FERAPAD asbl

About us

Association of Rural Women Friends of Peace and Development (FERAPAD asbl) is a non-profit rural women’s initiative for women and girls in rural areas of DR Congo. It is a group of rural women committed to combating the poverty and misery at the root of the stigmatization of women and girls. It is also a space specialized in the promotion of practices and strategies for self-promotion and peasant self-sufficiency in all sectors, notably in the prevention and management of inter- and intra-community conflicts, peace, the promotion, defense and protection of the rights of women and girl-children in rural areas, the promotion of peasant agropastoral efforts aimed at the transition to ecological agriculture, for the financial recovery of women, food self-sufficiency and sustainable rural development, model of the peasant incarnation.

Main mission of the association:
• Support rural women and girls in their efforts to achieve emancipation and dignity.
• Build peaceful and secure entities in rural areas of eastern DRC, where human dignity, the rights of women and girls and the equality of all human beings are sacred

Focus areas:
• Peace and community reconciliation.
• Human rights, condition of women and children.
• Food security.
• Education.
• Sustainable development.

Objectives:
Contribute to the dissemination of the culture of peace and civic values,
• Contribute to the construction of a healthy environment (fight against global warming of the earth),
• Contribute to youth reform (projection of new leadership),
• Introduce into isolated regions torn by wars and ethnic conflicts, the values and culture of living together, the fight against xenophobia, racism, ethnic hatred, violence against women and children through awareness raising (information ) plural, credible and responsible,
• Collect, process and disseminate with professionalism information on living together, ecological agriculture, the rights of women and children in isolated areas of Eastern Congo,


FERAPAD’s major achievements:
• Establishment of a poultry farm called the O’O ALAMO PROJECT, which in Kibembe means : « the hen, poultry farming is life », « from the hen, poultry farming, the dream of life becomes a reality
• The establishment of a community radio station, Amani FM, run by Stanislas WOANGA KAMENGELE (Program and Communications Manager for FERAPAD asbl-DRC).

Divine MULONGE KISALI is Executive Secretary of the Association of Rural Women Friends of Peace and Development (FERAPAD asbl).

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.