Action Sociale Kesho Congo

Kesho Congo – Building Hope and Healthy Communities in Eastern DRC

Kesho Congo is a nonprofit organization founded on November 21, 2015, in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Registered with the Ministry of Justice (No. JUST.113/DP/CC/SK/59/2016 of October 25, 2016), Kesho Congo is a nonpolitical, philanthropic, social, and cultural organization working to improve the lives of vulnerable communities.

Vision

Peace and wellness for vulnerable Congolese.

Mission

To build healthy and resilient communities in South Kivu and empower youth and rural women to reach their full potential.

Core Values

Excellence – Loyalty – Patriotism – Resilience

Areas of Intervention

Health • Education • Agriculture • Livestock Farming

About the Founder

Dr. Adolphe Nyakasane, a pediatrician and public health professional, founded Kesho Congo after completing medical studies at the Catholic University of Bukavu and then at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium.
Driven by a lifelong commitment to peace and community development, Dr. Nyakasane has dedicated his career to improving healthcare and empowering vulnerable populations in eastern Congo.

In 2016, he was selected for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, a U.S. State Department program created by President Obama, where he studied Public Management at Syracuse University, New York and completed a public health internship at the Vitalyst Health Foundation in Phoenix, Arizona.
Upon returning home, he transformed his earlier youth peace initiative into Kesho Congo, a platform for sustainable development and social impact.

Our Work

Kesho Congo’s main focus is the prevention of chronic malnutrition among children under five.
Our initiatives include:

• Producing and distributing high-protein biscuits in nutrition centers.
• Providing nutrition education through door-to-door outreach and radio programs.
• Empowering rural women through agricultural cooperatives that promote sustainable crops such as cowpeas, soy, sorghum, rice, corn, and moringa.
• Innovating local nutrition through the production of leaf protein extracts, used to enrich children’s meals.

We also:

• Support disadvantaged youth through vocational training and school sponsorship.
• Equip rural hospitals with medical supplies in partnership with Project C.U.R.E, benefiting over 600,000 people.
• Operate a Center for Nutrition and Health Education that feeds an average of 120 children daily and provides health education to their mothers.

The Mudaka Hospital Project

We are currently building a hospital in Mudaka, a village located 25 kilometers from Bukavu, to serve more than 74,000 residents of Mudaka and neighboring villages.

The hospital will include four essential departments:
Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Internal Medicine, and Surgery — bringing lifesaving care closer to families who have long lacked access to essential health services.

In a region that has endured more than 30 years of hardship and instability, this hospital stands as a symbol of hope, healing, and resilience.
Construction is progressing, but to complete the building, equip it, drill a clean water well, and begin providing care, we still need USD 700,000.

🎥 Watch the video showing the progress of construction:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hbOe4YckADOls4fY90zk4Tc524gvVFQs/view?usp=sharing

Recognized Impact

Kesho Congo’s impact has been acknowledged by national and international partners.
In April 2024, Lucy Tamlyn, the U.S. Ambassador to the DRC, visited our programs in South Kivu, accompanied by John Dunlop, USAID Mission Director.
Following her visit, Ambassador Tamlyn shared this message of appreciation:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WErVAG3SJhgkg9PJs8omDS1WtCyOwyiy/view?usp=drivesdk