OUR PROGRAMS
SAVE CONGO consists of 3 main programs below:
1. Health program
2. Humanitarian program
3. Development program
1. Health program
SAVE CONGO provides emergency health services to people affected by conflicts, epidemics, disasters, or who are excluded from health care, in accordance with the principles of globalization of care, integration of care, continuity of care, rationalization of services, decentralization of services, decentralization of service management, community participation and sustainability of services; in particular compliance with the rules of medical ethics in the Democratic Republic of Congo: this imposes in particular the duty to provide care without harming (either an individual or a group) and to assist any person in danger, with humanity, impartiality, and respecting medical confidentiality. We assist people based on their needs, regardless of their ethnicity, gender, religion or political affiliation. SAVE CONGO's health program includes actions to combat malaria, combat HIV/AIDS, combat measles, combat tuberculosis, combat hemorrhagic fevers, combat respiratory diseases, combat diarrheal diseases, combat mental illness, combat severe acute malnutrition, and combat sexual violence. SAVE CONGO's health program also includes prevention actions that are carried out at three levels, namely: primary prevention (interventions aimed at avoiding or reducing the occurrence or incidence of epidemics, diseases, accidents and disabilities of the most vulnerable populations, etc.); secondary prevention (interventions that seek to reduce the prevalence of epidemics or diseases, etc.); and tertiary prevention.
2. Humanitarian program
SAVE CONGO provides life-saving multi-sectoral assistance and protection to vulnerable populations affected by sudden or protracted emergencies, including internally displaced persons, refugees and host communities. Our humanitarian interventions include social protection and risk reduction. Each of these areas plays a critical role in building resilience, and their integration helps to establish a more dynamic and responsive protection system for vulnerable populations. Specifically, our social protection actions include cash transfer activities; food aid; shelter provision; water, sanitation and hygiene services; and cash assistance. Our risk reduction actions focus on beneficiary registration; and protection monitoring (preparedness, mitigation and response to conflicts, humanitarian crises and natural disasters). Our strategy is based on the early warning system and needs assessment to support humanitarian interventions to reduce the impact of crises on communities, particularly those living in high-risk areas. The assistance provided by SAVE CONGO is evidence-based and community-focused while promoting dignity, security, human rights and resilience in times of crisis in collaboration with national and local authorities, as well as international, national and local partners to provide essential assistance to those who need it most.
3. Development program
SAVE CONGO has implemented development policies to break inequalities and the intergenerational cycle of poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These are: 1. Improving access for vulnerable populations to basic socio-economic infrastructure and services by setting up basic socio-economic infrastructure (agricultural access roads, solar street lights, boreholes and mini-networks, schools, health centers, markets) in order to contribute to improving the living and education conditions of the populations concerned; 2. Promoting the development of rural economies and local value chains by supporting production and service activities in order to establish the necessary conditions to revive local economies, increase household income and ensure food security for vulnerable populations; 3. Strengthening local development management capacities, with the aim of developing technical, organizational, institutional and community capacities geared towards the empowerment of vulnerable populations.
