(Pecs) Protection and multidimensional care of street-connected and vulnerable children
Avenue Goma & Av. Uvira, Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo
1.784.783,38 €
Private+DGD
5 years
2022
Direct beneficiaries
53 children accommodated and supported / 40 enrolled or re-enrolled in school / 65 reintegrated into a family / 37 supported towards independence.
Local partner
PECS – Pont d’Entraide Pour la Chaîne de Solidarité
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Godefroid LUYEYE
To significantly and sustainably improve the resilience, protection and multidimensional care of street-connected and vulnerable children, and to promote their social and family reintegration.
The support also aims to help them return to school, integrate socially and professionally and, ultimately, become independent.
Objectives
PECS supports street-connected and vulnerable children and young people from the moment they are taken in until their reintegration into their family or their progression towards independence.
The children taken in receive support covering their essential needs in terms of protection, accommodation, food, health and leisure.
Particular attention is paid to education and training. Children can be enrolled or re-enrolled in school, and some young people undertake vocational training. In 2025, for example, some of the young residents were trained in carpentry.
Social and family reintegration is a central dimension of the support. It draws in particular on fieldwork and community focal points to prepare for and follow up children’s return to their families wherever possible. Support also continues for young people progressing towards an independent life.
Finally, PECS carries out important community awareness-raising work, particularly around child protection and children’s rights and gender-based violence.
Activities
In 2025, 53 children were accommodated and supported by PECS. Of these, 40 were enrolled or re-enrolled in school, with a reported pass rate of between 80 and 95%. Three young residents also received vocational training in carpentry.
During the year, 65 children were reintegrated into their family or a foster family and 37 young people were supported towards an independent life.
Beyond the children accommodated at the centre, 177 children and young people were enrolled in school or trained and 31 young people found employment or set up their own business. PECS also raised awareness among 1,735 people on topics relating in particular to child protection and children’s rights and gender-based violence