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The NGO Maman Dungu
The NGO Maman Dungu
We fight against poverty(*) since 2005.
We are an incubator of renewable energy systems “e-Hubs”, to tackle climate change.
The Context
The Context
Located in Haut-Uélé Province in the far North-East of the D.R. Congo, the territory of Dungu has approximately 347,480 inhabitants. The Dungu region is a transition zone between the equatorial forest and the wooded and grassy savannah.
It is located at the delta of three large rivers (Kibali, Dungu, and Uélé). Dungu knows the rainy season (March - November) and the dry season (December - March). It has a tropical climate with temperatures of 27°C.
Far from the capital Kinshasa (more than 2000km), Dungu is since Congo’s independence a forgotten poor and under-educated region of the D.R. Congo.
In Dungu there is no clean drinking water nor electricity. The national electricity company SNEL is completely absent. The main sources of energy are wood and charcoal 97%. Building solar & hydro 15kV micro power stations (e-Hubs) in the Dungu-Garamba zone will contribute to solving climate change.
Pioneering role since 2005
Pioneering role since 2005
We fight against poverty, the greatest cause of migration(**).
Main activities :
- Shift from charcoal,97% energy consumption, to e-Hubs; solar & hydro micro power units.
- Install clean drinking water and sanitation
- The Cocoa charter empowers farmers clever agricultural restoration & reforestation
- Support the transition to social and green entrepreneurship by ecosystems
- Eco-tourism: provide simple tourist services eg. Food, road and river shuttle transport (www.ecotourism.org)
Partners
Partners
- Tectero bvba, Ghent
- Electrical Energy Laboratory (EELAB), Ghent University
- H2Oceanjet
- I.D.P. shipyard
- Marijn Coertjens (www.marijncoertjens.be)
(*) Fondation Maman Aninyesi (FMA a.s.b.l.); Siège National: KINSHASA, avenue Botomba N°22, quartier Limete-Salongo, LIMETE; Siège Provincial: DUNGU, Route Wando N°3 quartier Uye, Commune de DUNGU, Province Haut-Uélé.(**) Sources: Poverty as one of the biggest obstacle to sustainable development and to resiliency to climate change. (UN.org [Commission for Social Development 56 Side Event) and Poverty: A Denial of Human Rights (Journal of International Affairs Vol. 52, No. 1, The Multiple Faces of World Poverty: Conceptions, Manifestations and Responses (Fall 1998), pp. 277-292
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