Community Development
We engage in community development projects that foster sustainability and enhance the quality of life — from education and vocational training to durable solutions for displaced and returned families and their host communities.
Our objectives
- Advance community development and reduce poverty and inequality
- Provide educational resources and training opportunities
- Support durable solutions for displaced and returned people
- Strengthen local capacities for long-term development
Programs
- Education and vocational training programs
- Durable solutions for displaced and returned communities
- Community infrastructure rehabilitation
- Local capacity building and social protection
Departments
WASH (Water, Hygiene and Sanitation) Department
Working in collaboration with the Central African Ministry of Health, WHO and UNICEF, responding to the water crisis in Haut-Mbomou Prefecture and the hygiene and sanitation crisis in Ombella-M'Poko Prefecture, Central African Republic. Only 23% of Central Africans have access to piped water, and 77% suffer from a serious water-pollution crisis that has caused widespread water-borne disease — made worse by recent unrest in the country. We have expanded this department to Far North Cameroon and Chad, which face the same crisis.
Economy Empowerment Department
Supports vulnerable households — especially women, youth and displaced families — to build sustainable livelihoods through vocational training, savings groups, micro-enterprise support and cash-for-work opportunities. We work with communities to restore dignity, reduce dependency on aid and create pathways out of poverty through skills, small-business development and market linkages.
Social Cohesion Department
Works to strengthen peaceful coexistence and solidarity between displaced, returned and host communities. Through community dialogue, peacebuilding committees, interfaith and intercommunity engagement, and joint community projects, we address tensions before they escalate, rebuild trust after crisis and ensure that every group — regardless of origin, faith or status — participates fully in the development of their community.
From the field
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