DRC Projects

Search – DRC 2019 Annual Report 2019 was an eventful year for our team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read more in our DRC Annual Report (in French). This entry was posted in Africa, Projects and tagged Community+, Dialogue+, DRC, DRC Projects, Featured, Media+ on July 22, 2020.

My Neighbor is My Brother – Helping Communities to Embrace Peace in Tanganyika The Tanganyika and Haut-Katanga provinces, known for their rich deposits of copper and other metals, used to be a stable area of the DRC. In 2013, the region has plunged into conflict, pitting the tribes of the Luba and the Twa against each other; since then, relationships between […] This entry was posted in Africa, Projects and tagged Children & Youth Projects, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dialogue+, DRC, DRC Projects, Ethnic Conflict, Latest Projects, Media+, Participatory Theater on June 4, 2017.

Restoring Relationships Between Security Forces and Civilians in the Eastern DRC With the support of the UK’s Department for International Development, we are leading a security sector reform program called Lobi Mokolo Ya Sika, “Tomorrow is a New Day”. The goal of the program is to strengthen the accountability of Congolese Armed Forces in North Kivu, South Kivu, and […] This entry was posted in Africa, Projects and tagged Arts, Comic Books, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dialogue+, DRC, DRC Projects, Facilitation, Latest Projects, Media+, Security Sector Reform, TV & Film on June 4, 2017.

Secure, Empowered, Connected Communities Communities in regions of the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are often victims of the attacks of the Lord’s Resistence Army, the notorious rebel group led by Joseph Kony. Though international efforts have reduced the group’s influence, pockets of LRA fighters continue to attack villages, looting property and abducting citizens. This entry was posted in Africa, Projects and tagged Community+, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, DRC Projects, Latest Projects, Media+, Military and Police, Participatory Theater, Radio, Violence Prevention on June 4, 2017.

La Pépinière: Empowering Women and Girls in the DRC Funded by DFID, the project La Pépinière tackles the damaging societal norms preventing women and girls from achieving their full potential. This entry was posted in Africa, Projects and tagged Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, DRC Projects, Gender Equality, Latest Projects, Media+, Social Media, TV & Film, Women on June 3, 2017.

Tuendelee Pamoja II, Development Food Assistance Project Feature To facilitate community dialogue on SGBV and improve food security and nutrition, in 2011 Search for Common Ground (Search) partnered with Food for the Hungry as part of the Development Food Assistance Program, “Tuendelee Pamoja I” funded by the United States Agency for International Development. This project seeks to reduce SGBV, while strengthening food security, fortifying nutrition, and improving health outcomes in South Kivu and Tanganyika. This entry was posted in Africa, Projects and tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo projects, DRC, DRC Projects, gender, Health, Women on February 24, 2017.

Terre D’Entente: Citizen Participation in Land Mediation in the Great Lakes We are connecting citizens, mediators, civil society, and governments to find collaborative ways to solve land conflict in Burundi, Rwanda, and the DRC. This entry was posted in Africa and tagged Burundi, Burundi Projects, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, DRC Projects, Land Conflict, Latest Projects, Mediation, Natural Resource Conflicts, Radio, Rwanda, Rwanda Projects on February 9, 2017.