Need-Assessment for a food security project in Northern Kivu Province (East-Congo) fort he submission at the EC-Commission

In the (former) war region of North Kivu in the triangle of Congo, Ruanda and Uganda the main part of the local poulation suffers from hunger and starvation due to the war. Although several resources (like for instance fishponds) are still in place, the access for the people is limited and the installations are broken. World Vision as a relief organisation is throughout the years present in this region and runs several nutrition and medicine centers. With a new project World Vision wanted to bring the people from the pure beneficiary role to the active and participant role with bases of income and production. A thoroughly assessment of needs of the local residents was missioned by World-Vision to collect the basis for a project proposal with was intendes to submitt et the EC Commission in Brussels.