Launch of the TUMAINI Project

September 8, 2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Dr. Denis Mukwege with a Canadian delegation from the TUMAINI project team visiting Panzi for the project launch ceremony. From left to right: Mr. Charles Giraud, Head of Communications of the International Health Unit, Dr. Islene Lazo, Senior Project Coordinator, Ms. Karine Mukwege, and Mr. Mukwege. Islene Lazo, Senior Project Coordinator, Ms. Karina Dubois-Nguyen, Director of the International Health Unit and Director of the Tumaini Project, Pre. Valérie Amiraux, Vice-Rector of the University of Montreal, Dr. Denis Mukwege, President of the Panzi Foundation and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Pre. Marie Hatem, Director of the Hygeia Observatory and Scientific Director of the project, Me. Philippe Tremblay, Senior Legal Advisor and Me. Julia Tétrault-Provencher, Legal Advisor on Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Lawyers Without Borders Canada

Global Strategies is excited to celebrate the launch of the TUMAINI project. We are proud to be a part of this project, working together with Panzi Foundation and the University of Montreal to strengthen services for survivors of sexual violence in the DRC. 

The TUMAINI project will aid Dr. Mukwege's efforts to support a population of over 2.5 million people. The TUMAINI project aims to improve the health and sexual and reproductive rights of women, adolescents and children in the DRC and Burundi. 

Jointly directed by the Unité de Santé Internationale • International Health Unit , the Hygeia Observatory and the Panzi Foundation, the TUMAINI project mobilizes several faculties at the University of Montreal and is supported by Avocats Sans Frontières Canada and Global Strategies. The TUMAINI project benefits from the Government of Canada's financial support, granted through Global Affairs Canada.

Learn more about the TUMAINI project.

I want to congratulate our funders for the aid they have given so we can work in these communities. We would have lost our entire community if PEP had not been funded.
Chura Pandade Florate, Advocate for the PEP project

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