Our main objective, on which we rely a lot in the medium term, is the establishment of a permanent residence center, a center to accommodate children and teenagers, by 2019-2020. This center would be a place of security, serenity and evolution, also of interpersonal, intercultural & intergenerational dialogue, privileging the…
These last months were marked by difficulties on the ground certainly, but also by many successes. A real takeoff has taken place for the activities of our association. After a very first fundraising evening in October 2017, we were able to gather financial resources to carry out our actions in…
Following our event in October 2017, the fundraising allowed us to gather resources to allow the start of an ambitious action plan for 2018. This action plan allowed from November 2017 to regularize the schooling of 2 previous years, for the 5 children we care for: Daniel, Antoinette, Maria, Bénédicte,…
Following the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, the Cercle de l’Espoir – Dunia (CED) association was solicited to respond to an absolute emergency: residents of the town of Les Cayes (southwest of Haiti ) realized that the roof of their houses were literally gone. Whole families found themselves…
In March 2016, the association M’Pongo Love, which is conducting field actions in the DRC compatible with the values of the Cercle de l’Espoir – Dunia (CED) association, contacted us to provide emergency assistance to a girl from 13, Emmanuelle, who was suffering from severe malnutrition. She lacked the financial…
In 2015, following continuous exchanges with local actors in poor neighborhoods of Kinshasa in the DRC (see below), the Cercle de l’Espoir – Dunia (CED) association assumed responsibility for funding school supervision for five children. Indeed, too many children do not go to school, mainly for economic and / or…
The project aimed to install a basic photovoltaic power supply (lighting, computer room) for a community school for children and adolescents not attending school, in the popular neighborhood of Limete in Kinshasa. The project was carried out in August 2014 with the help of Energy Assistance, a reference in this…
During the preparations for the first mission to the DRC in 2011 (see Kalamu project), members of the Cercle de l’Espoir – Dunia (CED) association found that in the slums of Kinshasa, a significant number of children and adolescents, mostly orphaned or left to their own devices, suffer from mental…
Goal was securing electrical equipment of an big hospital, in the suburb of RDC capital Kinshasa. Project was run end 2013, thanks to the partnership of Energy Assistance as VACCI-PLUS program (Rotary clubs) as main contractor. General Referral Hospital (HGR) Kinkolé is located in a crowded area, that counts over…