Save the Children UK (SC UK) began implementing emergency health and nutrition interventions in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1998, with initial activities in North and South Kivu and North Katanga. The current programme of work began in June 2002, when the geographical focus was confined to a number of health zones in North Kivu. The rationale for this refocusing was to strengthen management of the programme and better monitor its impact. An evaluation was carried

FLOODS IN DPRK
The official KCNA news agency reported that torrential rains in July displaced 1000 families and destroyed some 100,000 hectares of paddy farmland, the equivalent of 4 per cent of the country's total arable land. This resulted in an estimated drop of 30 per cent of the harvest output. Floods are an annual hazard during North Korea's summer monsoon season, damaging crops and adding to the country's economic difficulties.

Since 1983, an estimated two million Sudanese have died as a result of famine and protracted violent conflict between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the southern-based Sudan Peo-ple's Liberation Movement (SPLM). In addition, the country has long experienced inter and in-tra-ethnic tensions. Recently, however, several positive developments have provided new oppor-tunities to finally resolve Africa's longest war and move the country toward a lasting peace. In May 2004, the GOS and the SPLM signed the Naivasha Protocols for the resolution of conflict in the

UNDP, in collaboration with the rest of the UN Country Team facilitated the travel of four Somali youth to Real Madrid Football Club Summer Camp for two weeks in July 2004. Abdi Bashir Abdi, Mohamed Yusuf Hassan (both from Hargeisa), Yusuf Ali Morgan (from Merca) and Nuune Xuseen Cabdi (from Mogadishu) were selected following football tournaments (Peace Cup) involving 384 members of 24 football teams in different parts of Somalia over a month-long period.

While in Madrid the boys met all the

USAID/OTI's goal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is to contribute to a more stable environment in war-torn communities. To advance this goal, OTI's program has two ob-jectives: To support the reintegration process between war-affected youth and their host families; To reinforce local, regional, and national awareness in order to foster community participation on issues key to the transitional process.

USAID/OTI is supporting the following activities to achieve these objectives:

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DFID Iraq Updates
This is the final DFID Iraq Update in this format. We hope you have found them useful. From September we will issue instead a monthly update, focussing on DFID's work in Iraq.

Governorates Capacity Building Programme in Southern Iraq

DFID has agreed a new capacity building programme for the four governorates in southern Iraq, worth £20.5 million over two years. It will work towards the reduction of poverty in southern Iraq through three related strategies: