We lend a hand without creating dependence.
We partner with Congolese professionals leading initiatives that are locally conceived and owned. We help them build their capacity until they no longer need us.
August 2025: The city of Goma is returning to life. Thousands of internally displaced people have gone home to their villages. Some who participated in AGIR’s support groups are using their skills and experience to start life again in new places. Others are waiting to return home. Everyone longs for a settled peace.
The split between the rebel-held provinces and the rest of the DRC creates enormous stress for the people. AGIR continues its work to improve life for people in North Kivu. They counsel people individually, provide vocational training to improve economic opportunity, work with students to help them understand basic health, basic conflict transformation and basic hygiene concepts in schools, institutions and clubs. They work to improve health outcomes for women and children by collaborating with health centers. They work with hope toward a future which is peaceful for all.
Your help is needed now, and all donations go directly to help the needs listed above.
AGIR completes their fourth year.
What is Twa Weza Shinda?
In May of 2021, Mt. Nyiragongo erupted and quickly displaced more than 50,000 people near Goma, Dr Congo. Our partners, AGIR-RDC, provided local emergency response and were operating on the ground immediately. They created a program and called it Twa Weza Shinda.
Twa Weza Shinda means, “We can succeed again.” It is an integrated approach to treat people’s trauma, provide education and community support, and help people learn skills they need to start again.
In November 2021, armed conflict broke out and the violence persists to this day. The people suffer crushing insecurity and waves of displacement. In June 2023, the UNHCR reported that 6.2 million people were internally displaced by conflict in DR Congo.
Twa Weza Shinda is now in its fifth year of operation — and growing.
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What makes us different…
Rather than choosing a solution to impose from outside, we identify local leaders who know how to make a difference because they understand their communities — and we help them build their network, capacity, and credibility. We work with programs that are locally conceived, directed, and owned. No one is empowered when an outsider controls their basic needs.
They lead. They own. They change the future of DR Congo.
Our Partners and Programs…
Let us tell you about the people we choose as our partners and the work that they do.
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