Founded | 2010 |
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Type | Nonprofit organization |
Purpose | Grant making, Political advocacy |
Founder | Ben Affleck, Whitney Williams |
Website | www |
The Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI) is an American nonprofit organization established by Ben Affleck and Whitney Williams in 2010 as "the first U.S.-based advocacy and grant-making initiative wholly focused on working with and for the people of eastern Congo".[1] ECI provides development grants and international advocacy for community-building initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.