Welcome to CDC, Inc.

The Congolese Development Center (CDC) is a nonprofit, community-based organization to respond to the needs of the growing Congolese community.

The CDC Inc serves newcomers from diverse cultural backgrounds from many parts of the world, as well. The CDC hopes to work both locally and nationally. Locally, the CDC's programs will seek to respond to the needs of newcomers to the USA. At the national level, it will strive to increase the awareness of refugees and immigrants on African issues. The CDC will bring an African perspective to issues that affect African refugees here and in Africa.

The CDC Inc works with both the private and public sectors, networking with other NGOs, universities, the United Nations, and various African governments.

 

•  Ethnic Self Help Initiative (ECSHI)

This program is funded by the Office of Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) to help refugees assimilate and acclimate in their new lives US. This will help them ease their transition process and facilitate their integration into their new life

•  Translation and Interpretation Program (TIP)

This program started in October 2006. Trough this program, CDC ’INC provides bilingual, bicultural assistance to ours clients.

•  Program to enhance elder refugees services (PEERS)

The overall scope of the PEERS program is to provide Congolese/Africans senior access to services in the North shore and Boston areas. The primary components of the PEERS services are:

1) Providing information about the program in the community through fliers, advertising on churches, local newspaper, street and door to door outreach
2) Individual needs assessment.
3) Refer elders to appropriate services and programs.
4) Helping to fill out applications for programs and services.
5) Advocacy to public and private providers.
6) Providing interpreting and translating services for elders when necessary.


•  Provide basic resources, services, information and skills needed to ease the transition and facilitate the integration into the new life in the United States .

•  Strengthen the Congolese community by promoting mutual assistance, increasing their capacity to serve their local communities.

•  Mobilize the expertise of refugees and immigrants through partnerships with a network of community-based organizations to ensure good use of the most relevant African expertise for sustainable development in Africa .



•  Access

•  Inclusion: Services are offered in an inclusive manner, respectful of, and sensitive to, diversity

•  Client empowerment: Clients are empowered by services

•  User-defined services: Services are accessible to all who need them

•  Holistic approach

•  Respect for the individual: Services are delivered in a manner that fully respects the rights and dignity of the individual.

•  Cultural sensitivity: Services are delivered in a manner that is culturally sensitive.

•  Community development: Services promote the development of newcomer communities.

•  Collaboration: Services are delivered in a spirit of collaboration.

•  Accountability

•  Orientation towards positive change: Services are oriented towards promoting positive change in the lives of newcomers and in the capacity of society to offer equality of opportunity for all.

•  Reliability: Services are based on reliable, up-to-date information.