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This month, we are spotlighting Sandrine Laroche, a project monitoring officer in the Operations department. Balancing her professional commitment to Haiti with her role as a mum, she tells us about her daily life, the challenges she faces and the… +

The “Elenge na Mosala” project – which means “young people at work” in Lingala – has just come to an end in Kinshasa. It enabled 64 young people living on the streets to receive training and earn an income. A look back at this two-year pilot… +

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 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… +

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… +

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… +

Faced with renewed conflict in eastern DRC, many women in South Kivu find themselves alone to provide for their families. Despite insecurity and the collapse of the job market, they are reviving entrepreneurial activities in order to survive.… +