37%
of Congolese people are underemployed
500+
enterprises founded by
CLI young leaders
33%
of Congolese youth are not enrolled in secondary school
50+
hours of training for each of CLI’s young leaders
29%
of Congolese girls are married by age 18
50%
of CLI’s Leadership Institute participants are girls
166th
DR Congo’s ranking in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index
10,000+
graduates of CLI's ethical leadership training curriculum
CLI alumni go on to do great things!
CLI empowers young leaders to act with purpose and impact in whatever field they are passionate about. Here are some examples of the wide variety of professions chosen by alumni.
Alumni Feature - Claude Mbuyi, 34
Claude Mbuyi, an alumnus of CLI Kinshasa, is the Executive Secretary of the National Youth Council of the DRC. Here he is in New York at the United Nations Social and Economic Forum discussing ways to engage youth in creating peaceful societies.
academic success
Many CLI young leaders go on to attend university, which is rare in DR Congo. In fact, CLI alums have earned nearly 20 scholarships to top Congolese and international universities. This includes one alum with a full scholarship to Pitzer College in California and multiple Mastercard Foundation Scholars.
At the national level, DR Congo only graduates roughly 10,000 students from universities every year, so to even attend one is a tremendous accomplishment. The fact that CLI’s young leaders have done so with such regularity — and at the world’s leading universities — speaks to the broad impact of our leadership training curriculum on their lives.
Alumni Feature- Aganze Lubago, 23
Aganze (left) from CLI Bukavu participated in the Charles Rousseau International Law Competition in Brussels. During the six days of activities, Aganze competed with students from the universities around the world.
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