WHO WE ARE
Support DR Congo is an Australian based volunteer organisation supporting communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
We work with the DRC registered NGO Mission in Health Care and Development. Support DR Congo was previously registered as Support DR Congo.
Patrick Oredia is an orphan. At Luvungi Secondary School there are 600+ orphans. We build resilience one orphan at a time. Now he has a future studying agronomy, so he will never be hungry again. Hear his story.
WHAT WE DO
The communities in DR Congo are extremely poor and are still recovering from years of war. These traumatised people need help to rebuild their lives. We help them.
We raise funds to support life-changing projects:
- Provide education from primary, secondary and tertiary diploma courses at Luvungi campus.
- The Polytechnic High School provides economic training and support by building skills in the community in Agronomy, car mechanics, teaching, IT, solar electrician, course and tailoring.
- Provides a 4 years accredited diploma course for midwives and nurses.
- Gives hope to orphans and rape victims who would otherwise be excluded from the community and would live in poverty.
- Free health care and education if an orphan or have no money. Those who can pay do pay at a much reduced amount for medicines and operations. Click here to learn more.
- Fund microcredit programs to empower communities by building sustainable food, income, education, and empowering women.
- Provide subcutaneous 5 year contraceptive rods. Click here to learn more.
- Fund infrastructure projects like solar power, solar light packs, solar street lighting and radio programs.
- We capacity build by shipping essential supplies via container. Send medical equipment, hospital beds, mattresses, sewing machines, solar panels, birthing kits, Days4Girls packs and clothes. Click here to learn more.
Through these efforts, we help provide better healthcare, economic opportunities, and sustainable development for communities in need.
Story: Ndolera is so remote, in 2024 that Julie Monis-Ivett SDRC Chairperson and Jenny Weaver SDRC Treasurer were the first white people to ever visit. Rebecca Zawadi graduated as a midwife through sponsorship at MHCD Great Lakes Midwifery School by a donor Berna Kim. She returned to her village of Ndolera where she consults, provides a vital service to women giving birth in the area, writes prescriptions and gives medical attention.
DAYS4GIRLS
These sanitary wear packs, made in Australia and sent to DR Congo via our containers, provide girls and women with dignity. These discreet, durable and sustainable kits are the only sanitary wear available in the community. A Days for Girls Pack enables girls to attend school when they are menstruating instead of staying home. Over the years thousands of these packs, lovingly stiched by women in Australia, have been distributed in the DR Congo.
