LINGOMBA BOKORO (DRC)

LINGOMBA BOKORO (OUR LINK IN DRC)

FIRST STAGE: LINKING NEWPORT (Wales, UK) AND BOKORO (DRC)

Since 2010 and with the support of Wales for Africa Community Link grant, South People’s Projects has been linking with LINGOMBA, a new small consortium NGOs based at the city of Bokoro, Bandundu Province, 500 kilometres away from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. With the support of the Italy based Catholic Fathers from the Inongo Diocese, a second hand car has been bought to launch the then link. That car, bought in Newport, has been shipped at Bokoro, with many staffs donated by Wales based charities (Salvation Army Newport, Mother in Need Cardiff, etc.) and individual persons. Some second hand equipment and the car arrived safely at the destination after one year.

Lessons have been learned and a new committee has now been elected to boost the activities and the projects.

It is also agreed between the two committees (Newport and DRC) to structure the consortium with a National Management Committee at Kinshasa, and transitional committee based at Bandundu and the Local management Committee based at Bokoro.

We are now proud of this first achievement and we are now working very hard for the next steps of our partnership and collaboration, especially by launching the so called O.2015.C.

One who looks on any support, grants, NGOs, international aids beneficiaries map, would be surprised that the west of the Congo seems to be a big whole; very few aids and support have been made for that region.

To be honest, this first step was a big challenge and as we now received the report from the Catholic Fathers and the letter from the Committee, we could now start planning our second step with the support of our sponsors. Thank you for all your support.

Official letters, Service Level Agreement between SoPPro and its partners could be found on the ARCHIVES page of this web site.

INONGO DIOCESE

Our dream and vision is to work together with the Catholic church (Fathers, Sisters, Nuns and lay people) of Inongo to deliver the anti-poverty projects as our contribution to the Development Millennium Goals. Our targeting clients and beneficiaries will be poor people of Mai-Ndombe regardless their faith, religion, colour of skin, background, etc.

Some pictures of the poverty at that region could be seen on the Inongo Diocese Catholic Fathers' blogg (http://evecheinongo.blogspot.co.uk/)

This first step of this collaboration was made by a link project between the Catholic Father living in Roma (Italy), SoPPro and the Diocese of Inongo. Fathers sent an amount of money, we bought a second hand car for them and shipped it to Kinshasa, with many staff and items, most of them donated by people of Wales and bought from the Wales for Africa Community Link fist step grant.

Reports attached for information (LINKS):

1. Report to Father Jean-Willy 3. Reception letter from Lingomba

2. Car maintenance invoice 4. New Commitee LINGOMBA

Welsh Linking Organisations

Wales Africa Community Links has just published its annual report with the funded organisations, projects and activities linking Wales and Africa. Our project is the number 105 (105 Newport – Bokoro (DRC): SoPPro – South People’s Project).

The web site link is offering the possibility of viewing and printing maps of the projects and organisations locations, both in Wales and in Africa.

LINK: http://www.walesafrica.org/Welsh_Organisations.html