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Role of drug resistance and M. lepromatosis in African leprosy transmission, Burundi, Cameroon, D.R. Congo, Ghana, België, 2024-2027
In a number of African countries leprosy is still discovered relatively late during which the disease has already advanced. In addition, there is no research conducted in Central Africa to investigate the resistance to antibiotics in standard leprosy treatments. Lastly, there are no insights into the possible presence of M. lepromatosis, a bacterium related to M. leprae that also causes leprosy. Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp researches in Burundi, Cameroon, D.R. Congo and Ghana the presence, quantity and resistance of the two bacteria at infected patients. The entire genome of the bacterium is being examined, which may also enable new biomarkers to be found that could demonstrate resistance. The research provides insight into how the bacteria changes and spreads. The Turing Foundation is contributing €160,408 to this project (of which €42,416 in 2024). The Leprosy Research Initiative contributes the same amount.
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 Role of drug resistance and M. lepromatosis in African leprosy transmission |
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Building an independent and sustainable community forests database, DR Congo, 2023-2024
The British arm of the Rainforest Foundation, Rainforest UK, campaigns for the preservation of the rainforests in the Congo Basin and has been working on the development of community forestry since 2010: an effective way of preserving rainforests by granting local communities land rights (concessions). This is of growing importance and potential. In the Congo Basin, more than 75 million hectares of rainforest is eligible for this kind of forestry. With assistance from the Turing Foundation, Rainforest UK developed a database to record all concessions transparently in 2019. The ultimate goal is for this database to run independently, which requires software development and training, as well as guidance in fundraising and lobbying government. The capacity of the database has been increased greatly now, and it is much more user-friendly. Training sessions have been held (in Equateur province, North Kivu and Kinshasa) for organisations at national and provincial level. Materials have been bought for the governmental organisation responsible for Community Forestry (DFC). The DFC has minimal resources and more of Rainforest UK's involvement and time is needed before structural financing can be arranged. This financing is expected in 2024. For this reason, the Turing Foundation supported them in 2021 and in a follow-up project in 2022, and now we are supporting the final bridging phase. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 120,000 towards this project (of which, € 50,000 in 2023). See also: Rainforest Foundation UK: other projects  Building an independent and sustainable community forests database, DR Congo |
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Nursing Training, D.R. Congo, 2021-2023
Wonder Foundation was established in the United Kingdom in 2012. The organisation supports NGOs in eighteen countries that are committed to education and employment for girls and women. In D.R. Congo, Wonder has been working with ISSI, a local nursing programme since 2015, and also provides scholarships. This project is supporting 40 young women during their three-year nurse training. An online platform is also being developed to provide online training for nurses across the country, starting with an important hygiene course for 1,200 nurses. This provides training to a large group of working nurses, who can improve their skills and not only provide better care but also increase their market value. The Turing Foundation is contributing €45,000 towards this project (of which €10,000 in 2023). See also: Other vocational training projects  Nursing Training, Wonder Foundation |
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Community Forest and Peatland Solutions project, D.R. Congo, 2019-2022
Greenpeace wants to halt logging in the Congo basin, and sees community forestry as a sustainable alternative to destructive industrial logging and large-scale agricultural plantations. In the period 2015-2018, Greenpeace supported two village communities in Bikoro and Lisala in obtaining a Community Forestry concession, in order to give the local community land use rights. The Turing Foundation already supported this part of the project with a contribution of €110,000. The process is in full swing and requires continuous political lobbying. Greenpeace is continuing the activities in 2019-2023 and is assisting the two communities in the final phase. It is also expanding the project with the addition of a third community. The ultimate aim is to have all three concessions approved with a working management plan which will enable the villages to develop socio-economically without degrading the environment. Greenpeace is drawing attention to this project to show the outside world that community forestry is a feasible and better alternative to industrial logging. The Turing Foundation is contributing €150,000 towards this project. See also: Greenpeace: other projects  Monboyo River and Peatland Forest in D.R. Congo |
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Renovation of and teacher training at primary schools, Walungu, South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2019-2022
ChildFund Germany is one of eleven members of the global ChildFund Alliance and aims to empower children in disadvantaged positions and their families and communities. Together they work in more than 50 countries including D.R. Congo. For this project ChildFund is collaborating with the local organisation Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission Bukavu. They want to renovate three large and important primary schools. Together with Edukans and their local training team, they are also training teachers at 27 schools in an active and child-oriented teaching method (this is another project supported by the Turing Foundation). There is a training session every six months and teachers are given on-the-job coaching. A core team of eleven people, including six teachers, is being taught to become trainers so that training can continue and be expanded after this project. Number of dropouts is expected to decrease and greater pupil and teacher attendance will improve learning outcomes. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 133,000 towards this project (of which, € 13,000 in 2022).
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 Renovation of and teacher training at primary schools, Walungu, South Kivu, D.R. Congo |
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Safer schools, improving education, South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2020-2022
Street Child, known as Children in Crisis until 2019, has been working since 2007 with its local partner Ebenezer Ministry International (EMI) on the isolated High Plateau in South Kivu to improve education for more than 60,000 children. The Turing Foundation has been supporting this work since 2010. Despite the difficult circumstances, they have persisted in their endeavour to structurally improve education, training more than 1,700 teachers in 314 schools. This project involves extending the programme to an even more difficult area with 90 primary schools. Teacher trainers at 30 secondary schools teach how to train a better and larger group of female teachers. Schools are given assistance to improve their management and generate income. The most vulnerable families receive help to increase their ability to support themselves so that they can keep sending their children to school. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 134,000 towards this project (of which, € 42,000 in 2022).
