Africa New Day Is Leading Change In Congo

This year, we began describing our commitment to transformation in Congo as “Creating Leaders. Leading Change.” We often speak about the ways we create leaders, but what exactly do we mean by Leading Change? It’s an important question and one we are happy to answer.

How We Are “Leading Change” In Congo

The impact of our programs touches all aspects of life in Congo, wherever Congolese men, women and children are found:

FAMILY — Africa New Day leaders are changing the nation by strengthening family life. In the relationships between men and women, patience is replacing violence. Communication is replacing frustration. Respect is replacing neglect. Model parenting is a goal embraced enthusiastically, where children’s successes are shared by all. It’s the building block of a thriving nation.

COMMUNITY — Through Africa New Day, Congolese are raising their standards of living. We’ve shared our role in expanding access to quality education, improving health through Ebola awareness, teaching skills like sewing and literacy through proactive and self-sustaining initiatives like the incredible story of Dieudonné.

BUSINESS — Africa New Day leaders are launching diverse, sustainable businesses at a dazzling rate. Instead of begging on the street for handouts, those same hands are extended for deal-closing handshakes, producing much-needed goods and services, and creating jobs. A few recent examples:

A business that trains guard dogs, giving the community a more reliable and cost-effective security option than human guards

A business that repairs electronics, providing local teachers with access to affordable computer equipment 

Start-ups that package fruit salad, bottle local juice, and manufacture industrial soap, advancing health and hygiene

A transportation service that buses children from all over Goma to Africa New Day’s primary school

All conceived, launched and operated by graduates of Africa New Day programs

INDIVIDUALLY — Becoming a leader is not the end, it is the beginning. Consider our 497 Sons of Congo participants this year. Add to that number the victims saved from violent crimes that will not occur, the 134 new groups those men created and lead on their own, and the 1,285 additional men those groups have already reached.

If you have not already, we invite you to take a closer look at our vision for the next five years of transformation in Congo.