Action Kivu provides the Democratic Republic of Congo's victims of violence with the opportunity to rebuild their lives on a foundation of hope, dignity, and economic self-sustenance.
Our approach is spearheaded through two programs:
THE KIVU SEWING WORKSHOP
In an eight-month program, students, all victims of the Congo's years of devastating conflict, learn to sew, knit and embroider and eventually acquire the skills and capacity to work on their own as seamstresses who can provide for themselves and their families.
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN
Action Kivu works in partnership with primary schools in Congo to fund the education of vulnerable children affected by the ongoing conflict.
THE KIVU SEWING WORKSHOP
In an eight-month program, students, all victims of the Congo's years of devastating conflict, learn to sew, knit and embroider and eventually acquire the skills and capacity to work on their own as seamstresses who can provide for themselves and their families.
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN
Action Kivu works in partnership with primary schools in Congo to fund the education of vulnerable children affected by the ongoing conflict.
Ernata was her Christian name, she told us, but her grandfather also named her Barhadosa. "Simply because my mother was suffering a lot," she explained. "She was facing domestic violence, and when she gave birth to me, my grandfather said my name would be Barhadosa...read more...
Eugenie was born in Rwanda-Kigali but now lives in the DRC. She has two children. When the 1994 genocide war broke out in Rwanda, she was living at her brother's home in Kigali when the Interahamwe (Hutu militia) came to kill her family. read more...
Action Kivu is paying the school fees for Ntaboba (translated "no fear"). One of the children most affected by the war in eastern Congo, his father was shot dead 7 years ago. When Ntaboba was 6, his right leg was seriously injured by a grenade explosion in the jungle while he was collecting firewood...read more...