2025: a difficult year for CERC
2025 has not been an easy year for CERC financially, mainly because of the sudden closure of USAID.
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USAID (DIV) was CERC’s confirmed funder for 2025–2027: it had already committed US$6.5 million to the project Students Acting for Social Accountability (SASA) 2025–2027, in four provinces including South Kivu, North Kivu and Kinshasa, with the possibility of a much wider extension.
With the fall of Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu, CERC had to close its office in Bukavu; funding difficulties also forced it to close its office in Kinshasa. CERC moved to remote work, and the team has focused on developing its applications – EduCheck, GovCheck, UNCAC Tracker and HealthCheck – while continuing to build partnerships with the Government and international institutions and to raise funds from partners.













