Action des jeunes pour le Développement Communautaire et la Paix (ADECOP)

ADECOP (Action des jeunes pour le Développement Communautaire et la Paix – Youth’s Action for Community Development and Peace) is a nongovernmental, apolitical and non-profit youth-led organization created in Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 2002. The initiative to create ADECOP came from a group of young internal displaced persons (IDPs) lead by Guelord Mbaenda, a young artist interested in peace, human rights, democracy and development issues. There are 117 youth active in the organisation and there is a Youth-led initiatives (YLI) network of about 700 members throughout the Democratic Republik of Congo. The activities reach about 10.000-15.000 youth each year.