
The grant was approved to help purchase relief items for victims of the volcanic eruption that inundated the city of Goma with lava flows. At least half of Goma's 500,000-strong population lost their homes and, with most of the business district destroyed, livelihoods too have been compromised.