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The Democratic Republic of Congo, like many other countries around the world, is facing numerous challenges, including organizational difficulties and tribal conflicts affecting different sectors of Congolese society.

With the aim of providing support and assistance, a group composed mainly of Christians decided to establish, in accordance with Law No. 004/2001 of July 20, 2001 relating to non-profit organizations (NGOs), a non-profit association called Hands of Love in Action Association, abbreviated as HLA ASBL.

This apolitical association was founded by born-again believers who received a calling from God to demonstrate love and the works of their faith by assisting orphans, widows, vulnerable people, and all those facing difficulties in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Bible declares:

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
(James 1:27)

“The Lord watches over foreigners and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but He frustrates the ways of the wicked.”
(Psalm 146:9)

For this reason, the concerned members decided to establish a social-oriented association named Hands of Love in Action Association (HLA ASBL).

 
 
 

Hands Of Love In Action

It was established on January 1st, 2020, in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a non-profit organization (NGO), apolitical and non-denominational, named Hands of Love in Action Association (HLA ASBL), by the undersigned members and future adherents to these statutes, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 004/2001 of July 20, 2001, which provides the general provisions applicable to non-profit organizations and public utility institutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

HLA Association works to support orphans, widows, and vulnerable people in our country. It brings together men and women of Congolese nationality without any distinction of religion, tribe, or province, and has a local executive office in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Our Vision

To be a leading humanitarian association in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries, working for a better future where every widow, orphan, vulnerable person, and underprivileged family lives with dignity, love, safety, and hope.

Our Mission

HLA Association’s mission is to support widows, orphans, vulnerable people, and underprivileged families living in disadvantaged communities in South and North Kivu, particularly in Uvira, as well as in other regions and African countries facing similar challenges.

Our Goals

  • To identify and support vulnerable families living in difficult conditions.
  • To provide basic humanitarian assistance such as food, clothing, medical care, and shelter.
  • To support children’s education by helping with school fees.
  • To encourage family empowerment through support for community and income-generating projects.
  • To promote education and literacy among women.
  • To provide moral, social, and psychological support to people in need.
  • To establish a local committee in Uvira to monitor and support beneficiary families until the goals of HLA Association are achieved.
  • To expand solidarity and humanitarian actions across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries facing similar challenges.

H.L.A ASSOCIATION

For the support of orphans, widows, and vulnerable people has the motto: “Let us support the weak.”

Its symbol is represented by two hands of love supporting the most vulnerable.