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The Bakongos
The Bantu, who came from the Gulf of Guinea and the Great Lakes between the 10th and 12th centuries, settled near the Nzadi River (Zaire) under the leadership of chiefs such as Tuti Dia Tiya. Their descendants include the Bakongo, a people with a common history, language (Kikongo), and origins.
Today, the Bakongo live in the DRC, Congo-Brazzaville, and Angola. In the DRC, they speak French and Lingala, but Kikongo (with its dialects such as Kiyombe) remains dominant, particularly in popular culture.
Agriculture
The Kongo practice subsistence agriculture based on cassava, bananas, corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts, beans, and taro. Their main cash crops are coffee, cocoa, bananas, and palm oil. While fishing and hunting still exist in some rural areas, the majority of the Kongo population now lives in urban areas, where they engage in trade and other economic activities.
Clan law among the Bakongos
Among the Bakongo, kinship ties extend very widely: everyone considers themselves brothers, coming from the same maternal ancestry. The family includes anyone with a blood relationship, whether close or distant. However, this solidarity is only expressed in opposition to outsiders, who are perceived as a threat.
Their clan follows a matrilineal system:
The child belongs to his mother's lineage.
Authority rests with the maternal uncle, who leads his sister's children.
Inheritance and succession pass not from father to son, but to his uterine nephew (sister's son)
"We work for education by building schools, training teachers, providing scholarships to deserving students, and developing programs for out-of-school youth."
COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY
Socio-economic community development
Our community, particularly in Kongo Central, faces major socioeconomic challenges, including unemployment, lack of access to education and technology, and persistent inequalities. To address these challenges, we propose an integrated community development project that includes:
Microcredits for women traders and farmers:
Granting low-interest loans to develop their activities.
Reinvestment of profits and interest in local educational projects.
Creation of community internet cafes:
IT training and job creation.
Strengthening education:
Support for schools through funds from microcredits and internet cafes.
Scholarships, school infrastructure and training programs.
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Diversification of funding and increased visibility of Kibuti
Maintaining connections with our donors through warm and transparent communication. Generating independent revenue through event equipment rentals. Maximizing public funding opportunities through a targeted approach. Mobilizing the private sector for win-win partnerships. By diversifying our resources and cultivating strong relationships, we ensure the sustainability of our community outreach.
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Supply of school equipment
Improve access to quality education by providing essential school kits to disadvantaged students, while creating a sustainable financing model to sustain this action.
Collaboration with local manufacturers for the production of supplies, thus stimulating the local economy.
Organization of solidarity days in schools/businesses to collect material or financial donations.
Collection and reconditioning of used school equipment in good condition.
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Kibuti Scholarship
Support academic excellence and equal opportunity by awarding scholarships to deserving students, while adapting the award criteria to local socio-economic realities. Consideration of difficult family situations (orphans, single-parent households). Adaptation to the country's specific challenges.
“A Kibuti scholarship is not just funding – it’s a commitment to excellence and giving back to the community.”
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Projects
Advantages of Bas-Congo
Kongo-Central Province is located in the west of the country at the mouth of the Congo River on the Atlantic Ocean.
With an area of 53,920 km², the Bas-Congo Province stretches between 4° and 6° south latitude, and 12° and 16° east longitude. It is the smallest province in the country after the City-Province of Kinshasa, representing 2.3 km² of the national area.
It is bordered to the north by the Republic of Congo, to the south by Angola, to the east by the City-Province of Kinshasa and the Province of Bandundu, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean and the enclave of Cabinda.
It is the only province in the DRC with a 35 km coastline. This coastline is the country's main gateway for imported and exported goods.
Its current population is estimated at 4,380,719 inhabitants (2010). It is predominantly young with 64.6% of people aged 0 to 24 years. Its average density is 67 inhabitants/km²;
Administratively, the province of Kongo-Central includes two large towns: the town of Matadi (capital) and the town of Boma.
It is subdivided into three Districts namely: Lower River , Cataracts and Lukaya .
In the Atlantic Ocean, the province has proven oil reserves of around 4 billion barrels and a fishing potential that can reach a production of 2,000 tons of fish per year.
