Supporting the Future
CARE Nederland - Family Planning in Democratic Republic Congo |
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CARE helps people in some of the world’s most challenging places to establish a better existence.
We fight poverty by battling inequality. We do this by providing emergency assistance, by facilitating women’s entrepreneurship and by stimulating participation in decision-making processes. We also help improve communities’ resilience to the effects of climate change and natural disasters. CARE is one of the biggest aid and development organisations and is active in 100 countries via country offices and local partners. |
DR Congo is one of the poorest countries in the world and has a high score on gender inequality resulting into
a low socio-economic status of women and youth. Maternal mortality rate is one of the worst in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The goal of the three year program, “Mawe Tatu II” is to improve the socio-economic status of women and youth in North and South Kivu in DR Congo through:
a low socio-economic status of women and youth. Maternal mortality rate is one of the worst in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The goal of the three year program, “Mawe Tatu II” is to improve the socio-economic status of women and youth in North and South Kivu in DR Congo through:
- Encouraging entrepreneurship of women, girls and boys, organized in Village Savings and Loan
Associations, through training and improving access to capital and markets - Engaging men and boys to adopt positive masculinities and to prevent gender based violence
- Improving Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights
- Transforming harmful social gender norms that prevent women and youth to improve their
socio-economic status
Since 2020 the Bennink Foundation supports the Family planning part of the program, crucial for the success of the whole Program. The aim is to make family planning commodities available and accessible, to improve the clinical skills of health care providers in the counseling and administration of contraceptive methods and to transform negative attitudes and perceptions of health care providers regarding contraception and sexual reproductive health & rights in general. This family planning project will be implemented over the period of one year and will reach 2,500 women (15-49 years) and 500 girls (14-24 years) and strengthen at least 5 health facilities.