Tanganyika - A delegation from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) visited Kalemie on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, to see the achievements made in line with the assistance the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is providing to ensure that conflict-affected Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have access to durable solutions.

The delegation, led by the First Secretary at the Embassy Mrs. Kerstin Karlström, went successively to the displacement site of Likasi and to three of the return areas of the IDPs, in particular to the villages ofKanoa, Mpunwe and Kyempele. The delegation visited boreholes, water wells and transitional shelters which were built in the areas of return/relocation for improvement of basic services, benefitting both returnees and host communities as part of durable solution assistance.

A total of 4,685 IDP households have benefited from durable solution assistance in Tanganyika. The financial support of Sida allowed internally displaced persons, living in displacement sites, to benefit from assistance for a return to their village of origin, relocation, or even integration into the local community according to their preference. The assistance included, among other things, transport assistance to return, relocate or integrate locally and unrestricted multipurpose cash assistance which each family could use to cover their needs in shelter or any other needs, such as food.

These activities are part of the search for durable solutions for IDPs and aim to provide sustainable solutions to conflict-affected communities through the provision of immediate and longer-term support.”

The Head of development committee (returnees and autochthone) in the Mpungwe, Kanoa and Kyempele villages thanked the Swedish government for their support, which helped facilitate their social integration and fosters peaceful cohesion.

In addition to these durable solutions activities, the financial support from Sida allowed to implement Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) activities, provide direct life-saving shelter assistance to displaced populations as well as Displacement tracking Matrix (DTM) analysis to ensure the availability of accurate information that can guide humanitarian interventions. All these SIDA funded activities have benefited to approximately 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the conflict in Tanganyika provence.

Since 2016, the province of Tanganyika has recorded numerous waves of displaced people following ongoing inter-community tensions and violence.

For more information, please contact Daco Tambilika, Email: dtambilika@iom.int Telephone: +243 81 352 70 41