Community Outreach
Development is a topic that arises and is widely discussed by governments institution and even ordinary people. Development is about people lives, communities and it is not something that can be categorized through measurements. Community development hold foot in many spheres of our history including education, economic, sociology, political, urban as well as regional planning and it is one of the most diversified practice in history.
In many circles of development, Christians organization have good background and operate extensively in communities in provision of social services, health, education and act as community organizers.
There are three objectives of sustainable development in society: economic development, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. community development practice is a crucial empowerment method for the people and this empowerment occurs through community activities and community efforts taking place by the guidance of a development worker. Congo for Christ Center has embarked this by initiating different activities and projects in our community and this helps to create employment to the people and hence help to reduce the poverty level. It is also help to increase the value of our community in different ways.
For instance, in 2023 Congo for Christ Center constructed a feeder road which has been in a bad condition for many years. The road is 1200 meters long and this road connect the community and the CCC ministry from the national road number 5 in the city of Uvira South Kivu Province. Through the construction of this more than 1000 people from the community worked and they earned salaries and the construction materials were bought from the neighborhood and this helped to increase the sources of income of this community. After the completion of the construction of this road, the value of the Rugembe which is the community where we did the construction has increased and a place that no one would like to be associated with in the past but now through community development project everyone wants to be part of this community.
Despite this Congo for Christ Center works hand in hand with the community in training and supporting developmental project by the community to make sure that we are able to create a self-dependent community. The community acknowledges that role of Christians is not solely to preach and spread evangelism, but also to be included in progressive development and we believe in this too. In order to have a stable community engaging in community work helps to create a stable community full of hope.
Our Activities
Congo for Christ Center has a choir composed of the CCC orphans and they serve God through singing. God has used this choir as one of the means to transform people’s lives. There are so many talents in this choir and God has helped them to grow spiritual through this ministry.
We have a big vision for this choir to go around the world preaching the gospel, singing and sharing their stories that are very encouraging and shows the mighty work of the Lord. A story gives hope and transforms a life and through these kids stories God can transform many lives. The choir has been blessed to record one album and soon it will ready. We have talented musicians and singers that the Almighty is using God for His glory.
Congo for Christ Center cares about the future generation. Teens from around the city of Uvira lack basic trainings and this makes them not to take good decisions in their lives. With this we initiated a program of hosting teens once every month for training.
The purpose of the training is to preach the word of God to the teens, give the teens a safe space to share their experiences and ask different questions that they are not free to discuss with their parents and guardians, build their self esteem and self confidence to prepare them for future responsibilities. Teens from every part of Uvira come and attend the seminar and we invite speakers from different places with different experiences to share and mentor them.
We receive more than 400 teens from different part of Uvira who attend this seminars once in a month and it has been life changing experience for them. We have a very big vision to reach as many teens as possible in the city of Uvira and its surrounding. Preparing the young generation for future responsibilities, is preparing responsible leaders for tomorrow, hence having a better DR Congo.
These are services hosted by Congo for Christ Center four times in a month where we bring together community kids, 2 to 15 years form different part of Uvira and share the word of God with them and provide a plate of food for each of the attendee. More than 1000 kids attend these services every weekend.
At the end of every year we have a special feeding program service and in these services we are able to provide some small gifts to the community and sometimes provide special meals. More than 3000 kids from Uvira attends this special service every year. Our communities are very hopeless and they need people to stand with them and give them hope. The highest number of families in our community live below a dollar in a day and this makes it hard for them to be in a position to provide all the basic needs for their families including food.
We adopted this program in order to share the love of Christ and share the gospel of Jesus Christ to the kids and also give them food because majority of them go for days without getting a single meal. Many kids have known Christ through this program and it has transformed even families.
Our vision is to reach as many kids as possible in different part of Uvira and its surroundings. Kids are the foundation and if not prepared well it will have negative impacts in the future so reaching to many kids and sharing the word of God with them will help to put a solid foundation that will not be breakable and will produce positive harvest in the future.
Congo for Christ Center ministry have always publicly stand for societal peace and harmony and against violence. violent and conflict is the major hindrance to the development of the African continent and the DRC in particular. It inflicts human sufferings through death, destruction of livelihoods, constant displacement and insecurity. Violent conflict disrupts the process of production, creates conditions for pillage of the country’s resources and diverts their application from development purposes to servicing war. Violent conflict is thus responsible for perpetuating misery and under development in the country.
Peace is a universal phenomenon that everyone desires and wishes to enjoy endlessly. Traditions, cultures, religions and societies do have different prescriptions to attaining and enjoying peace. Whenever and wherever there is peace there tends to be development and longevity is enjoyed. To this end, Congo for Christ Center which is one of the Christian organizations in the DRC teaches peace through bringing conflicting families, communities and teaching them the love of God and encourages all adherents to the faiths to pursue peace and live peacefully with one another.
Christianity as a word means followers of Christ. Congo for Christ Center as an organization that lives according to the will of Christ they faithful followers of Christ and they try their best to bring peace wherever they are as Jesus Christ lived. One of the climaxes of Christianity or Christian virtue is peace. Christians are enjoined in the Bible to embrace and live peacefully with their neighbors’. Blessed are the Peace makers for they shall be called the children of God Matthew 5:9.