PROTECT
THE KIDS
Yes, we are traveling to an active war zone
Follow along for a rare, unfiltered look inside one of the world’s deadliest conflicts and most prolonged humanitarian crises in modern history. See how supporting Fesser and Friends is choosing action and solidarity where the world has chosen silence and indifference.
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We return to the city of Goma on October 13th.
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Who We Are
Fesser and Friends is a registered non-profit working directly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We operate orphanages in Beni and Goma, giving vulnerable children a safe place to live, learn, and grow.
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Our mission is to end the cycle of child soldier and underage sex worker recruitment in the DRC. Our focus is to care for children affected by indiscriminate violence.
What We Do
We provide housing, meals, schooling, and care for children who would otherwise be without support. We also reunite children with families when safe, and build bridges between local communities and global supporters.
We rescue child soldiers from the frontlines, delivering medical care, trauma-informed therapy, and long-term holistic support so they can heal, rebuild their lives, and rediscover their innocence.
Why We Do It
Every child deserves safety and a chance at a future. In places where conflict and poverty threaten childhood itself, we stand alongside our Congolese partners to keep kids safe today and give them hope tomorrow.​
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Because children deserve the chance to be kids again.
What We Are Doing To Help
In the midst of ongoing war, disease, and poverty, we at Fesser and Friends have teamed up with the local non-profit, World Hope Givers, to create a dedicated safe haven for children orphaned by the ongoing violence ravaging the East of the country. At our center, we are isolating our children from violence and conflict by providing them with a safe and nurturing environment where they can thrive, play, and grow.
Working together with WHG, we help identify and care for high-risk children by sending locally trained staff into areas affected by conflict and instability. We have managed to identify dozens of orphans who are at high risk of becoming malnourished, abused, and/or recruited as child soldiers or sex workers by rebel militias. At our center, we currently house, feed, love, educate, and care for more than twenty of these children.
Whether this is your first time visiting us or you are a regular contributor, we thank you for supporting our work. We can't do this without you.
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Did You Know?
60% of the combatants in the DRC are between the ages of 8 and 16 years old.​
How Are We Helping?
We actively rescue these children from the frontlines and bring them to safety.
We Need Your Help
Without this center and without your support, all of these children would have been forced to continue to survive on the streets, putting them at risk for trafficking, famine, disease, military recruitment, and even death. As our local staff member and site director Freddy often says, "this place is the last resort, without us I'm not sure these kids would still be here today."
LEARN ABOUT THE CONGO CONFLICT
