Programs

  • Community Support for Women and Children

    FEBA Femme Berceau de lAbondance in Kinshasa provides assistance for safety and survival to the poor women and children of its community. This includes food medical support counseling and aid for victims of violence. It also includes emergency relief for flood or disaster victims. CENEDI Centre dEncadrement des Enfants en Difficultes in the Kivu provides medical and food assistance for victims of rape and flood in the Uvira region and and food and medical help for orphan children and their host families in Goma. It includes also support for building houses for the women in Uvira who lost their homes to flood; this is a community project labor contributed by the villagers.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $50.1K

  • Empowerment Through Education and Training

    FEBA in Kinshasa focuses on empowering destitute young girls and women through literacy and vocational training. Originally centered on sewing the program expanded into computer science in 2023 and recently introduced cosmetology in 2024. Additionally FEBA supports impoverished primary and secondary students by providing uniforms and covering state exam fees to ensure their educational advancement. Graduations from the new computer science and cosmetology programs are anticipated this upcoming summer marking significant milestones in the organizations efforts to uplift the community. CENEDI in Kivu runs a free primary school for destitute children mostly orphans in Goma. In the grants are included the salaries of the teachers and administrators of both programs.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $97.6K

  • Economic Empowerment and Microloans Initiative

    FEBA in Kinshasa empowers impoverished women through marketing and commercial education offering a means of micro-savings and access to and mentoring for microloans. Graduates of FEBAs sewing school receive sewing machines to foster economic independence. The organization generates income by producing clothing and importing specialty items for sale in its market shop supporting its educational initiatives. FEBA also exports some of its products to its partner in the US for sale to support the sewing school. Additionally FEBA operates a large farm to produce food and income. In 2023 this farm was destroyed by political violence but in 2024 the rebuilding has begun and the first harvest in Jan. 2025 was very welcome. CENEDI in Kivu hopes to start a sewing school.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $59.3K