Peace Corps Friends of DR Congo

RPCV Congo capital campaign starts! Our launch of the 2025  Capital Campaign has begun!   This allows us   to continue to support NGOs who are doing needed work in DRC. We have a generous anonymous giver who has given us a goal to match. All donations may be done through our website using the same link that you use to renew your annual membership. We accept credit or debit card or PayPal donations. We are always on the look-out for new NGOs in DRC who we can support with you

Country News. We endeavor to provide links to news that might be more difficult to find. DRC-Rwanda peace deal: Prospects for lasting peace The Brookings Institute held a discussion on August 7th: The DRC-Rwanda peace deal: Prospects for lasting peace.  The guests were Erica Barks-Ruggles, formed ambassador to Rwanda, Fred Bauma and Jason Stearns (one of our previous speakers). They discuss the peace deal and the hurdles and challenges ahead. Please visit this link to bring

This observational documentary chronicles a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered eastern lowland gorillas from extinction...

SAVE THE DATE! Our 2025 RPCV virtual reunion will be on April 26. Our guest speaker will be Stuart Reid, author of The Lumumba Plot.  As...

We are more than a month into our Campaign now.  We wanted to share that we have an anonymous donor who will match all donations up to...

DR Congo's first female PM, Judith Suminwa takes oath of office . In the East African, June 12, 2024 'There's magic, there's mythology,...

Would you like to be interviewed for a podcast? We in the Peace Corps Friends of DR Congo received the following email from Christinah...

The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination. Watch on YouTube a book discussion with the author, Stuart...

What: RPCV Virtual Reunion - John Dunlop - Guest Speaker When: April 27, 2024 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET Where: Online via Zoom - (see below...

Hailing from central African cities of Brazzaville and Kinshasa, sapeurs have become increasingly recognizable around the world. Since...

In February 2024, Peter Kaestner beat out the competition to document his 10,000th bird species "On Feb. 9, Peter Kaestner stood in the...

Jim Herne has kindly collected and shared a trove of DRC/ Zaire YouTube videos that may be of interest to this group.  They are sorted...

Born a Sin in Africa: Belgium’s Lost Children. Beth Duff-Brown, a member of our board who served in Kamponde, Kasai Occidental, from...

My Path to the Peace Corps By Jim Herne RPCV Zaire, 1971-73 In the fall of 1968, I was a senior in college and like many of my classmates...

We are planning a possible RPCV-Congo virtual reunion for 2024.  We are looking for suggestions for a speaker.  This speaker could speak...

Tens of thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are living in temporary accommodation and waiting for government help...

Well you did it again! We were able to get the entire $1000 matching donation, we have a total of $5500 to donate to Stand Proud,...

Our annual Capital campaign has started. Your donations allow us to continue to provide funds to NGOs who are doing good work in DRC. ...