IGI DRC
IGI DRC has been registered as a civil society organisation, based in Bukavu, eastern DRC, since 2010. Its current focus is on educating the public in how to resist corruption and avoid paying bribes.
Previous programmes have included:
- A comprehensive review of efforts to fight corruption, at the invitation of the Governor of North Kivu province.
- Hosting radio debates on issues of corruption.
- Providing election observers.
- Seminar and report on creating and sustaining non-violent youth movements
Current Projects
Educating the public to resist corruption and avoid paying bribes
Despite the dire security situation in eastern DRC, IGI has continued with effective anti-corruption work. Â This project is in two stages, the first stage of which has been completed and the second now initiated:
- Radio broadcasts: The radio project in North Kivu has now been running for some months. Three short radio messages about how to resist corruption, based on acted dialogues, proved very popular. The first broadcasts were paid for by IGI-DRC as advertisements, but now several community radio stations have asked to re-broadcast them to their audience. As a result, the campaign has not only reached tens of thousands of people in Goma, the capital of North Kivu, but also Butembo, Rutshuru and Beni, other key cities in North Kivu. The campaign also generates feedback from listeners by advertising a free phone line.
- Follow-up advertising: working with the local government’s Office for Good Governance and Fighting Corruption is now agreeing locations for posters to remind people how to resist corruption (see logo below).
