Congo/ Disabled people: a project to empower vulnerable women

The "Kotonga 2" project was officially launched on January 17 in Brazzaville by Clotaire Bassimba, Director of Rehabilitation for the Ministry of Social Affairs, Solidarity and Humanitarian Action, in the presence of Bibiane Itoua, Mayor of Mfilou.

The project is being carried out by the non-governmental organization Observatoire handicap humanité (H20), which has received funding of 10,98,800 FCFA from the French Embassy in Congo. The association's own funds amount to 1,121,200 FCFA, for a total project cost of 11.2 million FCFA. This project supports the socio-economic integration of young mothers and disabled women who are victims of multi-faceted violence.

Its aim is to contribute to the socio-economic integration of vulnerable groups, in particular young mothers and women living with disabilities who are victims of multi-faceted violence in Brazzaville. It helps to make this vulnerable group financially independent, and to disseminate legal texts and instruments on rights to this category of people. The project will run for one year in six arrondissements of Brazzaville: Bacongo, Moungali, Talangaï, Mfilou, Madibou and Djiri.

Beneficiaries include young mothers and disabled women aged between 18 and 51, as well as the parents of 74.5% of the 120 out-of-school children in the 3 to 15 age bracket.

The Director of Rehabilitation, Clotaire Bassimba, highlighted the validation of the National Development Program through the National Strategy for the Inclusion of People Living with Disabilities, at the first national forum last December, the conditions for whose implementation are currently being finalized.

For her part, Bibiane Itoua, administrator-mayor of Mfilou, invited the women to seize the opportunity to capitalize on this social support.

For his part, H20 President Emmanuel Bati informed neighborhood chiefs and social action ward managers about the daily lives of disabled women. According to him, his organization has set up solidarity listening cells to help these women denounce the many forms of violence against them. These include economic, sexual, psychological, emotional and digital violence.

The "Kotonga 2" project launch ceremony also saw the creation of a six-member monitoring committee: two members of the neighborhood chiefs, two members of the social action district and two members of the socio-political attachés.

Source: www.adiac-congo.com/