Essays about: "dr congo"

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  1. 1. IMPLEMENTING SOLAR POWER SYSTEM AT ELIKIA SCHOOL : Electricity Generation for Education and Community Development in the DRC

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

    Author : Melvin Riche; [2023]
    Keywords : solcellsanläggningen; skolan; Kongo;

    Abstract : This report examines the feasibility and cost of installing an off-grid solar system for Elika School in the village of Lwengo, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo has one of the lowest electrification rates globally. Only 19% of the population has access to electricity, and almost none in rural areas. READ MORE

  3. 2. What Male Victims? : An Analysis of Male Sexual Violence and the United Nations’ work in the DR

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sandra Malmgren; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The Democratic Republic of Congo has been tormented with a rape epidemic ever since the beginning of the war in the mid-1990s. Sexual violence is frequently used as a “weapon of war” to humiliate and dehumanize the victims as well as destroy communities. READ MORE

  4. 3. DANGEROUS TIMES, DANGEROUS PLACES: HOW POLITICS IMPACTS HUMANITARIAN WORKER SECURITY IN DR CONGO

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Jonny Hogg; [2019]
    Keywords : humanitarian; security; aid-worker; governance; interpretivism; conflict; political violence; Congo; Kivu;

    Abstract : DR Congo has experienced more than two decades of conflict and profound political upheaval, sparking humanitarian crises which have seen large-scale relief efforts to alleviate them. Aid workers and UN staff working there have been caught up in the violence, sometimes with deadly results and major disruption to aid operations. READ MORE

  5. 4. Politics for energy security or a geopolitical struggle for power? : A thematic text analysis of EU policy making of critical metals for renewable energy

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Anna Otterheim; [2018]
    Keywords : Critical metals; cobalt; European Union; Rare Earth Elements; Renewable Energy;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses EU policy making on critical metals for renewable energy technologies, with a focus on Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and cobalt. A thematic text analysis on EU documents published between 2010-2018 was conducted to identify themes and patterns in the EU debate and policy-making. READ MORE

  6. 5. (Dis)empowering marginalized children? : Local NGOs’ role for social capital in Eastern Congo (DRC).

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi

    Author : Dante Magi; [2017]
    Keywords : Social capital; community work; marginalized children; empowerment; DR Congo.; Capital social; travail communautaire; enfants marginalisés; autonomisation; RD Congo.;

    Abstract : Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): one of the richest nations in natural resources; one of the poorest in human rights. In the past decades, DRC has undergone two civil wars, alongside with a history of exploitive colonization. READ MORE