11 May 2021 HEKS/EPER, Swiss Church Aid is the aid organisation of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland and supports projects to combat hunger, poverty and injustice in 31 countries on four continents. HEKS/EPER also provides emergency relief for victims of natural disasters and armed conflict worldwide and supports the welfare and social work of the Reformed Churches in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East. In Switzerland, HEKS/EPER champions the rights and the integration of refugees and socially disadvantaged people. HEKS/EPER is a member of the ACT Alliance. In the DRC, where it has been active for more than 6 decades through development programs, HEKS-EPER opened a humanitarian mission (Emergency) in February 2019. It focuses its emergency relief interventions in hard-to-reach areas of several northern territories -Kivu (Rutshuru, Masisi, Walikale and Lubero) where the lack of humanitarian assistance creates great precariousness among civilians affected by the crisis in the region. HEKS-EPER sets up Rapid Response activities (notably through the distribution of unconditional Cash), Humanitarian Monitoring Systems (monitoring of population movements), Water, Hygiene & Sanitation (WASH), Rehabilitation / Opening of humanitarian access (in Cash for Work), and Agricultural revival activities.