Food & Nutrition
Heart of the Ruzizi Plain: Indigenous women revive the native Cassava
On the Ruzizi Plain in DR Congo, indigenous women are cultivating cassava varieties using traditional methods. Their work preserves cultural heritage, strengthens local agriculture, and support families facing the pressure of climate change.
The women carrying the cassava benefitted from KCCA Farming Program.
Seeds of change: Women farmers in Ruzizi Plain grow food, income, and confidence
In DR Congo, where conflicts and displacement have left millions food insecure, a simple but powerful solution is taking root: Creating Gardens. With support from KCCA, 200 women received seeds, tools, irrigation systems, and training to grow their food.
How KCCA is helping farmers tackle climate change in DR Congo
Faila Obedi visits Congo with KCCA to witness firsthand how local farmers and communities are building resilience against climate change and food insecurity through empowerment and sustainable solutions.
Education & Skills
Lalia was ready to turn her new tailoring skills into a livelihood and a fresh start in life. Then, the opportunity disappeared overnight, taking with it the hope of stability for her family and countless others.
Lalia, 25, was among those caught in the fallout. The young mother of two was set to begin the second and final phase of her tailoring training in Congo when the funding cuts came. The program’s sudden closure ended her plans just days before she was scheduled to return.
Classrooms are full in South-Kivu, DR Congo. In Uvira City, there are 75 students in one small room, four children to a bench. Half of the school’s 750 students attend in the morning, the other half in the afternoon.
The ongoing conflict in Uvira has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, leaving many families in a desperate search for food, shelter, and safety. Yet, regardless of their background or age, these students come together to sing, learn, and study.
KCCA set new standard for tracking and measuring women’s digital inclusion
The model takes a step-by-step view of digital empowerment: beginning with access and connectivity; then progressing to digital skills, confidence, control; and ultimately the ability to use technology to improve lives and livelihoods.
Help and hope for tomorrow.
The women carrying the cassava benefitted from KCCA Farming Program.
The women learned how to sew the clothes.
The orphans benefitted for school supplies
The girls learning how to use computers
Female Development
Market makers: A snapshot of savings groups driving global economic growth
Across the world, women are rewriting their stories of resilience — not through charity, but through collective strength. From Congo, millions of women and young people are harnessing Village Savings and Loan Associations to rebuild after conflict, launch businesses, and invest in their futures.
Reasons KCCA continues to invest in savings groups despite small business aid
'From Saving to Shaping Markets,' KCCA's annual report on Village Savings and Loan Associations, shows how savings groups aren’t just about helping families get by or coping with emergencies. They are also a powerful way to grow local economies driven by women who are determined to build better futures and ready to make the most of new opportunities.
The KCCA women leaders
The Fight for Dignity in Eastern Congo
KCCA and local, women-led partners, are helping families recover by restoring not just health and livelihoods, but the dignity stolen by one of DR Congo's worst environmental disasters.
The lady benefitted to create a tailoring business after gaining for KCCA tailoring course
The women are happy to get their certificates after finishing tailoring school
The Village Savings and Credit Program activities (AVEC)
The women in Uvira, DR Congo supported on a savings loan campaign every month to generate economic activity. Then KCCA/ACCK decided to help and promote them, and we started the Village Savings and Credit Program (AVEC). The program focuses on teaching the women how to manage money. We have 30 groups participating with 25 people in each group and we will continue to get more people. The mission is to give hope for tomorrow to women with low-income. The money earned during the program will go towards starting a small business that will create a good future for their families.
(video) Empowering women is not just a fundamental right, it is also a driver for sustainable and equitable development in our communities, we have this duty to share, exchange,and empower inspiring women ready to transform their future. ACCK DRC/Europe
'From Saving to Shaping Markets,' KCCA's annual report on Village Savings and Loan Associations, shows how savings groups aren’t just about helping families get by or coping with emergencies. They are also a powerful way to grow local economies driven by women who are determined to build better futures and ready to make the most of new opportunities.
