A Showcase of Success, A Life Dedicated | From Survival To Governance

A banner displaying the community action program of PACOFEDI the organization led by Liberata Rubumba Buratwa, 63, peace mediator and President of the Network of Women Ambassadors and Peace Mediators in Rutshuru, North Kivu is seen during a community event in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 16, 2026.

The banner, supported by international partners including the Global Fund for Women, the Congolese Women's Fund, Caritas Développement Goma, Me Too International, and Sauti ya Mama Mkongomani, documents years of grassroots work led by Rubumba in the areas of women's rights promotion, peaceful coexistence, economic empowerment, and the fight against gender-based violence.

As eastern DRC grapples with one of the world's most acute humanitarian crises with Rutshuru territory among the areas most severely affected by armed group activity and mass displacement organizations like PACOFEDI, driven by women like Rubumba, represent a critical and often invisible architecture of local resilience.