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This Projects aims to focus on the power deficit the country faces by bring in an eco-friendly solution to boost power in the rural areas by way of providing a dual voltage bulb which will not only light up the community but help sustain the nation's power grid.

Multiple wars in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since 1993, have caused displacement estimated to more secure environments, causing the loss of their property and their livelihoods. These wars were rather intensified in the Kivus (North and South Kivu) with their particularity was being both the front door and leaving the stronghold of all politico-military movements including the RCD 1998, the CNDP in 2008 and in the recent past, the M23 since April 2012, with their train of misfortunes which population movement both inside and outside the country. These rebellions have triggered the birth of other local armed groups such as tribal allegiance PARECO, Mai-Mai, APCLS NDC ... to block the road to the CNDP. These groups have rallied to the FDLR, amplifying insecurity in the villages. These events are reflected in the Province by a growing impoverishment of the population. Efforts to curb all these crises were initiated by the authorities and various agreements were signed, several reforms. Despite all these efforts, the country has always been among the last on the index of human development, the province has the highest number of displaced people in the Land (624,277 internally displaced people in August 2015 in which 68% families Home). This poverty among other events (1) the absence of peace and local social cohesion (2) the recruitment of youth in armed groups (3) the low participation of women in the management of public affairs (4) loss of employment rural following the abandonment of several plantations (5) lack of access to basic social services, especially for girls and women (the net enrollment rate in primary school is 72.1% among girls in high school this rate is still folded down to 28.3% for girls), ... The feminization of poverty in North Kivu characterized by low access to income is justified by the discrimination observed in almost all areas of life: human rights, education, health, access to land, etc. ... It is for this reason that this action will contribute to the promotion of the empowerment of women by socio-economic integration through the establishment of simple initiatives, profitable and sustainable production, the cultivation of edible mushrooms .

This project is part of my Fulbright Professional Scholarship n the not-for-profit sector. I have been developing case studies with a range of conservation organisations who are using the Open Standards to improve the practice of conservation; my focus is on developing further guidance to show how this same approach can be extended to improve the management of conservation projects and organisations.