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Empowering Congolese communities through human development, cultural heritage, and environmental resilience — across the Congo and the diaspora.
Empowering Congolese communities through human development, cultural heritage, and environmental resilience — across the Congo and the diaspora.
Eastern DRC, 2024
Many Congolese communities face barriers in literacy, health, and civic participation. Globalisation and conflict have threatened cultural transmission. Climate variability reshapes lives. CAF Foundation exists to meet these challenges with dignity, creativity, and community-led leadership.
Expanding access to education, health, and economic participation for women, youth, and marginalised communities across the Congo and diaspora.
Preserving Congolese languages, arts, and oral traditions while building bridges between communities locally and globally.
Supporting locally anchored ecological conservation and climate resilience aligned with community livelihoods and cultural contexts.
"As a member of the diaspora, I have finally found a foundation that bridges both worlds — honouring where we come from while building where we are going."
Diaspora Member, London — Culture & Heritage Initiative
Delivering clean water, healthcare and sustainable agriculture to communities alongside Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Proving that conservation and community wellbeing depend on each other.
Walking alongside people forced from their homes — delivering health, education and economic opportunity to refugees and displaced communities with creativity and radical hospitality.
Using football, arts and culture as tools of prevention against knife crime — giving young Londoners from underserved communities real pathways to purpose, belonging and leadership.
We work alongside local communities to protect it — for the Congo, for the climate, for future generations.
New education programme launches in South Kivu, reaching 500 children
Our literacy initiative has begun its first term, delivering foundational learning to girls and boys in three rural communities across eastern DRC.
March 2026
Reforestation drive plants 10,000 trees along the Congo basin
In partnership with local conservation groups, we completed our first major reforestation milestone.
February 2026CAF Foundation launches oral history archive for eastern DRC
We have begun documenting endangered languages and oral traditions across Kivu, preserving stories for future generations.
January 2026
Girls Who Lead — Education in South Kivu
Eastern Chimpanzee — Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Songs Without Borders: Oral traditions of Kivu
Your support helps us sustain programmes that uplift Congolese communities with dignity and lasting impact.
Donate TodayCAF Foundation operates as both a direct-delivery charity and a strategic grant-making organisation. We prioritise organisations led by Congolese communities, particularly those with limited access to international funding.