COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT

Overview of DFGFI's Community Development & Support

In conjunction with local organizations, DFGFI helps support small-scale sustainable economic development activities as well as humanitarian projects in the communities where we work, to help support the social and economic well-being of local people. These include working with widows’ and other women’s groups in job training, supporting local orphanages, and helping the marginalized Ba’Twa peoples.

DFGFI in Action

Our community development programs are designed to help local people work toward economic independence, reducing reliance on irreplaceable natural resources (including endangered species like the gorillas). Some of the projects we are involved in include:

A DFGFI-supported soap making business helps local women economically.

• Brick-making, soap-making and other sustainable small-business projects in conjunction with local organizations
• Hairdressing and sewing training for widows
• Small mammal husbandry and community agriculture projects
• Providing supplies, food and other support to a Congolese orphanage
• Supporting school fees and school supplies for orphans
• Supporting school fees and school supplies for secondary school children (within the community-based reserves in Congo).

» Read more details about some of our community development and support projects.