Meet the 2020 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Heroes
Each year the U.S. Department of State honors people around the world fighting modern-day enslavement. Read about and support their efforts.
Aides aux Personnes Démunies (APED)
http://apedworld.blogg.org/History
Since 2009, APED has been a social actor that works to find quick and lasting solutions to the various problems that affect vulnerable populations in the DRC. Our experience is in working in emergency post-conflict areas such as the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. We are also a development organization whose programs are focused on care and education; water sanitation, hygiene and health; nutrition; and food security. Projects involve supporting former child soldiers and vulnerable children.
Mission
Find quick and lasting solutions to various problems affecting vulnerable populations
Vision
A better future full of hope for the poor people and the integral development of their communities
- Contact Information:
- Kyeshero
- Goma, North Kivu
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Active In: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Policy Making, Aftercare, Empowerment
- Forms of Slavery:
- Sex Trafficking, Forced Marriage, Child Labor, Bonded Labor, Forced Labor
- Tel: +243 (0) 81 599-6380
- Email: apedworld@gmail.com
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