This organisation works to bring together communities in Ituri, DR Congo, to live in harmony, freedom and social well-being.
ASSOCITURI is a civil society organisation created in 2002 and authorised to operate throughout the DRC under registration N°01/MAA/045/CAB/PROGOU/PO/2007 of the governor of the Eastern Province and N° F.92/14.901; N°JUST/SG/20/739/2011 of the National Ministry of Justice.
This organisation was created following an awareness and analysis of the following situations:
- The occurrence and persistence of ethnic and intercommunal conflicts in Ituri
- The chronic underdevelopment of Ituri, despite the fact that it is rich in natural resources;
- The widespread poverty of the population;
- The degradation of health, education, transport and communication infrastructures;
- The abusive exploitation of its natural and human resources for interests outside Ituri,
- The excitation and maintenance of ethnic hatreds;
- The absence of a political class that can initiate and defend a development process that takes into account the interests of the population.
Mission:
To contribute to the change of this situation by fighting against poverty and bringing Iturians to live in harmony, freedom and social well-being.
Objectives:
- To raise awareness, awaken and mobilise people to take charge of their own development;
- To promote multi-sectoral development in Ituri;
- To support women's civic participation in various fields: political, social, economic and cultural;
- Promote the culture of peace and peaceful cohabitation as well as the respect of democratic values;
- Protecting natural resources
Areas of intervention:
- Pacification, Education for citizenship
- Conflict prevention and transformation
- Capacity building of women in different areas (fight against violence against women, political, economic, social and cultural participation)
- Education and literacy
- Health promotion
- Agriculture, food security, environment
- Women, peace and security
- Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR)