MDRP Communications staff presented an overview of MDRP activities, progress and challenges to journalists and NGO colleagues in two briefings on June 1. MDRP is a regional initiative that supports demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants from regular and irregular forces in Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. It is financed by the World Bank and Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the European Commission. The first press briefing included journalists from BBC-Africa, PARTICIPANTS. MDRP staff subsequently addressed colleagues from several NGOs, including International Alert, EURAC (Reseau European pour l'Afrique Centrale), and Red Cross Belgium, which implements an MDRP child soldier project in the DRC. European Commission MDRP focal point Rory Keane was also present to answer questions from a donor perspective. For more information on MDRP, please visit http://www.mdrp.org .
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