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Jecoke

The REEL Project produced a music video for Lubumbashi-based performance group, Jecoke, in exchange for a song which was featured on TRP’s first humanitarian film project, “Today We Pack, Tomorrow We Settle.” Jecoke is a performance group in the southern city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with a legacy that spans for decades. The 1950’s. When the copper mines of Lubumbashi were still in full swing and the surrounding mining communities were lively with nightlife, Jecoke’s founding members performed comedic musical sketches so that they could be seen and heard in their community. Although consecutive ...

Jecoke2026-01-18T20:39:07+00:00

The Pweto Computer Learning Center

When Antoine Ngeleka returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), he saw an immediate need in the community for a computer center. During Ngeleka’s time in Kala Refugee Camp (Zambia), he managed a small, NGO-financed computer center. Realizing its popularity and strength in purpose, Ngeleka knew that he had to continue this work outside of the refugee camp. In 2010, he started The Pweto Computer Learning Center in the rural community of Pweto, DRC – after seeing a number of his students in Kala secure jobs based on their new computer skills. Our computer classes diversify skills and ...

The Pweto Computer Learning Center2026-01-18T20:37:26+00:00

Mpala, Democratic Republic of Congo 2023

The trip back home was arduous, to say the least, but that, of course, it comes with the territory of traveling to another continent via other continents, etc… I suppose the difference these days is I am not in my mid-late 20s anymore!!!! lol. One thing that really got me on this trip, in particular, was the triggering of my memory of the beauty in the world. Beauty in the land, culture, and PEOPLE! I have always loved to travel, and most of that love came from all the places and people whose paths have crossed. Meeting someone and ...

Mpala, Democratic Republic of Congo 20232026-01-18T20:40:13+00:00

A REEL Education Intiative

As in the developed world, the school year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) lasts about nine months. Unlike in the developed world, most children in the DRC don’t get the chance to attend school – they don’t have the money and resources for basics we take for granted: school fees, school uniforms and shoes, something to write with and something to write on. On top of that, years of conflict left many kids with the scars of being child soldiers, refugees, and wanderers among the internally displaced. For less than $99, a child in the DRC ...

A REEL Education Intiative2026-01-18T20:41:49+00:00

What is Polly’s Project: MPALA?

Mpala Mission is a vast complex something like a quarter mile long, with the residence of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa at the northern end. The Sisters arrived in 1898 and left Mpala in the 1950s. Over their years of service, they founded and ran important facilities including an orphanage, a medical clinic, and a primary school that, interestingly enough, focused on girls’ education. Malela’s photos show that some buildings of the mission now lie in ruins, but that the old classrooms remain solid enough to house a school (with teachers paid to some extent by the ...

What is Polly’s Project: MPALA?2026-01-18T20:43:41+00:00

A REEL Media Project

Due to the most recent influx of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), it has been brought to our attention that there is still great need for an information campaign to put a voice to what has been happening. The REEL Project’s (TRP) newest project, “A REEL Media Project,” will be a research-derived media project, interviewing displaced and returnee populations in Kalemie and surrounding DRC areas. This project will provide true accounts of the plight of the returnees and IDP’s situations on the ground. It will also highlight the work and positive impact of the organizations that have provided assistance, which ...

A REEL Media Project2026-01-18T20:45:05+00:00
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