WE’RE CONGOLESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Congolese Development Project assists newcomers in Swansea, ease their transition process and facilitate their integration into a new life. Through our service, we help refugees and immigrants to improve the quality of their lives by becoming productive, responsible individuals who give back to their community. We also provide a wide variety of services and events culturally appropriate conducted locally for immigrants and refugees in Swansea.

OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

01.

Promote

To promote social inclusion amongst the Congolese community and foster integration into Swansea Community.

02.

Foster

To foster and maintain peace, collaboration, and unity amongst the Congolese community.

03.

Community

To provide an enabling atmosphere for the Congolese Community to improve their understating and appreciation of British Values, Culture and Language.

04.

Inclusion

To provide opportunities for the Congolese community to engage effectively with various within Swansea.

OUR ACTIVITIES

Being a new organisation, our main and first activities for the moment are to provide advice, information and advocacy, work on a one to one basis with all Congolese and other French-speaking refugees and asylum seekers assisting them with:

Specialist service for older people including advice, interpreting, escorted visits to health/social services

Education, Employment and training opportunities.

Housing and benefits issues

Specialist service for older people including advice, interpreting, escorted visits to health/social services

Visits for asylum seekers in detention. ESOL and IT courses.

Activities and Projects