Reinforcement of ex combatants development associations demobilised in Bukavu Diocese The security situation in the province of South Kivu is characterized by the several factors: 
- The inaccessibility of many areas in which focus protection incidents due to lack of physical access (roads in a state somewhat degraded) or  security (presence of armed groups) resulting in the recruitment of ex-combatants adults or former children associated with armed forces and groups.
- Problems that remain unresolved and constitute the seeds of new conflicts in particular related to land issues and identity, as well as the presence on Congolese soil of foreign armed groups including the FDLR and FNL.
- The chaotic management of natural resource exploitation and greed that they create vis-à-vis neighboring countries.
The lack of hope in the future resulting pushes young people to think the solution to search through involvement in armed groups. Those who have been demobilized are still more likely to go back as far as the social reintegration robust mechanisms that can withstand up issues are not reinforced.
From January 2011 to February 2012, Caritas Congo were funded in the dioceses of the eastern DR Congo (Uvira, Butembo Beni, Bunia, Kongolo Kalemie and Bukavu) a project of technical capacity and material combinations of ex combatants and members of host communities. This project has established 22 small development structures composed of adult ex-combatants  and  members of host communities. These 22 structures were validated by the unit of execution of the national DDR / antenna of Bukavu. Necessary basic kits were given to these associations, each according to its sector to run and consolidate operations.
However, the project ended without appropriate exit strategies for this target and it felt a need to support the integration and clean errors occurred for some associations. This project would therefore compensate for this gap and thereby promote improved financial management, technical and organizational development for these young associations.
CAFOD and its partner, Caritas Bukavu, initiated a programme to support the socio economic reinsertion of these former child soldier and ex combatants in South Kivu in April 2013 with co-funding from Caritas Australia. The programme is multisectoral and giving returning youth an accelerated skills training and livelihoods assistance and preventing many from joining rebel groups. During the first year of implementation the project helped the creation of 10 new associations passing from 22 to 32 associations of ex combattants involved in livelihoods activities. 
The project aims to strengthen the reintegration of ex-combatants who have returned to their communities, but who are faced with problems of survival. Accustomed to living on their meagre pay under the flag and rapine authorised by their leaders, many are left to themselves since they have exhausted their safety net.
Caritas Bukavu would respond to these challenges by strengthening the reintegration of ex-combatants into their communities of life by boosting their initiatives supported. The project's goal is to see the ex-combatants live in harmony within their communities through income derived from agriculture, the exploitation of their mills, etc.The project will contribute to the socio-economic integration of 700 ex combatants by consolidating their 32 economic structure's groups through the SILC approach relying on crafts, Income Generating activities and agriculture in Kabare, Kalehe, Idjui and Walungu territories these constituting the Bukavu Diocese.
To achieve this goal the project has been sized to 120,000.00 usd including a co funding of 80,000.00 usd from Caritas Australia.