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CERC launches Integrity Clubs in 20 secondary schools in Uvira

Under the project Students Acting for Honesty, Integrity and Equality, funded by NORAD and Sida through Integrity Action, 300 students will be trained as community monitors.

Participants in CERC’s trainings in Uvira. Photo: CERC
Participants in CERC’s trainings in Uvira. Photo: CERC

Uvira, 8 December 2017 – Under the project Students Acting for Honesty, Integrity and Equality, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) through Integrity Action, the Centre de Recherche sur l’Anti-Corruption launched the activities of Integrity Clubs in 20 secondary schools in Uvira territory, South Kivu.

Students who learn to manage public goods

The project introduces students to the values of democracy and good governance, to initiative, to a sense of responsibility and to the joint management of public goods.

In the 20 selected schools, 300 students will be trained to become community monitors and to stand up for integrity and against corruption in their schools and across their communities.

Read more: From 20 schools in Uvira to a national model: the story of the Integrity Clubs.

About CERC

The Centre de Recherche sur l’Anti-Corruption (CERC) is a Congolese non-governmental organisation founded in April 2017 in South Kivu. With young people at its heart, CERC works with schools, communities, public institutions and partners to promote transparency, accountability and integrity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has held special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 2021. Learn more: Discover CERC.

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