By CKC Project Manager Cat Knarr
We have big news! A new bank with multiple branches will be opening up in Gemena, DR Congo as soon as later this year, with plans to lend to about 15,000 people over three …
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Microfinance Bank to Open in Gemena with VisionFund DRC
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Written on May 2nd, 2019
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, Women's Savings Groups
Tags: bank, DR Congo, economic development, microfinance, VisionFund, women's savings group
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, Women's Savings Groups
Tags: bank, DR Congo, economic development, microfinance, VisionFund, women's savings group
Citizens Advocate for Health Center Improvements in DR Congo
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Written on April 1st, 2019
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, report
Tags: advocacy, Citizen Advocacy Groups, citizen voice and action, DR Congo, health
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, report
Tags: advocacy, Citizen Advocacy Groups, citizen voice and action, DR Congo, health
Kpawenu, 45, is married and the mother of 10 children. She and her family live in Gemena 3. She has seen, first hand, how Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) has made an impact in her community.
“I am very happy …
CKC Begins Groundbreaking New Water Project at Karawa Hospital
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Written on February 20th, 2019
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, Team World Vision
Tags: clean water, DR Congo, Global 6k, Global 6k for Water, Karawa Hospital, WASH
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, Team World Vision
Tags: clean water, DR Congo, Global 6k, Global 6k for Water, Karawa Hospital, WASH
By Sara Blomgren, Serve Globally intern
Covenant Kids Congo is excited to announce a new project in Karawa, DR Congo. The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) for Improved Health at Karawa Hospital Project is about to be launched, scheduled to …
Mama Kodemo’s Story: A Women’s Agricultural Group Profile
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Written on December 10th, 2018
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, Women's Agricultural Groups
Tags: agriculture, DR Congo, economic development, malnutrition, women's agricultural group
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, Women's Agricultural Groups
Tags: agriculture, DR Congo, economic development, malnutrition, women's agricultural group
By Sara Blomgren, Serve Globally intern
Like many of the women in her agricultural group, Mama Kodemo has lost children to malnutrition. Only seven of her ten children are living. But recently, she’s learned critical skills that have drastically improved …
New CKC Fall 2018 Report: Nutrition, Sanitation, Advocacy, and More
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Written on November 8th, 2018
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, report
Tags: Citizen Advocacy Groups, DR Congo, Gemena, malnutrition, WASH
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Tags: Citizen Advocacy Groups, DR Congo, Gemena, malnutrition, WASH
By Sara Blomgren, Serve Globally intern
Photo copyright Miriam Cameron
When you sponsor a child through Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision, you become part of the long-term transformation of a whole community in Gemena, Democratic Republic of Congo.…
Preventing Malnutrition Through Positive Deviance
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Written on November 6th, 2018
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates
Tags: agriculture, DR Congo, hearth, malnutrition, nutrition, positive deviance
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Tags: agriculture, DR Congo, hearth, malnutrition, nutrition, positive deviance
By Sara Blomgren, Serve Globally intern
With a child mortality rate higher than the national rate of 119/1,000, families in the community of Gemena, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are greatly impacted by malnutrition. In Gemena, 6% of …
The First Five Years: Signs of Health and Progress in Ledia
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Written on October 30th, 2018
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, report
Tags: DR Congo, evaluation, Gemena, World Vision
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates, report
Tags: DR Congo, evaluation, Gemena, World Vision
By CKC Project Manager Cat Knarr
This past year, the World Vision Ledia office in Gemena, DR Congo conducted an evaluation to measure progress since the Covenant Kids Congo partnership began in 2012. We on the CKC team were greatly …
Fish Farms Become Valuable Source of Protein and Income
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Written on October 1st, 2018
Filed under: Ground Update, News & Updates
Tags: aquaculture, DR Congo, economic development, fish farm, malnutrition
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Tags: aquaculture, DR Congo, economic development, fish farm, malnutrition
By Sara Blomgren, Serve Globally intern
A growing fish is a metaphor for the Astog Fish Pond Association in Gemena, DR Congo, said one association member. Just like the fish that are grown in their ponds, the association started small …
Citizen Advocacy Groups Catalyze Change
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Written on July 31st, 2018
Filed under: Ground Update, Missionary Update, News & Updates, Travel
Tags: advocacy, Citizen Advocacy Groups, DR Congo, Gemena, health
Filed under: Ground Update, Missionary Update, News & Updates, Travel
Tags: advocacy, Citizen Advocacy Groups, DR Congo, Gemena, health
By Covenant missionary Pete Ekstrand
One of the initiatives of Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision is to train up Citizen Advocacy Groups. Recently I accompanied the CKC team as they visited the first group formed in Gemena. It …
God’s Great Love for the Children of Congo
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Written on June 28th, 2018
Filed under: Child Sponsorship, Ground Update, News & Updates, Travel
Tags: Child Sponsorship, Congo vision trip, DR Congo, love, sponsored children
Filed under: Child Sponsorship, Ground Update, News & Updates, Travel
Tags: Child Sponsorship, Congo vision trip, DR Congo, love, sponsored children
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”
-1 John 3:1 (NIV)
By CKC Project Leader Donn Engebretson
Allow me to tell you about …
