Eastern Congo Initiative

Eastern Congo Initiative
Founded2010
TypeNonprofit organization
PurposeGrant making,
Political advocacy
Founder
Ben Affleck, Whitney Williams
Websitewww.easterncongo.org

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.

  1. ^ "ECI: Overview". easterncongo.org. Retrieved 2010-03-22.