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Our latest issue of Devlop' is now available. It shines a spotlight on community health mutuals and the efforts of countless grassroots organisations to improve access to healthcare. In the 1820s, Belgian workers established the first forms of… +

Pablo Servigne is an agricultural engineer and doctor of science, co-founder of the collapsology movement. Known for his work on the vulnerabilities of our societies and paths to resilience, he analyses the mechanisms of mutual aid and the social… +

In sub-Saharan Africa, a health problem can still plunge an entire family into poverty. Without adequate social protection, households finance their own healthcare, often at the cost of heavy sacrifices. Faced with this reality, community health… +

The Observatory for Research on Entrepreneurship “Pour Elles” is a new project that we are implementing in Kinshasa. From February 16 to 23, two leaders of this initiative are at UCLouvain to meet with various experts in the field and strengthen… +

In northern Benin, Louvain Coopération carried out a large-scale breast and cervical cancer prevention and screening project between 2023 and 2025, initiated by the Mutualités Libres and funded by Wallonie-Bruxelles International. Largely unknown… +

Thank you for your donation to the women entrepreneurs of South Kivu. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to all the generous people who have supported the women entrepreneurs we work with in Bukavu. They themselves would like to thank… +

Nana Tounkara joined Louvain Coopération's Citizen Education team last September as Educational Coordination and Experimentation Manager, taking over one of the division's flagship projects: Afro-Racines*. As she prepares to leave for Benin with… +

Louvain Coopération has been working for over ten years with street children and young people in Kinshasa, alongside its local partners. More than just a shelter, it offers them comprehensive psychosocial support and a pathway to socio-professional… +

In 2006, the National Union of Free Mutual Societies and Louvain Coopération laid the foundation for a partnership focused on access to healthcare. First in Benin, then in Togo and Burundi, the two organisations collaborated in many ways to develop… +

In sub-Saharan Africa, a health problem can still plunge an entire family into poverty. Without adequate social protection, households finance their own healthcare, often at the cost of heavy sacrifices. Given this reality, mutual health… +

In Benin, high blood pressure (HBP) and diabetes are major public health issues. According to our data, in the project area, high blood pressure affects between 24 and 28% of the population and hyperglycaemia between 9 and 14%*. By way of… +

At the beginning of the week, attacks by M23 rebels in South Kivu province (DRC) resumed with renewed vigour. The town of Uvira, the province's new capital since the fall of Bukavu last February, has fallen into the hands of the rebels. There… +