Urban agropastoral farm for the empowerment of disadvantaged youth in Goma, Northern Province, DRC

About this project

Concerned about this current situation in Goma in general and the displaced CAJED welcomes displaced school children in its primary and secondary schools, as well as disadvantaged young people in its vocational training workshops, who benefit from the various services with, of course, the technical and financial support of CAFOD and others (SCI, SV, FH-RDC, IRC). For this project, CAJED would like to build on the successful experience of the food security project developed with CAFOD through the mushroom cultivation by introducing a new alternative to urban agropastoral farming for disadvantaged young people and victims of armed conflicts who will be trained there for their economic empowerment and pupils enrolled in the Nutrition section at the CAJED - St. Michel Institute, for their practices. This project supports alternatives for empowering disadvantaged young people by introducing them to urban agro-pastoral farming activities, is of a socio-professional and economic nature. The aim is to train underprivileged young people (including displaced persons and those associated with armed forces and group) in poultry farming techniques, coupled with market gardening through the creation of vegetable gardens and the production of fruit tree seedlings, as well as the marketing of products from the agropastoral farm, to ensure the autonomy and sustainability of this action. The project will be implemented in Ndosho. It will therefore involve fitting out 3 semi-permanent building…

Published by

CAFOD · International NGO

Countries

Congo - Kinshasa

Sectors

Vocational trainingFood crop productionLivestock

Focus

Environment · Main focus

Funded by

Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)

Implemented by

Concert d’Actions des Jeunes et Enfants Défavorisés

Published by CAFOD to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Jun 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: GB-CHC-285776-DRC838.

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