Our Scorecard is central to our work: it tracks what young people, communities and institutions achieve with CERC, and how we use and account for our partners’ funds – with a focus on accountability, transparency and impact.
The 8 outcome areas we measureWhat’s in the scorecard
Results indicatorsTrack and measure the impact of our work
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At the heart of the Scorecard are results indicators – data that track what young people, communities and institutions have achieved with CERC since 2017.
204
2022 · up from 20 in 2018
InitiativeIntegrity Clubs in Schools
3,060
Since 2017
InitiativeIntegrity Clubs in Schools
33%
Through student-led advocacy
Case studyScaling up Integrity Clubs: from South Kivu to Kinshasa with the Global Partnership for Education
1,780
2018
InitiativeSHINE
416
2022 · 278 teachers, 138 principals
InitiativeStudents Acting for Accountability and Quality of Education
600+
2021
InitiativeStudents Acting for Accountability and Quality of Education
97
2023 · Kinshasa and Bukavu
InitiativeStudents Acting for Accountability and Quality of Education
2
2024 · with APNAC DRC
InitiativeStudents Acting for Accountability and Quality of Education
~100
2021 · civil society parallel report
InitiativeAssessment of the DRC’s implementation of the UNCAC
45
2022 · Kinshasa
InitiativeYouth Excel
61
2024 · 4 universities in Kinshasa
InitiativeREPLIC
US$758K
Since 2017
InitiativeOur financial accountability
Source: our annual and project reports.
Data on the corruption challenges the DRC faces – the problems our work responds to.
The DRC ranks 163rd of 182 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index: among the countries perceived as most corrupt.
Transparency International, CPI 2025Up to US$17 million a month in taxes was raised by the AFC/M23 during the M23/Rwanda occupation, and South Kivu lost 84% of its provincial revenue.
Governor of South Kivu, April 2026Up to US$33 million a month is reported lost to fraud, dumping and leakage of revenue at the borders of South Kivu.
Ministry of Foreign Trade, June 2026Of the US$962 million disbursed by donors for the Ebola response, more than US$700 million could not be traced to the organisations on the ground.
Africa CDC, October 2026The fighting has closed 1,768 schools in South Kivu, leaving more than 688,000 pupils out of school.
OCHA, quoted in February 2026536 classrooms have been destroyed in 66 schools, and 104 schools are occupied by displaced people.
Ministry of Education, March 2025How each dollar becomes results – and results become lasting change.
US$758K from 9 donors since 2017, and four citizen monitoring apps.
Integrity Clubs, training, citizen monitoring with EduCheck, research, and advocacy with government and parliament.
204 Integrity Clubs · 3,060 young monitors · 416 teachers and principals trained · around 100 recommendations to the government.
33% of reported problems fixed · Integrity Clubs adopted by the South Kivu 1 education directorate · 2 bills before the National Assembly · CERC proposals in the national anti-corruption strategy.
Integrity education is our core approach – but our impact goes well beyond the classroom: research that shapes policy, young researchers and leaders, laws proposed with parliamentarians, citizens’ alerts in the courts, and a civil society voice at the United Nations.
In schools and universities, in courts and parliament, in Kinshasa, South Kivu and at the United Nations: a few of the people and moments behind our results.
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Case study: how DigitalOcean’s cloud credits keep citizen monitoring online in the DRCIn 2025, DigitalOcean’s non-profit cloud credits, worth about US$2,000, hosted CERC’s four civic tech apps – EduCheck, GovCheck, HealthCheck and UNCAC Tracker. What it…
Citizens’ alerts against corruption in Kinshasa’s courts – and students who actIn 2024, with RCN Justice & Démocratie and funding from the European Union and Belgium, CERC set up a social alert system against corruption in Kinshasa’s courts and…
Fighting Corruption in Schools: CERC and APNAC DRC to propose Legislative Initiative to the National Assembly of the DRCCERC is launching an ambitious initiative to build integrity and anti-corruption measures in the education sector. This initiative takes the form of a Draft Law aimed…
2,250 integrity education manuals and monitoring guides handed to studentsUnder the Students Acting for Accountability and Quality of Education project, CERC handed 2,250 integrity education manuals and 2,250 monitoring guides to the members…
Two bills to bring integrity education into the curriculumWith the African Parliamentarians’ Network Against Corruption, CERC drafted and submitted two bills on Integrity Clubs and integrity education.
ICON Kinshasa initiates a Quick Impact project, reintegrating 45 marginalized, unemployed youth in Kinshasa9 youth-led and youth-serving organizations trained under Youth Excel’s ICON project joined their effort to design and implement a Joint Quick Impact (QIP) Project…
138 school principals and 278 teachers trained in integrity building in Kinshasa and BukavuUnder the Students Acting for Accountability and Quality of Education project, CERC trained 278 teachers and 138 principals from 150 schools in Kinshasa and Bukavu to…
Youth Excel Kinshasa Data Summit: Increasing youth inclusion in education and in workforce development programmesCERC in partnership with IREX and SFCG, held the issue-Based Collaborative Networks (ICONs) Data Summit in Kinshasa in August 2022. The event was part of the Youth…
A memorandum of understanding to bring Integrity Clubs into every schoolOn 28 July 2022 in Bukavu, the Ministry of Education, through the Provincial Directorate of Education of South Kivu 1, signed a memorandum of understanding with CERC to…
18 young leaders trained in leadership and entrepreneurship skillsWe are thrilled to share that 9 incredible youth-led and youth-serving organizations, including one LGBTQI-led organization and 2 organizations led by People Living…
300 students trained in anti-corruption mechanismsFrom 2 to 15 November 2022, a series of workshops were conducted in South Kivu and Kinshasa, with the participation of 300 students. These workshops were organized…
Scaling up Integrity Clubs: from South Kivu to Kinshasa with the Global Partnership for EducationWith the Global Partnership for Education, through Education Out Loud and Oxfam IBIS, CERC took Integrity Clubs to 150 secondary schools in South Kivu and Kinshasa: 204…An independent civil society report on the UN Convention against CorruptionCommissioned by the UNCAC Coalition, CERC assessed how the DRC applies the Convention and made around a hundred recommendations.CERC at the Anti-Corruption States-GeneralInvited as an expert by the Ministry of Justice, CERC spoke on prevention, integrity education and technology for transparency.
