On Sunday 11th June 2023, WFAD-RDC has been honored with the special visit of the Swedish International Development and Cooperation...
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Sober Youth DRC: Visit of an important delegation to the WFAD project funded by the Swedish Cooperation in the DRC
Today, March 10, 2023, the WFAD office in the DRC had the privilege and honour to welcome an important delegation,...
Kinshasa-DRC: Former Kulunas, beneficiaries of the WFAD’s Swedish-funded Sober Youth project, on their way to becoming barbers and tailors
In December 2020, the World Federation Against Drugs launched its three-year project ‘Sober Youth-Healthier Communities: Transforming Violent Youth in Kinshasa’,...
Sober Youth Project: Transforming the life of 150 young women, former Kuluna gang members, into dressmakers for a sober life
The World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD) has completed the training in cutting and sewing for 150 young women and girls,...
The East Africa Learning, Sharing, and Bench-Marking visit & 2nd Partners Interactive Forum in Kenya
Read the full report, including pictures, here – Or find the text further down below. From September 28th to October...
DRC – Kinshasa: Young girls (former Kuluna members) return to families and pass their secondary school exams thanks to the Sober Youth project
This is the story of five young girls, former members of the ‘kuluna’ groups in Kinshasa, who decided to leave...
Pre-Study and Partner Interaction Forum – Burundi and Eastern Region of DRC
Between October 14th to 16th, 2022, our East and Central Africa Network Liaison Representative, Paul, who is based in Nairobi,...
Visit of the African Union Delegation members to the WFAD DRC Office
The WFAD DRC Office was honoured to receive a visit from the members of the Drug Control Programme Management Unit...
“Sober Youth – Healthier Communities”: WFAD HQ field visit to DRC
The World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD) delegation consisting of Secretary General Regina Mattsson, and the WFAD Program Coordinator Aivaras Zukauskas...
The Sober Youth Project: 250 young ex-kulunas commit to a new start through the project
The kuluna phenomenon is still making news in Kinshasa these days and both urban and national authorities are struggling to...