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SIGNERS | From Survival To Governance
Freshly planted saplings line a street median in the heart of Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 21, 2026, following a community reforestation activity organized by FUDEI (Femmes Unies pour le Développement Endogène et Intégral) under the leadership of its coordinator Rachel Malulu. The long row of young trees small, vulnerable, stubbornly upright stretches toward the city's horizon like a declaration written in living wood. In a city repeatedly battered by volcanic eruptions, armed conflict, and mass population displacement, the greening of Goma's streets by Malulu and FUDEI members represents one of the most visible and defiant acts of community reconstruction underway in eastern DRC today. As the international community debates ceasefires and security guarantees, Rachel Malulu's answer to the question of how peace is built in Goma can be seen right here planted, watered, and growing in the median of a busy street, one tree at a time.
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BARAZA | From Survival To Governance
Women war returnees gather for a community meeting organized by Bahati Mubuya Gladys as part of the "Shamba la Amani" (Field of Peace) program in Mudja, Nyiragongo Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 6, 2026. Their reflection shimmers in a rainwater pool before a partially destroyed wooden building a haunting reminder of the violence that drove these women from their homes and set communities once bound by ethnic ties against each other. Under Gladys' leadership, Shamba la Amani brings together women and families from formerly opposed ethnic groups, uniting them around a shared agricultural field where mutual aid, food security, and peaceful coexistence are cultivated side by side. As eastern DRC's humanitarian crisis one of the world's most severe, with millions internally displaced continues to demand responses that go beyond military solutions, programs like this one offer a rare and replicable model of community-driven reconciliation rooted in the most basic of human needs: the right to feed one's family in peace.
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Standing Strong Despite Everything | From Survival To Governance
A woman on crutches smiles as she participates in the Shamba la Amani program organized by community development actor Bahati Mubuya Gladys in Mudja, Nyiragongo Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 6, 2026. Balancing a container on her head with effortless dignity on the volcanic rock ground, she embodies the extraordinary resilience of women in eastern DRC who, despite physical injury, displacement, and years of ethnic conflict, continue to show up for their families, their communities, and for each other. Gladys' integrated approach to peacebuilding deliberately includes the most marginalized and physically vulnerable women, ensuring that the program's benefits agricultural tools, shared land, psychosocial support, and economic opportunity reach those most often left behind by both armed groups and humanitarian aid systems.
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A Shelter to Rebuild
A woman enters a corrugated iron shelter in Mudja, Nyiragongo Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 6, 2026, during the Shamba la Amani program led by community development actor Bahati Mubuya Gladys. The sparse, utilitarian structure set against a grey sky on bare volcanic terrain speaks to the precarious living conditions facing tens of thousands of war returnees in North Kivu, many of whom have come back to villages stripped of infrastructure, livelihoods, and inter-community trust. Gladys' program does not offer these women rebuilt houses. It offers something more durable: a shared economic foundation and a reason to stay together and begin again. In a region where the cycle of displacement and return has repeated itself for three decades, Shamba la Amani represents a deliberate bet on permanence over flight.
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The Way Back | From Survival To Governance
Women war returnees make their way across a lush hillside landscape toward the Shamba la Amani collective field in Mudja, Nyiragongo Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 6, 2026, as part of a program led by community development actor Bahati Mubuya Gladys. Carrying seeds and supplies on their backs, leaning on walking sticks, moving in a quiet procession through one of eastern Congo's most spectacular and bloodied landscapes, these women are not fleeing they are returning. For Gladys, this journey physically, emotionally, communally is the very heart of Shamba la Amani: the act of women from different ethnic backgrounds choosing to walk the same path, toward the same field, for the same future, in a territory where that choice has never been easy or guaranteed.
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The Silent Witness | From Survival To Governance
A young person attends a community gathering of the Shamba la Amani program led by Bahati Mubuya Gladys in Mudja, Nyiragongo Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 6, 2026. Photographed from behind their face unseen, their identity protected the figure sits in half-shadow at the edge of the room, listening. The image speaks to the thousands of young people in eastern DRC who have grown up knowing only conflict, displacement, and ethnic hostility as the defining realities of their world. Gladys' integrated peacebuilding model deliberately engages youth alongside women, understanding that sustainable social cohesion cannot be built without bringing the next generation into the circle of reconciliation not as passive witnesses to adult peace efforts, but as active participants in shaping what comes next.