ECW Multi-Year Resilience Program: Democratic Republic of Congo 2021-2023

The ECW Multi-Year Resilience Programme (MYRP) 2021-2023 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo targets 200,000 children and adolescents in three priority provinces: Tanganyika,  Ituri and Kasaï Central. Out of this total, ECW seed funding aims to reach 68,000 children and adolescents aged 5–17 years, 61% of whom are girls. These include internally displaced children, returnees and refugees. The programme has a focus to reach children with disabilities (15% of the total target). Other populations/groups will also be targeted including indigenous people, former child soldiers, survivors of gender-based violence, unaccompanied children, children from host communities, and other vulnerable children and adolescents. The MYRP will ensure that children have access to a holistic package of education that is relevant to their academic, physical and socio-emotional development. The whole-of-child approach will include the distribution of learning and teaching materials, provision of menstrual hygiene kits, teacher and parent training, creation of mini libraries to promote reading and much more.