CDA HOLDS A ONE DAY STAKEHODERS SENIMAR

Since the official opening of Community Development Alliance (CDA) as a local NGO in October 2007 after obtaining the legal status from the government of the DRC, there had never been any meeting/gathering for all the stakeholder where the leaders of the organization would get the chance of explaining exactly what the organization aims to do and achieve. With the funds received from

Dr. Aletta Jacobs College (Euros 4800)

, we were able to organize a one day seminar for all the stakeholders (CBOs, Local NGOs,
Local/community leaders, Political Leaders, Government leaders and the members of the organization etc) that took place on 12^th April 2008 in the parish hole of Nyalebbe Mission. We were also able to officially launch the first two projects (Carpentry and Tailoring) that we intend to begin with, with the funds received

Opening remark was made by Mama Mado Beriu who is the Chairperson of the organization, followed by group discussions and brain storming on how a local organization can achieve or fail to achieve its goals and objectives and how it can become self reliance; and then in the afternoon speeches were made by the representative of women and the representative of the Chef de Collectivité who also officially launched the organization and the projects.

In the picture are women of Nyalebbe singing to welcome visitors.

You can obtain a full report from

http://www.nabuur.com/modules/villages/mystory.php?villageid=351