Note on ADH's microfinance projects
Joseph made good progress in his work in Nsioni which is very encouraging to see how he invests the funds we gave him for this farming project. He made a gate for the farm, also built a boat for the fishponds and made a new channel to feed the ponds with water.
ADH decided to start a new micro finance project with our local manager Jean. He needs support for vegetable seeds to make progress on hi...
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L'enseignement agricole en pratique
Le directeur de l’école, l’agronome Philémon, a également lancé un nouveau projet avec les élèves de la section agricole devant les bâtiments de l’école, où ils plantent des légumes et où chacun doit s’occuper de sa propre parcelle de terrain.
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Fortunately no interruption of school lessons necessary
Thank God, the corona virus is not so prevalent in Congo as in other countries, so that our school can stay open and the students attend classes. ADH continues to pay the teachers, but our hope is that the Ministry of Education will soon take over that responsibility, since our school has been registered as a government school since the beginning.
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New building with two more classrooms and staff room
After building a well for drinking water for our school by the middle of this year, the parents of our students initiated and supported the making of 10,000 bricks for another school building. In 2018, our school started out with three classrooms each for grade 7 and 8. Each year, we added new grades, and this school year we needed 2 more classrooms for the agricultural and veterinarian section of...
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Our school in Mabala gets a well for drinking water supply
A great victory is the building of a well for drinking water for the school children as well as for watering the school’s agricultural projects. Mr. Shako, a well specialist, came with his team all the way from Mbandaka, 670 km north of Nioki, for this task. They found water at a depth of 7 meters, but they continued to dig to 10 meters so that the school would have water in all seasons. Both the ...
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The acacia and palm nut trees have grown and can now be planted
Our school director Philemon continued to oversee the work on the acacia and palm nut tree nurseries. The students have now been able to plant the first batches of trees on our field around the school. Two hectares of cassava, the main staple food in the Congo, have also been planted. After many similar previous ventures in Mushapo, all of which we unfortunately had to stop due to theft, this is a...
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