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The project extensions allowed for an increase of 11,000 direct beneficiaries in both
the DRC and northern Uganda since the beginning of 2011 when beneficiaries were
estimated at 70,200. 97 Given the difficulties and inconsistencies in counting indirect
beneficiaries, the Fund has ceased reporting on them to focus on different categories of
direct beneficiaries. 98
Currently, victims 99 benefiting from the Fund's projects are grouped into six categories,
namely:
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Victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), both male and female, including
child-mothers;
Widows and widowers;
Former child soldiers and abducted youth;
Orphans and vulnerable children, including children born out of rape;
Victims of physical and mental trauma, including victims of torture and wounded
civilians;
Family members of victims and victims not falling in any of the other categories; and
Community peacebuilders, defined as 'traditional leaders and other community
members reached through the TFV's reconciliation activities'. 100
Out of the total number of beneficiaries, 53% are in the DRC and 47% are in northern
Uganda. In 2010, 42% of beneficiaries were reached by projects in northern Uganda
and 58% in the DRC. As in 2010, the vast majority of victims benefitting from currently
active projects are community peacebuilders (75%, 61,348 in total of which 26,144 are in
northern Uganda and 35,204 are in the DRC). This category is followed by that of victims
of sexual and gender-based violence, constituting almost 7% of the total number of
beneficiaries overall (5,392 of which 2,611 are in northern Uganda and 2,718 are in the
DRC). 101
In September 2008, the Board of Directors of the TFV launched a global appeal to
assist 1.7 million victims of sexual violence over three years. In response to this appeal,
earmarked donations amounting to €1,740,000 have been received from the Principality
of Andorra, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Germany. 102 Norway is the TFV's single
largest supporter of the sexual and gender-based violence appeal. 103 Out of the total
contributions received by the Fund, 43.5% were earmarked for sexual and gender-based
violence projects in 2009 and 37% in 2010. 104
97 <strong>Report</strong> to the Assembly of States Parties on the activities and projects of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund
for Victims for the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, ICC-ASP/10/14, 1 August 2011, p 3 of the French version.
98 Email communication with the Secretariat of the Trust Fund for Victims, 16 September 2011. In 2010, the
Fund reported 182,000 indirect beneficiaries defined as the families and communities of the direct recipients
of assistance and rehabilitation projects. Recognising Victims and Building Capacity in Transitional Societies,
Programme Progress <strong>Report</strong>, Spring 2010, p 6.
99 As defined in Rule 85 of the RPE.
100 Reviewing Rehabilitation Assistance and Preparing for Delivering Reparations, Programme Progress <strong>Report</strong>,
Summer 2011, p 6.
101 Ibidem.
102 Ibidem, p 36.
103 Ibidem. Norway contributed €253,500 in April 2011 and a total of €698,400 since 2008.
104 Email communication with the Secretariat of the Trust Fund for Victims, 18 October 2011.
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