Our Congolese partners at New Hope Reconciliation Center (NHRC) are so thankful for your generosity that they have created a special video message to express their gratitude to you directly. 2025 brought the opening of New Hope Academy and the graduation of the inaugural class of 20 students! They are now practicing their newly acquired culinary and tailoring skills in their community. New Hope Academy is a residential training center located in Kavumu which is near Bukavu in

Congo Peace celebrates the impact its supporters have made by announcing the first class of twenty graduates from New Hope Academy!!!

The 2025 Spirit of Congo brought in over $110,000 that will go directly to East Congo for the programs administered by our partner New Hope Reconciliation Center (NHRC).  Your contributions will transform lives by helping to break the chronic cycle of poverty, violence, and tribal animosity. The impact of your gift is powerful! 

As you may have heard in recent news reports, the M23 militia group now occupy Bukavu. The conflict continues, but our New Hope Reconciliation Center staff is committed to staying the course and are ready to open New Hope Academy as soon as the situation allows. The teachers are hired, students selected, and everyone is waiting to start...

We are saddened to learn of continued attacks on the villagers of Minembwe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  Many have died and have been injured.  People are fearful and fleeing their homes.  Families have been separated. Over 200 villagers from many tribes have been taking refuge in the New Hope Reconciliation Center (NHRC) Community Center.  Villagers are gathering together...

Our Congolese partners at New Hope Reconciliation Center (NHRC) are so thankful for your generosity that they have created a special video message to express their gratitude to you directly. Take a look as they show the newly-completed New Hope Academy* opening in January 2025 to our inaugural class of students! On behalf of the Congo Peace Board of Directors, I also want to thank you for your generous donations. Your support is enabling us to fund...

Thank you to everyone who participated in bringing hope to the people in South Kivu in the DRC. We are grateful for your support at Spirit of Congo! Your dollars help this ministry accomplish God’s work in the Congo. Congo Peace is seen as a beacon of hope in South Kivu. As one Congolese leader says, “many come and go, but Congo Peace stays.” Your donations make that happen. As of this morning, we have raised over $36,000. We are very grateful for this demonstration of suppor

We are so close! And yet we still have much to do in the South Kivu region of Congo! With your support and contributions (over $120,000 last year), our Congolese partners at New Hope Reconciliation Center (NHRC) have begun construction on the New Hope Academy in the regional capital of Bukavu. The first story is substantially complete; we plan to open the doors this fall!