NGO / civil society

Alternatives for Actions (A.F.A.)

Congolese non-profit organisation founded in 2013 and working in Lualaba and Haut-Katanga, including Fungurume, Kolwezi, Kisanfu, Sakania and Lubumbashi. It runs village savings and loans groups, as the Fair Cobalt Alliance's local partner for that work in Kapata, and has worked with industrial miners (TFM, ERG Africa) and with organisations including Good Shepherd, World Vision, ACCELLERE and the ILO. A 2024 account by The Centre for Child Rights and Business names it among the local organisations that founded the Child Rights Action Hub DRC. It is known only through the alliance's and The Centre's pages, which spell its name several ways.

Sources support the description and the individual connections below. Publication and checking dates belong to the evidence: when it was published, and when this Hub last read it.

Documented relationships

Reported means the cited source describes the relationship at its evidence date. Historical relationships refer to an earlier period. Announced agreements may not have been implemented. None of these labels confirms that trade continues today.

  • Reported · Evidence as of 2023-11-08

    Partners with

    The alliance runs its village savings and loans scheme in Kapata through its local partner A.F.A., as it reported in November 2023 and on its local-partners page.

    2 sources
    1. Empowering Women in Cobalt Mining: A Path to Eliminating Child labour in Lualaba, DR Congo

      Fair Cobalt Alliance · Published 2023-11-08 · Checked 2026-09-21

      Collaborating with the women washers and our partner mine site C.M.D.S

      Paragraphs 6, 8: a Voluntary Savings and Loans Associations scheme “implemented through our local partner Alternanatives for Actions (A.F.A)” (sic); wader boots for women washers at Kamilombe, rented daily.

    2. Local Partners

      Fair Cobalt Alliance · Checked 2026-09-16

      artisanal miners from the Kapata community, who work at the Kamilombe mine site.

      CMDS section