MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF THE P-DDRCS
To all P-DDRCS staff and our valued technical and financial partners
May 1st, 2025 – International Labor Day
« United for Peace: Together, Let’s Build a Congo of Dignity and Hope »
Dear colleagues,
Dear partners and friends of the Program,
On this new day of collective responsibility, I extend to each one of you my most sincere wishes for a day of strategic clarity, operational excellence, and active hope.
I send you this message with a grateful heart, a mobilized spirit, and renewed conviction: our mission is noble, our path is clear, and our determination remains unshakable.
I firmly believe — without hesitation — that every minute spent working, every action plan carried out with integrity, rigor, and professionalism, every step taken on the hills of Djugu, Kpandroma, and Mabanga, in the streets of Beni and Butembo, or across the Rusizi plains, brings our nation closer to lasting peace, integrated stabilization, and sovereign development worthy of the dignity of the Congolese people.
I extend heartfelt, solemn, and national gratitude to all the human forces of the Program — from senior leadership to every field agent. You are the driving force and the vital asset of this national endeavor.
To our cleaners, who prepare our offices each morning with care and dignity.
To our drivers, who ensure safe mobility in all circumstances.
To our protocol teams, assistants, police, military personnel, guards, photographers, cameramen, and journalists who discreetly document history in the making and support us late into the night; To our community mobilisers and field officers who brave insecurity, distance, and doubt to reach wounded hearts and build bridges of dialogue with armed groups.
To our trainers and facilitators, who now carry the hope of the nation through the threefold mission of technical, patriotic, and economic empowerment.
And to all the women of our Program—mothers, warriors, professionals—who carry the burden of peace with strength and sensitivity.
I also acknowledge our technical and financial partners, who walk alongside us with respect, dedication, and loyalty. Together, we are building a sovereign, community-centered strategic partnership under a coordinated national vision.
Dear comrades,
I stand before you not only as National Coordinator, but as your fellow mission-bearer, your brother in commitment, and a witness to your sacrifices. With deep respect, I affirm that every action within the P-DDRCS is a brick added to the edifice of peace, stability, and restored dignity for our Nation.
Our shared mission is sustainable peace, socioeconomic reintegration, and the restoration of national unity. We will succeed under the enlightened leadership of His Excellency Félix-Antoine TSHISEKEDI TSHILOMBO, President of the Republic, a dignified worker and champion of positive masculinity.
In you, I see the future of our Nation. In your work, I hear the heartbeat of Congo.
Let us carry on — with pride, with passion, with professionalism, patriotism, loyalty, discipline, and faith.
For peace. For Congo.
Kinshasa, 1 May 2025
Prof. Jean de Dieu Désiré NTANGA NTITA
National Coordinator, P-DDRCS
Democratic Republic of the Congo