What we learned from our Integrity Club modelA knowledge, attitudes and practices study with 534 students and 89 teachers and head teachers to improve how Integrity Clubs work.
Consulting senior education officials54 senior Ministry of Education officials and 19 anti-corruption experts helped shape a baseline strategy for the education sector.
Youth Excel: young people leading research and change in KinshasaWith USAID and IREX, CERC helped ten youth organisations in Kinshasa – including organisations led by LGBTQI people and by people living with disabilities – produce…
Special consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC)Since July 2021, CERC has held special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. It has used it to carry Congolese evidence to the United Nations…Joining the UNCAC Coalition and Catalyst 2030Two global networks: more than 350 civil society organisations for the UN Convention against Corruption, and a movement of social innovators for the SDGs.
Students participate in building schools that are responsive to their needsMillion’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…
We unite school-aged children to fix our failing education systemFor 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…
Anti-Corruption Day 2019: young people take a memorandum to the Mayor of UviraOn 9 December 2019, more than 100 young people, members of the SHINE project's Integrity Clubs, marched to Uvira Town Hall and handed Mayor Kiza Muhato a memorandum…
Integrity Club convinced school officials to build extra toilets and classroomsAccess 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…
202 teachers, principals and club leaders from 35 schools trained in Uvira and LuvungiUnder the SHINE project, CERC trained 202 teachers, principals and Integrity Club leaders from 35 schools in Uvira and Luvungi, from 18 February to 2 March 2019.
Anti-Corruption Day 2018: 35 schools march in UviraUnder the SHINE project, students from 35 secondary schools in Uvira marched 3 km on International Anti-Corruption Day 2018, in a campaign that reached some 15,000…
Six civil society organisations trained in Community Integrity Building in BukavuUnder the SHINE project, CERC trained six civil society organisations from South and North Kivu and Ministry of Education representatives in Bukavu, who formed a…
From DevelopmentCheck to CERC’s four digital toolsWith DevelopmentCheck, 810 students in 54 Integrity Clubs got 32% of the problems they reported fixed. That method now runs on four tools of CERC’s own – EduCheck…120 teachers, principals and club leaders trained in Uvira and SangeUnder the SHINE project, CERC trained 20 principals, 40 teachers and 60 Integrity Club leaders in Uvira and Sange to launch student monitoring in 20 secondary schools.
From 20 schools in Uvira to a national model: the story of the Integrity ClubsIt began in December 2017 with 20 secondary schools in Uvira. The Integrity Clubs grew to 204 clubs, brought in a new donor, entered the school system, inspired two…Try another word, or reset the filters.
How we raise, spend and account for our partners’ funds – the same figures as our financial accountability page.
SHINE years run from October to September.
All our reportsOur financial accountabilityOur magazine, The Integrity Builders
All our data are broken down by sex and age. The operational plan’s targets will be confirmed in 2027 with our partners, after the baseline is measured in Uvira and in the schools and health centres we monitor.
What each of our reports records – from the first Integrity Clubs in Uvira to the courts and universities of Kinshasa.
2017–2018
2019
2020–2021
2022
Annual Report 2022Youth Excel project report 2022Students Acting for Accountability and Quality of Education – project report 2022–2024
2023–2024
2021–2024
What our partners can count on, project after project.
Evidence first. Every programme starts with research with the people concerned – 534 students, teachers and parents consulted before Education Out Loud began, KAP surveys, the independent UNCAC review.
Working with those in power. A memorandum of understanding with the Provincial Education Directorate of South Kivu 1, two bills with members of parliament, proposals taken into the national anti-corruption strategy, and the support of the prosecutors of Kalamu, Ndjili and Matete for the social alert system.
Young people lead. Students monitor their schools, young researchers run the Youth Excel network, university clubs diagnose corruption and propose solutions.
No one left behind. 396 schoolgirls and 44 students at risk of exclusion trained as monitors; organisations led by LGBTQI people and people living with disabilities in the ICON network; university clubs with as many women as men.
From Uvira to the United Nations. From 20 Integrity Clubs in Uvira in 2018 to South Kivu and Kinshasa, the courts and universities of the capital, and special consultative status with ECOSOC.
Accountable for every dollar. Project accounts audited, annual reports and financial statements published, and every dollar received since 2017 shown on our financial accountability page.
Donors and partners who have funded or supported our work since 2017.
Every result on this page was made possible by our donors and partners – and every dollar is accounted for. Join us to take what works further: more schools, more provinces, stronger laws and institutions.
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Report what you see in your school or health centre. Your feedback helps make education and health services in the DRC better and more transparent.
EduCheckMonitor your school: teacher attendance, school fees, water and sanitation, equipment.Go to EduCheck (opens in a new tab)
HealthCheckMonitor your health centre: quality of care, medicines, fees and hygiene.Go to HealthCheck (opens in a new tab)
GovCheckA problem in your neighbourhood or with a public service? Report it to your city or commune, and advocate until it is solved.Go to GovCheck (opens in a new tab)
UNCAC TrackerFollow how the DRC implements the UN Convention against Corruption.Go to UNCAC Tracker (opens in a new tab)
