Luminosity helps people in Eastern Congo to build businesses that improve daily life for their community.
We work with people who are motivated to transform struggle into opportunity and strive for the common good as well as their own. Such people have their own luminosity, an inner brightness that shines with purpose and good intention. They light the way forward when their community is under strain and struggling to live well. They can bring the hope and stability needed to sustain peace.
Our focus is the Kivu departments in the east of the country, which is one of the poorest and most troubled regions in the world. As a consequence, people’s ability to translate ideas into business reality is often limited by a lack of experience and by a lack of finance. We help bridge the gap with practical support in the form of commercial loans, mentoring and advice, methods and tools.
In this way the person can grow their skills and knowledge and the community can benefit from increased wealth, greater community cohesion and a strengthening of pride, culture and awareness.