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Local Development Program
145 Territories

Congo Bomoko would like to accompany President Felix Tshisekedi in this great initiative, and we are ready to support our population in this development they have been waiting for after so many years of struggle and wars. Our organization has been qualified for LDP-145 education infrastructure and improving access to clean water, and child health. Providing sanitation, education, health care, and access to clean water in the poorest provinces will help protect the most vulnerable population of DRC. The Head of Government recalled that the PDL-145 T is the result of the political will of the Head of State, to overcome poverty and reduce inequalities between rural and urban areas of the DRC. With a budget of US $1.6 billion mobilized by the central government and the country's traditional partners, the PDL-145 T focuses on four main areas of intervention, including infrastructure, revitalization of the economy, and the development of the rural economy.

The Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, said that the PDL-145 T focuses on four main areas of intervention, including infrastructure, the revitalization of local economies, the strengthening of local governance, and the development of an information-sharing system. In his speech at the opening of the seminar, he briefly explained that this project, which he defined as a development approach centered on the needs of the local population, is a major step forward. 

145 T $10 Million for Each Territory

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The Head of State announced the implementation of a vast program to fight against poverty. An ambitious initiative, that the President hopes will be more successful than the Hundred Days Program.

This colossal sum is supposed to lift 25 million Congolese out of poverty. It will go to the repair of roads and agricultural services, the construction of administrative buildings, schools, health centers, and small solar power plants allowing the electrification of many villages. On average, we explain to the prime minister, nearly 10 million dollars will be injected into each of the 145 territories of the DRC.

So that the mistakes of the past are not repeated, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ensured that the Congolese presidency did not this time have control over the coordination of the 145 territories program.

This is entrusted to three agencies responsible for its implementation: the UNDP, the Central Coordination Office (BCeCO, which depends on the Congolese Ministry of Finance), and the Financing Implementation Unit for Fragile States (CFEF). . These three agencies will receive $117.5 million, or 7% of the overall program cost.

History of DRC Territories 

When Belgium annexed the Belgian Congo as a colony in November 1908, it was initially organized into 22 districts. Ten western districts were administered directly by the main colonial government, while the eastern part of the colony was administered under two vice-governments: Eight northeastern districts formed Orientale Province, and Four southeastern districts formed Katanga.

In 1919, the colony was organized into four provinces: Congo-Kasaï (five southwestern districts), Équateur (five northwestern districts), and Orientale Province and Katanga (previous vice-governments). 

In 1932, the colony was reorganized into six provinces. Initially, they were named after their capital cities, but in 1947 regional names were adopted. The Belgian Congo became an independent country in 1960, named Republic of the Congo. By 1963, the country was organized into 21 provinces (informally called provinces) plus the capital city of Léopoldville, similar to the original 22 districts under colonial rule. In 1966, the 21 provinces were grouped into eight provinces, and the capital city was renamed Kinshasa. 

Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, adopted in 2006, specifies a territorial organization into 26 provinces, again resembling the previous provinces and original colonial districts. On 9 Jan 2015, the National Assembly passed a law on the new administrative divisions of the country, according to which new provinces should be installed in a period of 12 months.

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Congo Bomoko's contribution to PDL-145T  on providing clean water

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Under PDL-145T the program is to construct boreholes of more or less 150 m with an integrated pump (3,071 boreholes). There's a new technology to stop this water crisis in DRC, but drilling thousands of boreholes is not the best solution when almost all the villages and cities of DRC are built along the river. We are excited to introduce the latest technology called Reverse Osmosis to purify the water of our rivers and fleuve. DRC has 52 % of the freshwater reserve of Africa while 52 % of its population doesn't have access to basic clean water. We are asking our government to give us this opportunity to introduce this great technology to purifying water without using any chemical products.

We all need to know that our underground water is affected by highly toxic organic materials, inorganic materials, bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, fecal, and nitrates leak into the groundwater from sewage. The health of the people of Congo faces the biggest danger from consuming such water every day, that's why we can't afford more boreholes because they are not environment friendly and are one of the reasons for multiple erosions around our cities.

The Congo River basin accounts for 98% of the country's surface area and provides the country with one of the most extensive river networks in the world. The quality of surface waters is generally very good, with the exception of localized pollution hotspots in urban centers and near mining operations.

The lack of safe drinking water and poor sanitary conditions pose a major risk to public health. The mortality of children under the age of five was estimated at 11.9 percent, with a high prevalence of waterborne diseases like diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, and typhoid fever. This is an immediate water solution for the people of Congo in daily basis, from the water refinery to water station in the community.  

Reverse Osmosis has the ability to remove 95-99% of total dissolved solids (TDS) in drinking water, as well as improve the odor, appearance, and overall taste. This is the best technology available to take advantage of, to improve the quality of our everyday water use, many cities are using this technology to provide water for their population such as Los Angeles, Dubai, and South Arabia. 

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