ACORD - Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development, DRC

ACORD is one of the oldest and largest Pan-African organisations. They work in 18 African countries to promote social justice and sustainable development. ACORD works towards a society in which all citizens are equally able to achieve their rights and fulfil their responsibilities; work in common cause with poor people and those who have been denied their rights to obtain social justice and development and be part of locally rooted citizen movements. 

ACORD in DRC has been working closely with the communities in order to give them the means of making their voices heard and achieve their rights. Livelihoods and food security, HIV/AIDS, gender and conflict transformation are the main thematic areas pursued by ACORD in DRC. ACORD is empowering small holder farmers' organisations and women's groups to engage in local development and to improve their agricultural production capacity for the benefit of the rural population depending on agriculture for their survival.