This project, carried out by a consortium composed of CARE, FAO and International Alert, provides a combined response to the problems of poverty and instability in eastern DRC.
By addressing the interlocking underlying conflict factors of resource, identity and power conflicts, the Tufaidike Wote project aims to enhance stable socio-economic recovery in 35 communities in Ituri District, Orientale Province, and in North and South Kivu Provinces over a four year period.
One hundred and twenty thousand people will benefit directly from Tufaidike Wote, and an additional 120,000 will benefit from community projects and improved livelihoods. There is a special focus on improving the lives of vulnerable women by addressing their primary needs through agriculture and savings groups and their secondary needs by increasing their contribution to public life.
Tufaidike Wote uses an innovative combined community-driven approach to support three project pillars of peacebuilding, governance and livelihoods. The combined approach of the project is key to its impact; conflict sensitivity can ensure that governance is inclusive and economic opportunities are equitable; whilst socio-economic development becomes a positive incentive for peace, they thereby create a reinforcing cycle of activity.
Crosscutting support is given on the themes of inclusion (especially of women), conflict sensitivity, good governance principles and participatory monitoring and learning. The project aims to develop and strengthen conflict prevention and management capacity, strengthen citizens’ participation in good governance, and improve livelihoods.
The project prioritises sustainability and emphasises local capacity building by working with and through local partners who support community structures (peace committees, community development committees and farmers’ groups). These structures work together through a Community Forum in which local leaders and officials can participate. Tufaidike Wote aims to promote trust and shared responsibility between citizens and state authorities in eastern DRC.
The Tufaidike project is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this webpage are the responsibility of International Alert and do not reflect the views of USAID or of the United States Government.
