Education
Education
With the school project in Mushapo ADH wants to ensure a good education for the students in order to give them and the village a better future. ADH offers the schooling for free, so that also children from poorer families can attend the school. With a proper teaching staff ADH tries to establish a good teacher ratio, so that the children can be treated according to their needs. The curriculum of the officially recognized school is based on national guidelines, but already in the first grade, the language is French.
Oct
2024
Training in Nsioni begins
The first five students are trained in agriculture and fish farming.
Sep
2024
Graduates of the Agro-Veterinary Institute ITAV-ADH MABALA
Gilbert reports: The province of Mai-Ndombe is very satisfied with the quality of education at our school. After the final exam in 2023, 44 students received their diploma. Despite the 80% unemployment rate, 17 of them were able to secure a paid job! Our students have priority when it comes to recruitment due to their high level of education. Some of them want to continue their studies at university. Photo: some of the 2023 graduates with school director Philemon (top left) and teachers from our agro-veterinary institute ‘ITAV-ADH MABALA’
Aug
2024
School curriculum
Joseph had several meetings with Professor Alex Mulongo Mbuya of the UPN University in Kinshasa, who is working on a curriculum for our school which will include training in agriculture, fish farming and animal husbandry.
Sep
2023
First graduating class this year - all passed
Since the last school year, our ADH Agro-Veterinary School of Mabala has all six grades of a high school. This year, our first 24 students took their final state exam for all the Congo and all 24 students passed the exam! This is a great achievement and we are very grateful to Philemon and our teachers as it shows that they are doing a good job.
Jan
2023
ADH has two new promising projects in the pipeline
Our plan for 2023 is to build two Vocational Training Centers in two different locations, fulfilling a long-time dream! We are planning to train young adults from each of these areas in a one-year course to learn a trade along the lines of agriculture, including animal husbandry, fish farming, beekeeping etc. At the end of their training, each graduate will receive a package with seeds, possibly a baby animal, and – thus equipped – will return to their village to open up their own workplace with what they have learned in our Centers. One project will be overseen by Jean who has been our local project manager since 2011. The Center will be located east of Kinshasa, on the Plateau de Bateke. The other project will be headed by Joseph, whom we have known since the beginning of our activities in the Congo in 2003. This Center will be located in Nsioni, almost 500 km west of Kinshasa, towards the Atlantic Ocean. Both men have done well with our recent microfinance projects, which gives us confidence that these two new projects should work out satisfactorily as well.
Dec
2022
A great success - the first graduates of our school in Mabala
For this school year, we have enrolled 287 students, 194 boys and 93 girls in grades 7 to 12. At the end of this school year, the first 26 students will be able to take their final exams! Our school is rated second of all the schools around Nioki, a city with 60.000 inhabitants. This is a major accomplishment and shows that our teachers are doing a great job!
Oct
2022
Progress of our Mushapo and Tshikapa schools - a positive interim assessment
Gilbert, our ADH-Congo member in Kinshasa, communicates regularly with us about the school in Mabala. Recently, we asked him to contact our first two schools in the Kasai province to see how they are doing. Here are the latest statistics from these two schools: ADH School in Mushapo (in our own buildings): 352 students in the Primary School in the morning, 12 teachers and Principal Mr. Kamba. Chief Mbumba Thumba is opening a Secondary School in the afternoon, with three departments: Agriculture, Pedagogy and Tailoring, 10 teachers. ADH Primary School in Tshikapa (in rented premises): 454 pupils, 12 teachers and Principal Pierre. These are mostly pupils and teachers from our former Mushapo School. All the schools we have established are functioning well, providing education to over 1.000 pupils and employment to 50 teachers and 4 principals! The schools in Kasai have been operating independently since 2017, while we are still paying the teachers in the Mabala School until the end of this year. In 2023, this School will also become independent from us, which will allow us to start two new projects.
Jun
2022
Waiting for the state to take over the financing of school operations
Thanks to your faithful support, all the students in our Agro-Veterinary School in Mabala keep receiving their education and training. So far, the Congolese Ministry of Education does not pay any teachers in new secondary schools like ours. However, since we want to give our students the opportunity to attend our school free of charge, we continue to pay the teachers’ salaries ourselves. Once the state takes over with that, we can start another project. We appreciate your help so we can keep the school running and give the students a better chance for their future.
