Why support PPSDR

Because no community should be invisible in its own country.

Numbers and lives

27%Pygmy people have gained literacy skills

10,220Pygmy people have earned primary school certificates

125,000+families reached through PPSDR concessions and agricultural areas

30community concessions acquired for Pygmy peoples

500,000beneficiaries of PPSDR schools, Pygmy and non-Pygmy, children and adults

800,000Pygmy people and other marginalised groups trained in agriculture

Olivier’s story

Supported by PPSDR from primary school through secondary school, Olivier later joined Cornerstone Leadership Academy for a year of leadership training, English and computer studies. Today, he is preparing to study public health so he can serve his community on Idjwi Island.