4Watoto ambition

4Watoto ambition

We enthuse, involve and facilitate people in an infectious way to do concrete things for each-other and the world. Both in DR Congo and the Netherlands with impact and a focus on equal opportunities for children and education.

4Watoto ambition

We enthuse, involve and facilitate people in an infectious way to do concrete things for each-other and the world. Both in DR Congo and the Netherlands with impact and a focus on equal opportunities for children and education.

Mission

4Watoto's mission is to provide housing, facilities and utilities for torn communities in North Kivu (DR Congo). Currently 4Watoto does this by providing in the basic needs of children and guiding them in their journey to adulthood. 4Watoto commits herself to help orphans, including children who roam homeless on the streets of Goma in eastern Congo and  war-victims of surrounding villages. 4Watoto provides these children with a home where they can feel safe and loved, develop themselves, eat healthy, learn and play. To say it short: to really allow them to be a child. 

What does 4Watoto stand for?

  • Guaranteeing children's rights, with a focus on education, reunion and care.
  • Support the local economy.
  • Restore the damaged communities from which these children come and take environmental responsibility.
  • Provide education in both worlds in which it operates. In DR Congo with the main goal to offer as many children with fewer opportunities relevant education of a high level. In the Netherlands to create awareness.

The 4Watoto Foundation operates in two countries, the common goal is to establish a connection that creates knowledge transfer, cooperation and mutual understanding.

These values ​​are implemented in the performance of the work. Above all, 4Watoto strives for the recovery, growth and loving care of children. 4Watoto wants the rights of the child, as enshrined in the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, to be guaranteed. The foundation does everything within its power to realize these children's rights.

4Watoto's mission will not be finished until:

  • The children within the doors of 4Watoto can independently walk the path of his / her life through guidance and support.
  • Multiple children are reunited with family members through 4Watoto's reunion plan. 
  • Several communities within North Kivu province have been restored.
  • Many children are educated through our actions.
  • We have contributed to a deeper sense of unity within the world.

Let's unite!

Vision

4Watoto believes that her efforts can have a positive impact on society. We support communities to rebuild, repower, reorganise and recover themselves. By restoring communities and re-uniting families and networks together, you return them independence and the ability to decide their own way forward. 

We focus on the youth so that a new young nation will have the chances, tools and strength DR Congo and especially North-Kivu needs. 

"4Watoto believes that children who grow up safely can then build a happy and healthy society in their own way."

Children have the right to develop their own individual, talents and possibilities. 4Watoto creates development opportunities in the field of shelter, health, education and welfare. The 4Watoto Foundation wants to ensure that children in orphanages can really be children and be themselves again in order to develop themselves into healthy, happy, strong and wise adults. This means: "Carefree playing and learning to discover the world through wonder."

4Watoto values ​​growing up in a family structure in which children can be proud of themselves and the culture they come from. For this reason, all employees in 4Watoto Asbl. DR Congo are of African descent and we stand for Pan-Africanism. This means that our education is focused on Africa and the world is viewed from that core. 4Watoto first of all, offers the children knowledge and skills that are relevant to their own society and future.

The 4Watoto Foundation wants to offer children a real home where they can recover (from any previous trauma) by entering a loving environment where safety is paramount.

Personal attention, emotional availability and respect are central to the upbringing. 4Watoto believes that when children grow up in a home in which a warm family structure is sought, recovery is possible.

When the children are then old enough, the foundation offers all the tools for them to grow into an independent life. 4Watoto strives to guide children after their time in the home to a nice work and living place or to support them in starting up their own business. Continuous spiritual, mental and motivational guidance will be present after a child leaves the doors of 4Watoto. (when desired/wanted) This by facilitating and encouraging that the family bond stays for a lifetime.


Philosophy

4Watoto wants to support the recovery and building of communities in DR Congo, especially in the province of North Kivu. We are very aware that this is an ethical complex situation as the initiators do not all have the same cultural background.

Within the Netherlands, 4Watoto does the fundraising and the educational focus is on creating awareness about the situation in DR Congo, decolonisation, children's rights and human equality.

The 4Watoto Foundation wants to bring positivity to the world, but we will not budge to also highlight the dark side of situations. Nevertheless, the focus will be on possibilities and a positive attitude towards the future.

We hope to accelerate the process of decolonization of the brain. This is necessary in both Africa and the Western world if we want to live together in a renewed honest way and take care of our world.

4Watoto is a multicultural organization that stands for the unity of people as a family. 4Watoto believes that education can form a bridge between two worlds from which solidarity and equality flow.

WHAT CAN I DO?

Foundation 4Watoto needs your support!

Become a monthly donor!

Help us to support children in Goma. 

You can do this structurally for a fixed amount per month.

→ I become FriendOf4Watoto

Education

By teaching children today, we are creating a better future, one in which they can both learn and teach. 

Health

Healthy food, medical support, a nice place to sleep and most important; lots of love, ensure a child's well-being. 


Community

It takes an entire community to raise a child. Once this community is in place, almost anything is achievable. 

Our Board 

The members of our board have contributed greatly to 4Watoto together since its inception. Each member contributes to our organization with his or her unique skills and expertise.
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