{"id":7198,"date":"2020-08-27T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/PWA\/?p=7198"},"modified":"2023-12-06T19:03:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:03:17","slug":"drc-cbca-on-the-front-line-in-the-response-to-covid19-and-adaptation-of-peace-work-to-the-context-of-the-health-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/drc-cbca-on-the-front-line-in-the-response-to-covid19-and-adaptation-of-peace-work-to-the-context-of-the-health-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC: CBCA on the front line in the response to covid19 and adaptation of peace work to the context of the health crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Responding to the\nmobilization of the response, the Baptist Community in the Center of Africa,\nthrough the Justice, Peace and Safeguarding of Creation Commission (JPSC) joined\nits efforts to those of the national and international community in the fight\nagainst the pandemic, through a campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This consists of\non the one hand to sensitize the community on the promotion of peace and\nhuman rights in times of Covid-19. &nbsp;Other\npart the campaign aimed to protect and provide\nassistance for the benefit of the community with regard to the distribution of\nprotective equipment, drinking water and food at certain\nvulnerable categories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This operation was carried out by a team from the Task Force set up by the ecclesiastical authorities of the CBCA, based on a multidisciplinary approach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Peacebuilding and raising awareness for the promotion and respect of human rights in times of Covid-19<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nJPSC peace actors on the ground helped the populations to break the\nvicious circle of violent conflict. Unfortunately, cases are observed\nflagrant violations of human rights, justified by measures\nemergency to fight the spread of the virus. These violations are\ncommitted by some members of the security forces (police). This situation\nis indicative of a lack of human rights education in the ranks of\nlaw enforcement, particularly in times of crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\npeace actions have been adapted so that they can respond to the need\nto build peace; despite this particular Covid-19 situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These peacemakers from the JPSC played a\nvital role: With messages of peace and\nof hope for this desperate population, abandoned to its sad fate by\nthe State which confined it and which does not know how to assist it only to respond to the\nbasic necessities (water, electricity, food, etc.). Then, by\nmediation in the cases of conflicts observed in families and in the\ncommunity. Also, the JPSC played the role of legal and\njudicial; free of charge, for cases of abusive arrests\nlaunched by the police and intelligence services against people.\nFinally, the commission has intervened in various programs\nradio broadcasts on compliance with barrier measures against Covid-19 and\nhuman rights to be observed during the time of Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the Commission for Justice, Peace and Safeguarding\nla Cr\u00e9ation produced an awareness leaflet and more than 600 copies were\ndistributed to members of the Congolese National Police and to\nstate offices to make them aware of respect for human rights\nduring the response to Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\napart from actions for the consolidation of peace and the promotion of rights\nhuman beings, the CBCA campaign also focused on the aspects\nfollowing: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Awareness of compliance with barrier measures<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photo-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5161\" width=\"382\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photo-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photo-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photo-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photo-2-219x146.jpg 219w, https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photo-2-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photo-2-112x75.jpg 112w, https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/photo-2.jpg 1210w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 382px, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The community has been made aware of the need to respect barrier measures in order to protect themselves and prevent the spread of the disease. This sensitization was done through radio broadcasts and spots, social networks and through posters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than fifteen audiovisual educational spots were prepared and broadcast in different local languages through local radio and television channels, social networks and on the CBCA YouTube channel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube .com\/channel\/UCrNMxJXCtkJkjLrgirWxpyg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrNMxJXCtkJkjLrgirWxpyg<\/a>).<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main message of the campaign was <strong><em>\u201cProtect yourself, protect others\u201d<\/em><\/strong> translated into Swahili: <strong><em>\u201cjikinge, wakinge wengine\u201d&lt; \/em&gt;<\/em><\/strong><em>. This message has reached several thousand listeners, viewers and several Internet users whose main idea is that by protecting yourself, you are protecting your neighbors at the same time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The distribution of protective equipment<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>More\n8,000 locally made mufflers were distributed to the population\ntargeted, including motorbike and bus taxi drivers, police officers, who are\nmuch more exposed. Local initiatives have been encouraged for the\nlocal manufacture of mufflers. The various beneficiaries received\nalso more than 800 liquid soaps, 1500 soaps and 500 bottles of disinfectants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Procurement\ndrinking water and food for the poor<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The supply of drinking water to the population of\nsurrounding parts of the city of Goma which lives in shortage of drinking water.\nThis approach made it possible to reach the indigenous population (indigenous) in\nKanyaruchinya (in the territory of Nyiragongo, north of the city of Goma),\nand pygmies living in the village of Muja (in the same territory). Two\n3000 liter water tanks were purchased and installed and 120,000 liter\nof water were given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food has been specially distributed to people\nelderly and widows. Given the high need compared to the planned budget\nCBCA for these assistance activities, 67 households each received 20 kg\nof rice in Goma in North Kivu. Similar support was provided to residents of\nKinshasa, Lubumbashi and Kampala (Uganda).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a reminder, this is\nsince March 11, 2020 that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that a\noutbreak of coronavirus viral disease, or COVID-19, identified for the\nfirst time in December 2019 in Wuhan, China had reached pandemic level\nworld. Concerned about the alarming levels of spread and\nseverity of the disease, WHO has called on governments to take action\nurgent and aggressive to stop the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to the mobilization of the response, the Baptist Community in the Center of Africa, through the Justice, Peace and Safeguarding of Creation Commission (JPSC) joined<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[312,323,315],"class_list":["post-7198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dr-congo","tag-conflict-analysis-do-no-harm","tag-conflict-resolution","tag-peace-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceworkafrica.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}