Information Guide

The numbers to contact for emergency interventions and social assistance

  • Police telephone line in Kinshasa:

+243 827 205 000

+243 903 982 039

  • Toll-free number to report sexual abuse (calls are free)

106

  • Assistance in case of sexual or physical assault (calls are free)

122

  • Covid-19 center toll-free number (calls are free)

110 and 108

  • Covid-19 Center:

+243825936 662

+243829889999

Ebola outbreak

The World Health Organization declared on June 25 the end of the Ebola virus epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This outbreak affected 3 provinces in eastern DRC: North and South Kivu as well as Ituri.

A new epidemic, the 11th recorded in the DRC, was declared on June 1, 2020 in the province of Equateur, precisely in the provincial capital Mbandaka. This province is located in the west of the DRC, 720 km from the capital of the DRC Kinshasa by river. The other cities of the DRC are not affected by this epidemic.

It is recommended to follow the following prevention instructions:

Address and contact of the National Institute for Biomedical Research - INRB

Av. De la Démocratie N°5345,
(Ex Av. Des Huileries), Kinshasa - Gombe

info@inrb.net

Schedule

Monday - Friday: 07:30 – 16:00
Saturday: 07:30 – 12:00

Social services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Social services include a range of essential services to support women's rights, safety and well-being of women and girls who are victims of violence, including crisis information and helplines, psychological counseling and psychic, technical support for the promotion of women's activities, legal information and rights, as well as advice.

Ensuring access to basic social services is at the heart of the mandate and activities of many public and private structures, non-governmental organizations as well as specific programs in favor of women's rights and gender mainstreaming.

Health situation in the DRC

Since the Covid-19 pandemic and the opening of the borders, the movement of people, both arriving and departing from a city in the DRC , is subject to the obligation to present a medical certificate confirming the negative result. of the Covid-19 test. This test must be carried out no earlier than three days before the planned trip.
For an international trip departing from Kinshasa, the test must be carried out 72 hours before departure, with the travel document, at the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB):

Price of the test: 30 USD

The result is available in 24 hours

In Lubumbashi, only the Grand Provincial Laboratory, representing the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB)/Kinshasa, is able to issue a medical certificate confirming the negative result of the Covid-19 test.

For women who are in other provinces, they can approach the authorized test center closest to their place of stay

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Afia Mama - AMA

AFIA MAMA - AMA

Created in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012, Afia Mama - AMA is an NGO for the defense and promotion of women's and gender rights, which aims to promote the well-being of women. AMA with the motto quotThe well-being of Congolese women is our passionquot aims to become the reference in the legal and judicial care (assistance) of women and young girls PLHIV, Survivors of gender-based violence and improvement of sexual and reproductive health in the DRC,

  1. Mission

Work for the promotion of human rights and human dignity, in favor of people living with HIV/AIDS, women and young girls who are victims of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  1. Vision

Become the reference in the legal care (assistance) of women PLHIV, young girl mothers and victims of violence in the promotion of quality health by training vulnerable young girls to make them women leaders of tomorrow.

  1. Values
  • Equal opportunities between young men and young women,
  • Citizen participation of Congolese women,
  • Peace and development.

Afia Mama develops a multi-sectoral and multi-actor approach precisely in the following areas of intervention:

- Health

- Social development

- Legal and judicial assistance

- Agropastoral and female entrepreneurship.

  1. Training organized by AFIA MAMA:

- Popularizations on legal texts relating to entrepreneurship

- Training on the processing, conservation and marketing of agricultural and fishing products

  1. Other activites

AMA has set up a WhatsApp group of young women leaders in order to support each other and promote the activities of each according to their area of intervention and through this group, training opportunities, conferences, workshops and many others. are shared in the group for everyone but also women entrepreneurs

  1. Frequency

Whenever the opportunity arises

  1. Eligibility criteria and conditions of participation

AMA has a database of different civil society organizations. They are grouped by category including that of entrepreneurship.

Women entrepreneurs are selected from the database provided by Civil Society.

  1. Coverage area

Afia Mama is all over the national territory of the DRC. It covers the provinces of Kinshasa, Haut Katanga, Tanganyika, Kasai Oriental, Lomami, Sud Ubangi, Nord Ubangi, Tshopo, Maniema and Lualaba.

Address and contact

The head office

Avenue Mont des arts n°11B, C/Lingwala, Kinshasa, DRC

Email address: info@afiamamardc.org

Facebook: AFIA MAMA asbl

Twitter: @afiamama

Website: www.afiamamardc.org

Contact number: +243825551010

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