Initiative

Projet d’appui au bien-être alternatif des enfants et jeunes impliqués dans la chaîne d’approvisionnement du cobalt (PABEA-COBALT)

Project for alternative well-being of children and young people involved in the cobalt supply chain in Haut-Katanga and Lualaba. The DRC National Human Rights Commission's December 2024 external evaluation says the African Development Bank financed it through a grant and a loan and the FNPSS implemented it through a coordination unit. The evaluation describes school reintegration, social care and agricultural livelihood components; those accounts do not establish activity at a specific mine or prove every reported outcome.

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Funders

  • African Development BankFinancial institution

    • Funds · Reported · Evidence as of December 2024

      The DRC National Human Rights Commission's December 2024 evaluation reports African Development Bank financing for PABEA-COBALT through both a grant and a loan, totaling US$84,360,000: a US$39,171,160 grant and a US$45,188,840 loan repayable by the Congolese state over 40 years at a fixed interest rate. This is a programme financing claim for Haut-Katanga and Lualaba, without a named mine allocation or a claim of current disbursement.

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      1. Travail des enfants dans les sites miniers artisanaux de cobalt — une enquête de la Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme de la République démocratique du Congo ↗

        Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme (RDC) · Published December 2024 · Checked 14 October 2026

        Le PABEA-COBALT est financé par la Banque Africaine de Développement (BAD)

        Printed p.27 (PDF index 27), lines 760–765: bank, total, grant, loan, repayment term and two-province programme scope.

Implementers

Sources

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African Development Bank Group (distributed by APO Group)

  1. Democratic Republic of Congo: African Development Bank projects returns thousands of children from cobalt mines to schools ↗

    Published 8 February 2024 · Checked 15 October 2026

    Launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, the Support Project for the Alternative Welfare of Children and Young People

    Release dated Abidjan, 8 February 2024, first paragraph, which also says the project is nearing the end of its planned implementation in December 2024.

African Development Bank Group (via AllAfrica)

  1. La Banque africaine de développement soutient la lutte contre le travail des enfants dans les mines de cobalt en RDC ↗

    Published 19 April 2019 · Checked 15 October 2026

    Projet d'appui au bien-être alternatif des enfants et jeunes impliqués dans la chaîne d'approvisionnement du cobalt (PABEA-Cobalt)

    Release of 19 April 2019, first paragraph; it gives the approval date, 17 April 2019, which is not the start.

Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme (RDC)

  1. Travail des enfants dans les sites miniers artisanaux de cobalt — une enquête de la Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme de la République démocratique du Congo ↗

    Published December 2024 · Checked 14 October 2026

    Le PABEA-COBALT est financé par la Banque Africaine de Développement (BAD)

    Printed pp.27–29 (PDF indices 27–29), PABEA external-evaluation heading, financing and implementation paragraphs, and component list.