The Kiro Congo (KCD) is a Catholic youth organization in the

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. It is one of the more important youth movements in the country. Kiro Congo is a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations

Fimcap The FIMCAP, which is short for Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d’Action Paroissiale (French for "International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic youth organizati ...

History

Kiro was founded on 11 November 1947. The youth movement grew quickly in the 1950s. In 1957 already about 150 Kiro groups existed in the

. In 1960 Kiro had already about 240 boys' and girls' groups with approximately 17,000 individual members.

Organization

Kiro Congo is structured in the following sections (based on age-groups):

Activities

* Meetings in local groups * Games, songs, sports, dancing * Pastoral and spiritual activities on Saturday and Sunday * Educational activities * International partnerships

Intercontinental cooperation

* The work of Kiro Congo is supported by the Flemish NGO

Broederlijk Delen Broederlijk Delen is a Flemish aid and development agency, which specializes in trying to improve the living conditions of rural communities in Africa and Latin America. At the international level Broederlijk Delen is a member of Coopération In ...

. * Kiro Congo is a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations

References

{{Catholic youth work Catholic youth organizations Youth organisations based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Fimcap Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo