Aktive Direkt Hilfe e.V.

Jean met up with Ing. Philemon who will be in charge of our agricultural project in Mabala. Both of them studied agronomy together many years ago. They visited the Isaka area where most of the farmers planted the maize seeds we brought to Nioki last year.

We sent some support to our school director Pierre and the teachers in Tshikapa as it was very hard for them to start all over after local militia had forced them to leave Mushapo last year. The afternoon school is functioning well, thus the children can continue their education. We also found out that the Tshokwe tribe who remained in Mushapo has reopened our school there recently. Now we have ab...

After all preparations have been completed, the foundation stone was laid for the school construction in Mabala. The chief of the county "blesses" our land on which the school building is currently being built. (ADH Cornerstone)

In Prague, Wolfgang participated in an event of the Open Gate School under the TEDx program. (See last speaker on the event website of TEDx). . He gave a speech about our work in Congo based on his soon-to-be-completed book and outlined what he believes could bring about the necessary changes in Congo and other parts of the world.

After his time in Congo, Wolfgang visited the Gerbach elementary school in Germany and showed the pupils our last video. These children are faithfully supporting our project since many years through their quarterly “Students Café”, with the support of their parents and teachers. It is always a pleasure to show them our appreciation and give them more insight into what they are supporting.

For the construction of the school building, 30.000 bricks were fabricated on site. Then the bricks were tested if they can be burned by mounting a kiln of 2000 bricks and making fire inside for 24 hours. A week later, the oven was opened, and we learned that the clay consists of too much sand, as half of the bricks were broken during the burning process. Nevertheless, they can still be used for t...