About Us

Hope for Africa was founded in 2017 under the initiative of Mr. Eliphaz Bashilwango Lukendobonga, with the aim of breaking the cycle of poverty and helping people to lead a dignified existence, following a civil war which continues to devastating the country for more than two decades now. During this war, our country suffered a serious political crisis from which resulted a socio-economic and security destabilization with fierce and unfortunate consequences: war crimes, enlistment of children in armed forces and groups, massive rape of women causing the advent of the scourge of HIV-AIDS, plundering of natural resources, murders, massive displacement of the population, serious violation of human rights, gender-based sexual violence,… In short, human dignity fiercely flouted. All this; leaving the humanitarian situation to become dramatic and catastrophic. The human rights situation is dire for children and they face a myriad of daily challenges: poverty, sexual violence, disease, and the inability to access food and clean water. Their fundamental rights are regularly violated and they are frequently exposed to violence from armed groups, in some cases abducted and coerced into military forces. The war took hold there, hence the large number of orphans of two parents, not to mention AIDS, which was added to the causes of mortality. During the war, the soldiers and the rebels have and continue to rape and sequester with total impunity young child-girls who have not even reached the age of 15 for the most part. Children were born from these horrific crimes. These children are not accepted. These girls are rejected and entitled to nothing. Old grandparents find themselves with grandchildren whom they cannot take care of, whom they cannot feed… Weakened and worn out, they can only wait for manna from heaven. Children are forced to work to feed the younger brothers/sisters and the elderly. Children perform heavy work like adults despite their infantile fragility; they have no other choices or other alternatives for survival. These children should be in school instead of working hard all day and coming home exhausted in the evening with a few miserable foodstuffs, to resume the same chore the next day.

We see these days that many key sectors of life, such as access to basic social services, are already neglected by those responsible for them and people no longer have the right to lead a dignified existence! The heavy price paid in terms of suffering, sacrifice, injustice, humiliation, tears and the list goes on, has become unbearable for the vast majority of the population in Africa. The reputation and credibility of the DRC are severely damaged both inside and outside the borders. And yet, it is undeniable that our country and the Great Lakes region have an incredible capital wealth in terms of natural and human resources, of which the population should benefit. This unfortunately is far from being the case, the living conditions of the vast majority of our compatriots being anything but in keeping with human dignity. Faced with these findings and the paradox of our country, “which lacks nothing except everything”, people from all walks of life joined in the appeal of the founding president, Eliphaz Bashilwango, development technician, that H4A is the result of his vision so that the living social forces form a sanitary cordon capable of guaranteeing a better life and the radiant hope restored thanks to a dignified existence. To remain silent in the face of the bitter experience of human rights and poverty is only culpable. It is in this spirit that the founding members had decided to constitute themselves as a non-profit organization governed by law N° 004-2001 of July 20, 2001. Founded in 2017 H4A is an impartial, independent and neutral humanitarian organization inspired by the Christian faith to save lives and alleviate human suffering in the most difficult to reach and devastated places in Africa. Its vision towards creating a just world and without poverty is based on simple basic principles, which we consider fundamental: ensuring sustainable livelihoods and justice and dignity for all. Why these two? Because a life without a man is not sustainable and because dignity only comes with a life in which rights are respected. Its scope of action covers the DRC and will extend to the countries of Africa, and will have a continental scope.