Congolese-American Foundation For Education

Dear passionate people

FEDA( Femmes et éducation des Adultes) is a women-led not for profit organization based in Kazimia and dealing with education and income generation of women and girls in the context of war. It launched the campaign > here under detailed in this message.

Please join us and support this campaign for girls who are in mourning of their parents. This cause is for humanity. The world would be concerned and touched.

You can do a lot of things in supporting us by:

1. Sharing this campaign with colleagues, friends and families,

2. Help spreading it to church members , charitable people and individual donors

3. Making your personal donations ,

4. Reaching media coverage to widely publish it.

Thanks for being part of our cause.

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EDUCATION SUPPORT OF WAR ORPHANED GIRLS IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)



The situation of education, in particular, girls' education, in the DRC deteriorated recently due to the past several decades of war.



Conflict continues to destroy not just school infrastructure, but also the hopes and ambitions of a whole generation of Girls. War Orphaned girls are poor, lack access to education; they are engaged in exploitative work conditions and conduct transactional sex for a livelihood.



These girls generally do not resume their education after a conflict. These lost years of schooling reflect the legacy of the conflict and its repercussions. The case is much more complicated and deplorable for orphaned Girls. They face extreme poverty, lacking basic needs in their lives without substantial assistance in education.



War orphaned girls generally do not resume their education after a conflict. These lost years of schooling reflect the legacy of the conflict and its repercussions and are facing extreme poverty, lacking basic needs of their lives without substantial assistance in education. These girls generally do not resume their education after a conflict.



Sponsoring a child is a wonderful way to help change the life of a war orphaned girls in need and bring hope to her entire community.



By becoming a sponsor you will provide desperately needed opportunities to war orphaned girls with incredible potential. In addition, you will be making a personal investment, building a relationship with your beneficiary and her family, and joining a family of "life-givers" around the world who share your commitment to change the world, one child at a time.



The impact even small donations can make to a war orphaned girl and her family in FIZI territory/DRC in which we operate is enormous. The average cost to send one Congolese girl to school (fees, uniforms, books, school supplies, etc,) for secondary school is only $100 for ages 13 to 18.



For many families in FIZI, where the average household income is less than $1.50 a day, these expenses can be overwhelming, leading to girls starting school later in their lives and/or dropping out of school completely.



The world’s future leaders are today's children and youth, and the Democratic republic of Congo is not an exception. Many families and schools in DRC do not have the needed resources to ensure that the girls are able to attend school and graduate, as well as receive a quality education. We are reinforcing and boosting education by providing the badly-needed supporting structure and resources. This includes the provision of scholarships, uniforms, and school supplies.



Getting an education is not just a fundamental human right. It is pivotal to increasing employment and income opportunities. It is fundamental to breaking the cycle of poverty. Education is the key to unlocking the golden door of freedom for all in DRC. It is the bedrock of social and economic development. Education is crucial as it is an investment in human capital. This yields tremendous benefits at many levels and spheres. It benefits the individual, family community, and nation.



Education is a sustainable means to alleviate poverty and bring lasting change. Consequently, to effect permanent change, any effort to bring lasting change must include education, in one way or the other.

Providing quality education to children reflects the fact that every child is entitled to fundamental human rights and should be treated with dignity.



Targets concerned with this call for support are further and recently identified 64 orphaned girls aged 12 to 18 years whose their studies were disrupted because of war who are living in extreme vulnerability conditions as well as teenager's girls who suffer the consequences of forced marriage and divorce spontaneously at school age.

The campaign support sorphaned Girls stand on following criteria

• Having lost both parents from the war.

• Orphaned Girls living with grandmothers

• Orphaned Girls experiencing emotional or psychological impacts in their host families

• Child losing one of its parents, the survivor remained seriously injured and amortized following the end of armed violence namely torture, sexual violence, contamination of HIV / AIDS Etc ...

• Neglected and discriminated orphans Girls living either in the families of its parents or in centers in the streets

Where war orphaned girls lack access to education, this results in poverty, violence, abuse, sexual exploitation, early and forced marriage and other undesirable results.

Poverty and its related challenges contribute to high dropout rates. Therefore, one of the goals of FEDA is to create opportunities for promising but impoverished war orphaned girls

Unfortunately, gaining a proper education is challenging for impoverished or underprivileged families in DRC. The quality of education that girls receive is affected to a very large degree by the supporting environment. This environment includes access to essential learning materials - books and school supplies. A supportive environment also includes consistent financial support so that girls can depend on being able to go to school, and finish their education.

Targets concerned with this call for support are further and recently identified 64 orphaned girls aged 13 to 18 years whose their studies were disrupted because of war who are living in extreme vulnerability conditions as well as teenager's girls who suffer the consequences of early and forced marriage and divorce spontaneously at school age.

The campaign supports orphaned Girls stand on following criteria

• Having lost both parents from the war.

• War orphaned Girls living with grandmothers

• War orphaned Girls experiencing emotional or psychological impacts in their host families

· Girls losing one of its parents, the survivor remained seriously injured and amortized following the end of armed violence namely torture, sexual violence, contamination of HIV / AIDS Etc .

· Neglected and discriminated war orphaned Girls living either in the families of its parents or under independent caregivers

The campaign is promoted by FEDA (Femmes et Education des Adultes)

FEDA is a not for profit women –led organization, created on September 8, 2007 established following the needs of providing education and income generation opportunities to women, who as a result of the conflict were denied an education and now, need support to help re-building their lives. FEDA recognizes Education as a tool for transformation

FEDA is registered at:

1. Local level under decision of district administrator N0: 5072/Bur/AT/TF/2009,

2. Provincial level under N0: 01/1597/CAB/groupro-sk/2020 (Authorization of regional commissioner) and provincial minister of Justice N0: 112/DP-SKV/CA/5835/2020

3. National level by the ministry of justice: Just/SG/20/841/2020



FEDA's vision is to provide women and girls with educational and income-generating opportunities to eradicate illiteracy, violence and extreme poverty.



FEDA aims at social awareness; promoting literacy of women and girls, girls' education support, self-confidence and personality development; the promotion of gender equality, women's and girls's rights, and the social and economic empowerment of women; promoting health and the environment through educational activities; women's participation in decision-making and leadership as well as the construction of peace.



The value on which FEDA has based its activities is equality in the areas of rights, treatment and opportunities for women and girls without discrimination based on origin, religion, ethnicity or personal beliefs



Best regards

*Madam Lamartine Byahenga*
Secrétaire Exécutive /Executive Secretary
FEDA (Femmes et Education des Adultes)
Kazimia-Centre, Territoire de FIZI, Province du Sud-Kivu/ République
Democratic du Congo
Tel: +243 826589337/+243827505187
E-mail: feda.secretariat@gmail.com
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*Winner of British award for Africa development 2015,
*Member of GBV prevention (Uganda)
*Member of Initiative for equality coalition(USA),
*Member of global
women network for reproductive rights(Phillipines),
*Member of YDAY-KIVU (DRC)
*Member of NDSAN network( Italy), *Member of Girls not Brides( UK)
*Member of coalition of adolescent girls(USA)