DRC - Large scale population survey on peace, security and justice perception in the DRC

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"Listen carefully, we used to say in old Africa, everything speaks, everything is words, everything tries to communicate knowledge to us."

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"The real sometimes quenches hope's thirst. That is why, against all odds, hope survives."

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"We must always try to understand our fellow man. If we exist, we must admit that he too, exists."

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"The simplifying modes of knowledge mutilate more than they express the realities or the phenomena they give an account of."

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"If you think like me, you are my brother. If you don't think like me, you are my brother twice over because you open me up to a new world."

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"The problem with experts is that they do not know what they do not know."

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"Be ever vigilant, hold government accountable, struggle for peace and justice."

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"The disease is not cured by saying the name of the medicine, but by taking the medicine."

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"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

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"There is no simple, there is simplification. The simple is always simplified."

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"When you do something, know that you will have against you those who would like to do the same thing, those who would like to do the opposite, and the vast majority of those who would not do anything."

-Confucius

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DRC - Large scale population survey on peace, security and justice perception in the DRC

Large scale population survey on peace, security and justice perception in the DRC

INANGA & our consultants carried out a survey on the local population’s perception on peace, security and justice in three provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Kinshasa, Tanganyika, and Kasaï Central.

Our client in this project was the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), Harvard University's research centre dedicated to relieving human suffering caused by wars and disasters. The HHI seeks to use interdisciplinary, practice-based research and education to be utilized by scholars, policymakers and NGOs to improve humanitarian strategies for relief, protection, and prevention.

To learn more about the HHI, you can visit their homepage here.

About this project

This project took place from June - October 2021 throughout the provinces of Kinshasa, Tanganyika and Kasaï Central. More than 100 surveyors selected and recruited by Inanga worked on this survey, including 50 women. (36 In Kasaï Central, 42 in Tanganyika 24 in Kinshasa).

There were almost 4000 surveys carried out throughout the three provinces in question. With 1350 of which were done in Kasaï Central, 1538 in Tanganyika and 1080 in Kinshasa. The collection of the relevant data was done directly on tablets using the Kobo Collect software. This data was sent to the HHI in real time for their quality control and monitoring. Our study mission had a budget of 124.773,00 USD

Experts

The team within this project consisted of:

Janvier Digital Koko Kirusha - Survey coordinator for this survey and member of Inanga. Koko has a political science background and a huge experience in carrying out qualitative and quantitative field research in security, peace, justice and economic development sectors.
Julien Moriceau - Backstopping consultant for this survey and INANGA co-managing partner. His areas of expertise include the rule of law, security sector reform, sustainable development, qualitative and quantitative field research.

Email: contact@inanga.org

INANGA - Headquarters

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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

"Nothing is self-evident. Nothing is given. Everything is built."

"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them."

"The essential is always threatened by the insignificant."

"Listen carefully, we used to say in old Africa, everything speaks, everything is words, everything tries to communicate knowledge to us."

"The real sometimes quenches hope's thirst. That is why, against all odds, hope survives."

"We must always try to understand our fellow man. If we exist, we must admit that he too, exists."

"The simplifying modes of knowledge mutilate more than they express the realities or the phenomena they give an account of."

"If you think like me, you are my brother. If you don't think like me, you are my brother twice over because you open me up to a new world."

"The problem with experts is that they do not know what they do not know."

"Be ever vigilant, hold government accountable, struggle for peace and justice."

"The disease is not cured by saying the name of the medicine, but by taking the medicine."

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

"There is no simple, there is simplification. The simple is always simplified."

"When you do something, know that you will have against you those who would like to do the same thing, those who would like to do the opposite, and the vast majority of those who would not do anything."

Large scale population survey on peace, security and justice perception in the DRC

INANGA & our consultants carried out a survey on the local population’s perception on peace, security and justice in three provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Kinshasa, Tanganyika, and Kasaï Central.

About this project

Experts