Help Kikwit assists under-lodged families with more sturdy building materials and decent houses. Help Kikwit initially helped 30 families in the region of Kikwit to acquire more decent housing by providing them with corrugated roofing materials, ce- mented pavement, doors and windows.
The selected families had to contribute 40,000 adobe bricks of their own making. Since 80% of people still live under mud and leaf-roofed huts in rural areas of poor countries, Help Kikwit expands its mission to assist as many families as possible.