Welcome!

We are launching this new website, long in preparation, on June 30 in honor of Congolese Independence Day. The lead PCP News article tells what this day marks and why it is so important to the Congolese people--and to all who care about freedom. We hope you will read it, and celebrate along with us. Welcome!

The Paul Carlson Partnership is an international relief and development organization working to catalyze sustainable communities in places of deep poverty. We are currently working in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

On this website you will find not only information about our work, but also resources for learning more about Congo. The What We Do menu includes a section on Where We Work. Resources offers websites, organizations, articles, and books on Congo and the issues it faces. Under Get Involved you'll find opportunities to take a part in assisting the people of Congo in rebuilding sustainable communities. Our Family Room site, launching later this summer, is designed for children and their parents.

Come join in the discussion! Respond to our blog, sign up for email updates. And we invite you to send comments on this site to pcpinfo(at)paulcarlson.org.

Blog: Sustainable Communities

  • Welcome! - This blog will focus on issues of sustainable development, especially in the context of places where the Paul Carlson Partnership works. Over time, we’ll touch on the practical and the theoretical...

  • The Problem with the Roads - In the area of the Congo where we work, nearly everyone is engaged in subsistence agriculture. To generate cash income, markets and transport must be available to enable farmers...

PCP News

  • We Celebrate Congolese Independence Day! - The Democratic Republic of the Congo gained its independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960. The Belgians ruled Congo, then the Congo Free State, with an iron fist....

  • New Boat Will Provide Crucial Freight Service - A 55-ton boat is nearly ready to begin hauling cargo on the Lua River, thanks to a microenterprise loan from the PCP. The contractor, a Catholic priest living in the Gemena area, constructed....

  • The Urgency of Solving Nutrition - In the CEUM medical network, 339 children died from malnutrition in the year 2008. In the words of the director of the medical system, Dr. Aimé Nkakala, "This is a big number, and it is very sad...

BBC News: Congo