Annual Reports
Jul
2024
Interim Report 2024
Significant Step Forward – Electricity! The Project in Nsioni with Joseph made a big step forward! With Madlen’s help, we’ve been in good communication with him and understand his difficult situation better now. He has a great vision, many ideas and is talented in handyman tasks, inventions and farm work - agricultural as well as animal and fish breeding. He has 7 children and in order to provide for his family he set up a small workshop in Kinshasa where he builds ironing boards, hand washing devices etc. Traveling to Nsioni costs him a whole day and around 100 dollars one way. He was brave, trying to keep up with all these projects but it became clear that in order to set up a vocational training centre, he has to live on the farm. He tried to move his family there already before, but the conditions were too hard -…
Since our school in Mabala is operating completely independent from us, we were able to slowly start two new projects, one in Nsioni and one on the Plateau de Bateke. In spite of the extremely difficult conditions with no infrastructure and electricity, Joseph in Nsioni has done well on his project. By now, he has been able to move almost his whole workshop from Kinshasa to the farm, which was not an easy task. He has bred many fish in his fishponds. Since most people there don’t have fridges to preserve the fish they catch, they do it by salting and drying them. He also planted many vegetables and fruits. Many of his trees bore good fruit like bananas, plantains and papayas. He is also growing coconut trees even if it will take time for them to bear fruit. Since Joseph is a very talented handyman and inventor, he has…
Photos from the Congo, Easter 2023 Kinshasa Francois brings food supplies such as oil, rice etc. to the COLK orphanage which we support from time to time Mabala Acacia seedlings in front of our four new classrooms Students learn how to measure a tree- line for the acacia trees on our field Plateau de Bateke Jean’s Micro Finance Project Jean with sweet potatoes Harvest of sweet potatoes His manioc field First steps of Jean’s Vocational Training Center Building materials for the construction of a CHICKEN COOP. Making bricks and ...