I know a large chunk of Aussies don't think much of religious organisations, but you need to understand that for every dickhead exposed in the media for doing something bad, there are another 100 people doing something good for the better of the community because they care.
Here on the Gold Coast there are multiple groups ensuring the homeless can get a free hot meal every night of the week at multiple locations around the place.
They put together teams to help clean up after the floods.
The have renovated community centres out of their own funds for non-religions groups so they can better serve the community.
One church bought a house, renovated it with a bunch of bedrooms and then handed it over to the salvos to run as a safe place for homeless expectant mothers who had no where to go. For free, while covering the running costs.
There are stacks more things like this that are funded by the churches, not government money.
The same goes over in DRC. The churches are there from the Belgium days. They aren't rich but do care about the people in the community and have a good idea what's going on in the area. So if they see something that will greatly benefit the community and drag them out of the absolute poverty which is all around them, they will push for it.
*Fyi, fwiw, to add, I see where,
Manono lithium cases / DATHCOM project: civil society in a mission of good offices
Manono's lithium cases/DATHCOM project: civil society in a mission of good offices
This round table was organized at the initiative of the civil society of Manono with the accompaniment of experts in the field of natural resources of Lubumbashi and Kinshasa under the coordination of the Monsignor the diocesan bishop of Manono Vincent de Paul Kwanga and that of the Methodist Church, Monsignor Guy Mande Mutombo.
This mission of good offices puts around the same table, the managers of L'AVZ (majority shareholder with 60%) and COMINIERE (25% including 15% already sold to Xinjin) in order to understand the points of convergence and divergences within of the DACHTOM mining project, thus proposing exit routes in order to exploit the lithium of Manono with positive spin-offs for the development of the DRC from Manono in the Province of Tanganyika.
This civic approach beneficial for the population of Manono and two shareholders aimed at promoting the business climate and protecting investors in accordance with the commitments of the Congolese Government and good practices at the international level.
In face-to-face and videoconference, the civil society of Manono obtained the adhesion of the managers of both companies, the commitment to meet at the General Assembly of DACTHCOM after having obtained the opinion of their hierarchy respectively as well as the commitment to dialogue for the benefit of all stakeholders including the population of Manono.
It should be noted that a series of pleas will be carried out by the organizers of this round table at each level of institutional and associative responsibility in order to obtain the operating permit and the relaunch of the DACTHCOM Project, a guarantee of development of this Zone.
Adèle Kayinda: “Communicators and AFDC members insulted me for a year. I am in the SAMA II government on behalf of ALDEC”
The portfolio minister Adèle KAHINDA MAHINDA settles accounts with the members of the AFDC group and allies of Modeste BAHATI whom she dismissed from her cabinet because of the insults suffered for more than a year according to her own statements.
The Minister of State in charge of the portfolio renewed within the SAMA government says that she was appointed on the basis of her skills and her membership in the sacred union as ALDEC and not AFDC.
“I am in the government like ALDEC.
The word of God recommends me to love God and my neighbour. I was thanked with insults for more than a year by communicators and members of the AFDC and allies group. All of this belongs to the past. I joined the sacred union like ALDEC” declared the one who is now cold with Bahati Lukwebo the president of the Senate.
It should be noted that all the members of his cabinet from the AFDC-A and AFDC party group led by Professor Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, President of the Senate who were dismissed wrote letters of resignation to conceal their ejection from the cabinet.
It is exactly:
1. Advisor: Thierry Betu
2. Advisor: Kelly Mussamba
3. Advisor: Louis DIBERE
4. Councilor Faustin Kambala
5. Research officer: Bazin Pembe
6. Head of studies: Christian Baseme
7. Secaba: Sandra Loakondjo
8. Ops: Nyhoul Mongulu
9. Ops: Sylvie Muamini
10. Ops: Glory Kikobia
11. Hostess: Grandma Muchiga