The Lenten Campaign - Fastenopfer

Support a project in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Creating village associations
in rural areas
In the province of Bas-Congo, the villagers
of Tsumba Tkituti have joined together to
form the association “Uplabo” meaning
“Union of Planters”. This is one of the
118 organisations set up by the Centre for
the Promotion and Education of Base
Communities (CEPECO), which has been a
partner for over ten years with the Swiss
Catholic Lenten Fund in the Democratic
Republic of Congo. The CEPECO supports
each association in its battle for food security
and the strengthening of subsistence
agriculture.
With the support of the CEPECO, these
associations also create savings banks. In
addition, the CEPECO assists the communities
in the defence of their rights in
terms of the environment, access to natural
resources and local government.
Lenten Fund Project no. 130219
CCP 10-15955-7
Pain pour le prochain
Av. du Grammont 9
1007 Lausanne
Tél. 021 614 77 17
ppp@bfa-ppp.ch
www.ppp.ch
Brot für Alle
Monbijoustrasse 29, Postfach 5621,
3001 Bern
Tel. 031 380 65 65,
bfa@bfa-ppp.ch
www.brotfueralle.ch
A Centre for Street Children
More than 80,000 children live on the
streets in the Democratic Republic of
Congo. Since the collapse of the Kolwezi
copper mine, the economic and social
crisis has inexorably spread. Many children
are neglected, have run away from home
or are driven out by their parents. Roaming
gangs of street children feed on rubbish
and stolen food and have to find a new
place to sleep each night. To meet the most
urgent needs, numerous organizations
provide free meals for the children. This
is the case of “Kipedano”, women of the
Evangelical Church of North Katanga,
who receive support from Connexio – a
partner of Bread for All. Three times a
week, they cook for about 300 children
and teenagers. They also provide a safe
place, a haven from the harsh reality of
life on the street, where the young can
play and learn as children once again.
Bread for All Project no. 197.5101
CCP 10-26487-1
Action de Carême
Av. du Grammont 7
1007 Lausanne
Tél. 021 617 88 81
actiondecareme@fastenopfer.ch
www.actiondecareme.ch
The Swiss Catholic Lenten
Fund (Fastenopfer-Action de
Carême-Sacrificio Quaresimale)
The Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund is a
Catholic charity in Switzerland. It provides
financial support for over 350
projects in Africa, Latin America, Asia
and Switzerland. Other objectives of the
Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund are to raise
the Swiss population’s awareness of the
problems of maldevelopment and to intervene
in the public debate on various
development-related questions.
Bread for All
(Brot Für Alle – Pain pour
le prochain – Pane per Tutti)
Bread for All is the development service
of the Protestant Churches in Switzerland.
It supports some 350 development
programmes and projects in 60 countries.
Through its information and awareness
campaigns in Switzerland on North-South
questions and its development policy activities,
Bread for All is committed to fairer
international socio-economic structures.
Fastenopfer
Alpenquai 4
6002 Luzern
11512
Tel. 041 227 59 59
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mail@fastenopfer.ch
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