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2021–2022Success stories
Youth Excel: young people leading research in Kinshasa
A network of 10 youth-led organisations, trained in implementation research, gender equality and inclusion. What if young people produced the evidence that should guide the policies that affect them? That is the…
2021Success stories
Special consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC)
In July 2021, the UN Economic and Social Council granted CERC special consultative status. On 17 May 2021, as it opened its annual session, the UN Committee on NGOs – made up of 19 member states – recommended that the…
2020Success stories
Joining the UNCAC Coalition and Catalyst 2030
Two global networks: more than 350 civil society organisations for the UN Convention against Corruption, and a movement of social innovators for the SDGs. No one fights corruption alone. To carry more weight, CERC chose…
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Students participate in building schools that are responsive to their needs.
Million’s children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo schools learn in infrastructures that did not meet minimum norms and standards. Secondary schools in Uvira are struggling to provide adequate educational…
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We unite school-aged children to fix our failing education system.
For the past three years, CERC helped 54 secondary schools to embed anti-corruption and transparency protocols in the education system in South Kivu. Since 2017, CERC has established Integrity Clubs in the Democratic…
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Integrity Club convinced school officials to build extra toilets and classrooms
Access to education is a major challenge for children living in South Kivu. Children living in rural areas study in poor conditions. Schools are overcrowded and often lack equipment, water and sanitation facilities, and…
2018–2020Success stories
DevelopmentCheck: 55 schools held to account
More than 800 students engaged with school management boards in Uvira and Bukavu, using the DevelopmentCheck app. Since 2017, CERC has been testing an innovative approach to build a culture of integrity and value for…
2017–2018Success stories
The first Integrity Clubs in Uvira
20 secondary schools, 300 future student monitors and a first network of trainers in South Kivu. It all began in Uvira territory, South Kivu. Founded in April 2017 to find out how communities can get better services by…
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