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FRNotre Terre — Notre Prospérité

ENOur Land — Our Prosperity

SWUdongo Wetu — Ufanisi Wetu

News

Updates on our projects, training sessions and field campaigns.

Big bags of collected bottles marked FERCOMEX-TCN

Plastic bottle collection launched in Lubumbashi

FERCOMEX-TCN brings the city of Lubumbashi into plastic bottle collection — a concrete circular-economy initiative that extends our commitments within the GWCN and GAIA networks.

2023

Barn completed and pigs relocated

Completing the barn marks a major milestone for the pig farming project launched with the local Rotary: the animals move into suitable, durable facilities.

2021

Small-scale crop production begins

Maize, vetiver, hibiscus, soybeans, carrots and onions: the farmland acquired in 2011 enters production, directly benefiting community food security.

2018

Brick manufacturing for the piggery

Locally produced bricks make the construction of the piggery possible — a self-reliant approach that keeps resources within the community.

Rotary Club of Lubumbashi delegation visiting the fields of the Kaisala farm

The Rotary Club of Lubumbashi visits the Kaisala farm

A delegation from the Rotary Club of Lubumbashi walks the farm's fields and meets the farmers, sealing a partnership that would give rise to the pig farming project.

Pigs in their pen at the community farm

The first pigs arrive at the farm

The pen is built and the herd moves in: the pig farming project, run with the Rotary Club of Lubumbashi, becomes a lasting source of income and protein for the community.

2004

Supporting families displaced by war

From 2000 to 2010, FERCOMEX-TCN supported and trained people displaced by the conflicts in eastern DR Congo, teaching basic farming techniques so they could provide for themselves.