Bienvenue, Bonjour, Biyeyi Bolamu, Mbote, Moyo, Jambo are all salutations in various languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as one observes on arrival to the Kinshasa International...
The African Union (AU) Commission Representative for DRC, Ambassador Abdou Abarry, has extended an invitation to partner with ActionAid DRC in addressing challenges in the Kisenso community.The...
ActionAid’s work in the DRC has shown that land not only provides a means of subsistence, but also offers a unique source of happiness. The women AA DRC works with, report that farming on their own...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been described as the world’s most dangerous place for women and girls following a United Nations Report.The Demographic Health Survey (2013-2014) indicates...
A national non-governmental organization, Action de Développement pour les Milieux Ruraux (Action for Development of Rural Areas) ADMR, mobilized over 200 people from civil society movements, human...
The United Nations estimates the world’s youth population to be at its highest with about 1.8 billion people aged between 15-29 years.Known as “Generation Hope”, these group of young people have the...
Belange Ntumba, 26, is a tailor. She has opened her workshop in the Amba neighbourhood, Commune of Kisenso. Currently, she provides free training for ten other girls.. They are only required to...
ActionAid DRC (AADRC) has opened its 4th LRP in Kisenso in 2013 , a city very much affected by floods, erosions and landslides, etc...AADRC is running projects and activities in Education; women...
On 20th May, ActionAid and its partners celebrated the Global Safe Cities for Women Day. This date marked the first anniversary of our safe cities for women campaign. AAI DRC participated in this...
Action Aid DRC has initiated a support program for schools called "Free School and Protector of children" in response to the relatively high poverty rate and a very low school enrollment rates...
Francine NYAKALUSI, aged 18, is a single mother. Her daughter Ornella is 18 months old. Francine and Ornella live with Francine’s parents in Kigera village in the Mugote groupement on the island of...
In Nyiragongo LRP, the day was celebrated in style with a procession of primary pupils, teachers and other stakeholders, from E.P Munigi/CEBC primary school to the divisional office of education in...
Anny Mayila, 48 years old, is a single mother. She raises alone eight children, 4 girls and 4 boys – aged between 27 and 16 years. To feed her family, she joined an association of market-gardening...
It is World Food Week and between now and the end of the year the world’s leaders will meet for the G20 in Cannes and COP here in South Africa. There has never been a more crucial time to make a...
Every Year on 16 October communities, activists, officials around the world commemorate World Food Day. It’s a day to remember the achievements of millions of small scale food producers who continue...
Nirere, 25, is mother of three children and used to live in Kibumba Village in DRC, but had to abandon her home and flee to Goma in October 2008, with no means of finding food.
Land lost to natural disasters is irreplaceable due to traditional customs and authorities’ negligence, leaving women to go hungry despite their agricultural skills.
Many women in the DRC continue to struggle to produce enough food for their families since customary laws deny them land ownership and governments refuse support.
