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Understand local realities and identify priorities with communities themselves.
An organisation committed since 2011
PPSDR, the Programme for the Promotion of Health and Development in Rural Areas, is a non-governmental organisation founded in 2011 in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, by MUHINDO MUTHETHE Hénoc.
Promoting social and economic inclusion
PPSDR works to improve the well-being of rural and Indigenous communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by promoting socio-economic inclusion and active participation in sustainable development. Founded in Goma in 2011, PPSDR focuses on Pygmy peoples and other vulnerable groups. The organisation is committed to the socio-economic inclusion of Indigenous Pygmy peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A founder committed to field work
MUHINDO MUTHETHE Hénoc, PPSDR’s founder, is a public health professional. In 2024, he was elected an Ashoka Fellow in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following an Ashoka field visit assessing PPSDR’s impact on the socio-economic inclusion of Indigenous Pygmy peoples.
