Posted on Apr 17, 2024
By Courtney Nelson Minova, an agricultural and fishing village in the Kahele territory in Democratic Republic of the Congo, has long served as a “city of refuge” for internally displaced people (IDPs) escaping violence in the region. Rwandans fleeing genocide in 1994, Congolese from Masisi through the late 90s, and now an increasing number of […]
Posted on Mar 22, 2024
Asili célèbre cette année son dixième anniversaire, une décennie au cours de laquelle elle a maintenu ses installations hydrauliques et fourni de l’eau de qualité en quantité suffisante à des milliers de familles au Sud-Kivu grâce à ses kiosques d’eau et ses bornes-fontaines. By Pacome Bagula Le 22 mars de cette année, Journée internationale de […]
Posted on Jul 14, 2023
South Kivu, July 10, 2023 By Josué Musole South Kivu: It was during the first entrepreneurial fair called “Indépendance Cha Cha” in Bukavu that Mr. Bokoum spoke to an audience of entrepreneurs and media professionals. According to him, Eastern Congo Initiative fully supports entrepreneurs to make significant progress in their respective business sectors. Of course, […]
Posted on May 09, 2023
Asili repousse les barrières de l’accès aux soins de santé primaires By Pacom Bagula The Democratic Republic of Congo faces steep challenges in access to primary healthcare, and the province of South Kivu is no exception. Every year on April 7th, humanity celebrates World Health Day, this year, the 75th anniversary is calling for “Health […]
Posted on Dec 09, 2022
Divine Zihindula Field Operations Manager Divine is a happy soul, always carrying joy and happiness wherever she goes. She understands the community so well and shares her deep compassion with everyone without discrimination. She is patient, resourceful, and willing to climb thousands of mountains to find new water sources and ensure maintenance of the entire […]
Posted on Apr 22, 2022
Finance Assistant “Someone who knows how to turn his dreams into reality” – ECI Supervisor What do you want people in other places to know about Congo? Eastern Congo is rich in natural resources, but we have problems with insecurity due to a lack of supervision and protection of the community, a lack of employment, […]
Posted on Sep 16, 2021
Ms. Adrienne Mulashe Asili Nurse With ECI (Asili) since 2018 Does your name have a special meaning? BULANGALE is a name that means light. When I was born my parents said they had a daughter who brings light to the world and especially to the family. My friends called me lightning. MULASHE is a surname. […]
Posted on Jun 23, 2021
Mr. Hermann Aho Finance Director With ECI (Asili) since 2015 Does your name have a special meaning? Aho Hermann Wilfried Anicet. I find it interesting that in Kinyarwanda “aho” means “there”. What do you like about working for ECI? I started working as a finance controller for Alight (formerly ARC) / Asili in September 2015 […]
Posted on Apr 22, 2021
Mrs. Salomé Byenda Kaliza Community Engagement Manager With ECI (Asili) since 2013 Does your name have a special meaning? Byenda means the ninth child of the family. What do you like about working for ECI? I started working for Asili in 2013 as a consultant. I accompanied visitors to the communities to study the […]
Posted on Apr 22, 2021
Mrs. Josée Ruhara Ntakwinja Water Operations Manager With ECI (Asili) since 2013 Does your name have a special meaning? Ruhara means baldness, God protects in a special way people without hair and Ntakwinja translates as “gratitude is not of this world”. Only do good to others with joy; God has the formula to pay you […]