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In Numbers
6,100 mt of food distributed
US$ 4.1 million distributed in cash-based transfers
USD 425 million required for the next six months (May to October 2025)
1.2 million people assisted in March 2025
Situation Update
• In April, significant political progress was made to address the situation in eastern DRC. A joint statement on commitment and efforts toward a cessation of hostilities was announced following the mediation efforts led by the Qatari government between the DRC Government and the March 23 rebel group.
• The Humanitarian Response Plan for 2025 has been revised due to the drastic reduction in humanitarian funding available for 2025. Resourcing challenges are limiting humanitarian partners’ ability to fully respond to the needs at a time when humanitarian needs are greatest. An assessment of the food security situation in DRC showed that nearly 28 million people were acutely food insecure, the highest number ever on record for the country. The new target for the humanitarian response plan is 6.79 million people out of 21.2 million people in need.
Operational Updates
• General food assistance: In March, WFP distributed inkind and cash assistance to 900,000 people including internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, host communities and refugees living in DRC. This is the highest number of people served by WFP in a month as distributions around Goma and Bukavu resumed. However, WFP’s reach remains well below WFP’s monthly reach in 2024 due to reduced resources and limited access.
• Nutrition: Treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition interventions reached 73,000 children and pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls. Another 132,000 children and pregnant and breastfeeding women benefitted from stunting prevention.
• School feeding: Some 109,000 schoolchildren in four provinces benefitted from WFP-supported school feeding programs.
• Asset creation and livelihoods building: Smallholder farmer support and asset creation activities involved approximately 4,000 people in three provinces with the aim to strengthen community resilience and improve market access for smallholders.