Collaboration & Bridge-Building

We see ourselves as collaborators, working in participation with our Congolese partners as well as other NGOs and non-profits like Rotary International, International Centre for Eyecare Education, HEAL Africa, Global Ministries, HOPE International, Medical Students' Aid Project and CNEC Partners International. Individuals around the world are also part of our participatory processes. We do this by:
  • Serving as liaison between local communities and local NGOs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and donors and/or partners.
  • Consulting with communities in Equatorial Province and elsewhere in DRC as requested.
  • Researching and, when necessary, seeking funds for low-cost or no-cost professional development for our Congolese colleagues; for professional services, including, but not limited to: medical care, engineering, construction, communication, etc.; and, when requested, facilitating implementation.
  • Conducting public relations on an ongoing basis for the purpose of promoting and fund-raising for community-identified projects.

  • Investing and directing revenues for the support and benefit of selected projects/initiatives in the form of scholarship endowments, grants, funding for capital improvements, as well as creation of income-generating projects.

 

Learn more about community development in Lotumbe village

Learn more about our efforts on behalf of higher education at Université Protestante au Congo (UPC)

Accountability/redcross1.jpgAt FLO's request, HandUp Congo faciltated a visit by the Red Cross to conduct a community needs assessment for a comprehensive clean water and hygiene project in Lotumbe. HandUp Congo hopes to replicate a project similar to one in Mbandaka by recruiting Rotary Clubs to fund the US $226,000 endeavor.

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An internship facilitated by HandUp Congo with microfinance organization Hope International in Kinshasa prepares Chantal (left) to further improve FLO's own program in Lotumbe.

Accountability/Goma-professional-development.jpgDuring a professional development field trip arranged by HandUp Congo at HEAL Africa in Goma, Dr. Bolingo & agri-specialist Celestin Engelemba (left) prepare to present their findings. Antoinette (right), FLO's vice president, also participated in the training -- bringing along her newborn son!