Our values

 
 
 

We believe that collaboration and accountability are the foundation to achieving sustainable solutions with a lasting impact.

How we work

Providing a hand up, not a handout, we respond to community requests by providing the tools and training to help Congolese communities generate income to improve education, health and wellbeing.

We collaborate

By partnering with local Congolese communities, professional associations, government agencies and other stakeholders, we address health and community development challenges. 

LEFT: Dr Vera Sistenich and Dr Grace Maano with doctors and nurses receiving certificates of achievement following emergency medicine training at IME Kimpese General Reference Hospital. Project partners included Blugibbon, Congo Protestant University, Rotary Australia World Community Service and DAK Foundation.

 

We are accountable

By ensuring targeted and responsible use of resources, we are accountable to the Congolese community, donors and volunteers who support HandUp Congo. 

Dr Sylvie, a member of the DRC Emergency Medicine Association www.amurdc.org, thanks Rotarian donors in Australia for their support of HandUp Congo’s obstetrics emergency training in Kinshasa (January 2023).



 

We are cost-efficient

98% of all donations to HandUp Congo go to designated initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Donations are not used for marketing. Volunteers do all our marketing.  

HandUp Congo volunteers celebrate the small but mighty non-profit’s 18th birthday in March 2023. Volunteers share their time and talents in many ways, including photography, website management, event coordination and training doctors and community leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

We achieve sustainable results

We have a proven track record in making a lasting positive impact on the health of Congolese communities and sustainable development in Lotumbe.

Women farmers who participate in Lotumbe’s community development training programs, such as eco-farming and microcredit, reap the benefits – bigger corn cobs, which lead to improved health for their families, thanks to the fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that corn produces.