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About Us

Fondation Bukombe et Amis (FOBUA) is a non-profit organization committed to supporting vulnerable populations affected by conflict, poverty, and exploitation. Founded in 2017, we work primarily in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo—especially in Uvira and Fizi—providing aid to orphans, the homeless, and survivors of violence.

Our mission includes promoting education, healthcare, human rights, food security, and sustainable development, while also supporting peacebuilding, microfinance, and environmental efforts.

In 2023, we expanded to Windsor, Ontario, Canada, to help immigrants and newcomers settle and thrive in their new communities.

Together, we’re building stronger, safer futures—locally and globally.

Upcoming Events: When and How

  • Promote access to diverse foods for newcomers in shelters or hotels (Canada)

  • Support transportation for their appointments (Canada)

  • Meetings with other organizations working with immigrants (Canada)

  • Assist immigrants with their integration (Canada)

  • Connect newcomers to their respective communities when needed (Canada)

  • Agriculture and Livestock programs in the DRC

  • Distribution of school kits and uniforms in September 2024 in the DRC

  • Distribution of fabric (pagnes) to widowed women in the DRC

  • Support for extracurricular and preschool children in the DRC

  • Microfinance projects in the DRC

  • Distribution of clothing and school kits collected in Canada

  • Support for malnourished children in the DRC

  • Vocational training programs in the DRC

Completed Events: When and How

Long-term Goal in the DRC:
To improve the living conditions of orphans, widows, disadvantaged children and youth, and marginalized individuals in socio-cultural, economic, financial, and legal aspects.

Strategies include:

  • Raising funds through membership fees, monthly contributions, special donations, funders, loans, and gifts

  • Creating, building, and rehabilitating basic infrastructure (schools, shelters, youth centers, orphanages, agricultural access roads, health centers, etc.)

Past Activities:

  • 2018: Payment for medical care, home visits, and food distributions in the cities of Uvira and Kiliba/Sucrerie

  • 2019: Payment for medical care, food provision distribution, school kits and uniforms in Uvira and Kiliba/Sucrerie

  • 2020–2021: Total inactivity due to COVID-19

  • November 2021: Official launch of the foundation in Uvira; school kits, uniforms, and food distributed in the Uvira region

  • 2022–2023: Payment for medical care in Kiliba/Sucrerie, distribution of fabric to widows in Uvira

  • 2023–2024: Support for malnourished children, livestock, agriculture, extracurricular and preschool support in Kiliba/Sucrerie; community dinners during special events (New Year’s, International Women’s Day, International Children’s Day, DRC Independence Day) in the Uvira region

  • 2024: Collection of used clothing and school kits in Canada (Windsor, Ontario)

  • 2024: Visits to various immigrant housing locations (hotels) in Windsor, Ontario