DR Congo
South-Kivu Province and Kinshasa
12
partners
347.976
direct beneficiaries
in 2019
Results from 2018:
- 2,256 elderly people treated in the three medical homes set up in 2017.
- 99.7% of new cases of diabetes were able to join one of the support groups (club of diabetic peers) accompanied by Louvain Coopération.
- 37% of MUSO member households increased their number of daily meals.
- 301 street children were reintegrated/reunited with their families.
Programmes
Education
- School scholarships for orphaned and vulnerable children
- Economic strengthening of the families of vulnerable children through the structuring into Mutual Solidarity groups and the development of income-generating activities.
- In-service teacher training
Partners : FSKi
Food and economic security
- Adult literacy courses
- Support for family farming (training of farmers, livestock credit, monitoring of mutual solidarity groups)
- Support for entrepreneurship
- Environmental Education
Partners : Action Sociale pour l’Organisation Paysanne (ASOP), Groupe Apprenons à lire et à Ecrire (GALE), Guichet d’Economie Local (GEL).
Health care
- Comprehensive support for primary health care
- Awareness, screening and management of diabetes and hypertension
- Development of medical houses to improve the model of chronic disease management
- Mental health care, especially for women victims of rape
- Continuous training of medical staff
- Strengthening hospitals with renewable energy
Partners : L’Archidiocèse de Bukavu/PK, Fonds Social du Kivu (FSKi), Centre d’Assistance Médico-Psycho-Social (CAMPS), Fondation Panzi (FP), Division Provinciale de la Santé (DPS)
Street children
- Taking care of urgent needs (accommodation, meals, medical consultation, schooling)
- Psycho-social care of children and mediation for a return to the family where possible
- Economic strengthening of children's families
Partners : ORPER, NDAKO YA BISO, Don Bosco Maison Papy
ROLAND, SOUTH-KIVU
"A few years ago, as it was very difficult to provide for my family, I thought about leaving to work in a mineral field. But then I was given a goat to fertilise my fields and training in agriculture. This allowed me to increase agricultural production and my household income. I can now feed my family and send my children to school. Today, I am glad I did not abandon them."