OUR WORK
SAVE CONGO provides multisectorial emergency services, health care and development assistance, including medical care, sanitation, water, shelter, food services and emergency supplies to hundreds of thousands of people in northern, southern, eastern, western and central areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our activities include empowering vulnerable communities to work together on peace-building projects aimed at conflict reduction and economic recovery; offering a range of reproductive health services to women and adolescent girls to enable safer childbirth and improved spacing between children; Supporting malnourished children and pregnant women; providing counseling, medical care and legal assistance to survivors of sexual assault; ensuring girls are enrolled and succeeding in school as well supporting them with informal education so they can take control of their futures; conducting demographic, health and food surveys; training justice and government workers; building roads, markets, schools, hospitals and clinics; improving access to inclusive and culturally appropriate education for Indigenous Pygmy peoples and promote their rights, and protecting ecosystems. We pledge to put the needs of those most affected by various crisis, specifically women and girls, at the forefront of our efforts and to achieve measurable improvements in health, safety, education, and economic wellbeing.
