CONGO AID

Congo Aid Inc. was created to provide emergency and project support
of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Providing support and assistance for the financial, medical and
educational needs of the men, women and children of the DRC.

Congo Aid Inc. members in collaboration with Muhindo Isesomo and

Dorcas Mbambu coordinate the work on the ground in the DRC in the
schools, clinics, orphanages or where needed.
Congo Aid Inc. works with individuals, companies, corporations,
schools and aid agency to support the DR Congo
 Aims

• Support of the children orphaned by war, hunger and aids.

• Support of the workers and families in the DRC.
• Supporting educational needs.
• Supporting projects to build and equip medical facilities in the
DRC.
• Raising funds in Australia to achieve the goals of Congo Aid Inc.
• Promoting HIV-Aids awareness.
Congo, Democratic Republic
-Responsible CONDUCTS
• The DRC Labor Code includes provisions intended to protect
employees, and there are legal provisions that require businesses
to protect the environment or face prosecution, however, these
are spottily enforced and not well understood.  The DRC does
not possess a legal framework to protect the rights of consumers
and there are no existing domestic laws intended to protect
individuals from adverse business impacts in general.  Most legal
issues of this nature are resolved, if at all, on a case-by-case
basis.
Leaked review exposes scale of aid corruption and abuse in Congo

• A review of fraud and corruption risks in the Democratic Republic of

Congo – one of the world’s longest-running humanitarian crises –
delivers a blistering assessment that could spark major changes to aid
operations in a country where hundreds of millions of dollars of
foreign aid are spent annually.
At a glance: What’s in the review?

Based on interviews conducted across the country with staff at

UN agencies, local NGOs, and international NGOs, as well as aid
recipients and members of civil society, the report chronicles
instances where:
WHAT WAS THE FRAUD?
•Workers at international aid groups – in particular UN agencies –
have been demanding kickbacks from national NGOs in exchange
for contracts
•Suppliers of goods to aid groups are expected to pay bribes
worth up to 30 percent of the contract value
•Aid workers tasked with evaluating projects are bribed to hide
corruption
•Corrupt practices have undermined the Ebola response and other
aid operations
• Few cases of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) involving aid
sector workers are ever reported because reporting
mechanisms don’t work and perpetrators pay off victims
• Women and girls have been offered jobs in the aid sector in
exchange for sex
• There is a widespread failure to sanction individuals responsible
for corruption, including SEA
• Corruption has led to a breakdown in trust between aid
agencies, government officials, and local communities