Annual Reports
20 Years active in the DR Congo Here are some Highlights of what ADH members and friends were able to accomplish between 2004 and 2024: - Humanitarian aid items for a 40ft container were personally collected, sorted, shipped and distributed to the most needy in the Kinshasa area. - Hundreds of orphans were fed, clothed and young people trained in life skills and values. - Two schools (details below) with emphasis on agriculture were built and are operating in the countryside. From the year 2010 onwards, our focus switched from humanitarian aid in Kinshasa towards the development of the rural areas where the need is the greatest and the infrastructure the weakest. This led to the construction and running of two schools: - Primary school in MUSHAPO with 500 pupils, 1000 km southeast of the capital Kinshasa, near the Angolan border - Agro-Veterinary Institute in MABALA with 300 students, 500…
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…