Volunteer for an Anti-Trafficking Organization on International Volunteer Day
International Volunteer Day is December 5th. Honor it by volunteering for an organization fighting modern-day enslavement.
Caritas Congo ASBL
http://www.caritas.org/where-we-are/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/History
Caritas Congo is a non-profit association, founded in 1960. Its main role is to enforce and monitor the guidelines of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO). It focuses on health, development, peacebuilding and education - particularly as they relate to former child soldiers.
- Contact Information:
- Avenue Basoko,n°26 Commune de Barumbu
- Kinshasa, Kinshasa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Active In: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Policy Making, Aftercare, Empowerment
- Forms of Slavery:
- Child Labor
- Tel: +243 (0) 99 845-6039
- Email: communication@caritasdev.cd
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