Our Positive Impact

The GMF team is dedicated to furthering any effort that will help peace, gender equality and socio-economic stability to flourish in the DRC, and throughout Africa. For example, GMF’s growing media profile – which includes stories on CNN, articles in Vanity Fair and other magazines and visits to the school site by high-profile guests such as Khaliah Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali – is raising awareness about the situation in Congo and inspiring many other non-governmental organizations and individuals to get involved.

KickStart

KickStart is an organization that offers efficient irrigation systems to farmers.  GMF helped KickStart to bring these systems to the Congolese market. By providing tools that Africa’s disadvantaged can afford, KickStart supports entrepreneurship and promotes a sustainable solution to poverty. To date, they have sent 2,200 water pumps to the Congo. Please visit their website at www.kickstart.org.

Columbia University

GMF arranged a trip to the DRC for a group of students from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation to study potential improvements to the educational system of the Congo. The students then presented their studies at Columbia for their final exams, which you can view through this link. They also held an exhibit, along with GMF and studio MDA, showcasing their trip and the possibilities for positive enhancement of education in the DRC. The exhibit was held at James Cohan Gallery in New York City.

Medical Supplies

GMF has also worked with individual doctors, journalists and others to facilitate the donation of medicine to the Bulaya Orphanage and medical supplies to the Futuka Maternity Clinic in Katanga Province where there is an incredible need for medical supplies such as beds and medicine.