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 Safer schools, improving education, South Kivu, D.R. Congo |
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Creating an alternative for illegal natural resource exploitation in Upemba, D.R. Congo, 2022
Since 2017, Forgotten Parks Foundation (FPF) has been the official park manager of Upemba- Kundelungu National Parks Complex together with Institut pour la Conservation de la Nature. The park complex is a unique contiguous nature reserve covering a total of 30,000 km2 that has suffered considerable degradation thanks to a lack of monitoring and protection. The FPF wants to conserve nature and protect the ecosystem by combating poaching and unsustainable extraction of raw materials. The organisation will 1) work with the government and communities to ensure proper law enforcement, 2) protect and restore biodiversity, which includes species reintroductions, and 3) as the park manager, the park will take the lead in sustainable socio-economic development with government and businesses in Katanga, one of the richest provinces in the DRC. They face an enormous fund-raising challenge and Turing's donation contributes towards achieving three ambitions: preparing an aircraft for service, better sanitation for rangers and preparing three additional cars for service. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 50,000 towards this project.  Creating an alternative for illegal natural resource exploitation in Upemba, D.R. Congo |
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Extending community-centred conservation to include agroforestry, Eastern DR Congo, 2021-2022
The Jane Goodall Institute is committed to protecting chimpanzees and their habitat. The organisation has been working in the east of D.R. Congo since 2005 to protect a large and important habitat area and has been coordinating the 'Ushiriki' consortium since 2011, which consists of 20 conservation partners working in a forested area of 270,000 km2. The Institute wants to introduce agroforestry as a sustainable land management method once a community forestry concession has been obtained. The concession is important to the community, but guidance on how to subsequently use the area sustainably is equally important. Agroforestry has proven to be a good method for growing and harvesting profitable products whilst also having a positive effect on biodiversity. The Institute is engaging young people by setting up Roots & Shoots groups and developing them into local influencers for nature. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 80,000 towards this project (of which, €40,000 in 2022).  Extending community-centred conservation to include agroforestry, Eastern DR Congo |
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Community-led Nature Reserves, Lubutu, Mukingiti and Kingombe, D.R. Congo, 2018-2021
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world's oldest conservation organisation, founded in 1903. FFI is active in 47 countries, including D.R. Congo since 2003. Since 2012, FFI has been collaborating with local communities to manage the REGOLU (Réserve de Gorilles de Lubutu) and REGOMUKI (Réserve de Gorilles de Mukingiti & Kingombe) natural parks. FFI's work in this region has been successful so far. With this project, Fauna & Flora wants to safeguard the results that have been achieved, extend the protected area and help the local population with an alternative way of life to reduce the pressure on the nature reserves. The current patrol teams are being expanded and trained to effectively monitor biodiversity, and new areas are being investigated where FFI can expand its work. FFI also promotes agroforestry, teaching farmers better agricultural techniques and how to derive more income from non-wood products. The Turing Foundation is contributing €165,000 towards this project (of which, €20,000 in 2021) See also: Fauna and Flora International: other projects  Réserve de Gorilles de Lubutu (REGOLU) and Réserve de Gorilles de Mukingiti & Kingombe (REGOMUKI), D.R. Congo |
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Mobile school for vocational training, East D.R. Congo, 2020-2021
Stichting De Toekomst Zaaiers is a young organisation working on education, entrepreneurship and peace building in the Great Lakes region, including D.R. Congo. The founders fled D.R. Congo, Burundi and Rwanda during civil wars and have established themselves in the Netherlands. Stichting de Toekomst Zaaiers wants to use this project to structurally improve the lives of 300 young people in eastern D.R. Congo by giving them professional training (sewing, construction, woodworking, agriculture or small livestock farming) and encouraging entrepreneurship. At a training site in Butembo, 100 young people are being trained and the rest is being done by going to five rural areas with a well-equipped rented training bus. In addition to the young people, the team of professional trainers and experts is also teaching local trainers and volunteers who will eventually take over the project activities. All graduates are given a starter kit and access to a rotating fund so that they can start their own business. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 25,000 towards this project. See also: Other vocational training projects  Mobiele school voor vaktraining, Oost D.R. Congo |
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"Rebuilding Young Lives", North Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2019-2021
Chance for Childhood (CfC) has been improving the position of the most vulnerable children in Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and D.R. Congo since 1992. It works bottom-up, with progressive community leaders, local partners and others. Their local partner for projects in North Kivu is Children's Voice. For 6,000 children at ten schools in the north of North Kivu, CfC wants to improve education and create a better learning environment in order to improve their learning outcomes. 1,000 older children will be given the opportunity to participate in accelerated primary education. Teachers are being trained in better teaching methods and a group of 150 children with unique needs will have access to learning support assistants. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 85,000 towards this project (of which € 28,000 in 2021). See also: Other teacher training projects  "Rebuilding Young Lives", North Kivu, D.R. Congo |
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Effective teachers for better learning results, Kinshasa district, D.R. Congo, 2018-2022
Edukans is a Dutch development organisation founded in 2002 and specialised in education for underprivileged children. Together with the organisations Bambale and Tosangana, Edukans is introducing its 'Active Teaching and Learning Methodology' to teacher training at 16 secondary schools. The new teachers can apply this improved teaching method when they start working at primary schools. In addition, 192 working teachers at 48 primary schools are being taught this method. The Turing Foundation already supported the first phase of this project with a contribution of € 150,000. Edukans now aims to quadruple the reach. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 75,000 towards this project (of which, € 10,000 in 2021).
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 Effective teachers for better learning results, Kinshasa district |
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Youth at Work, Vocational training, Kalehe, D.R. Congo, 2018-2020
War Child was founded in 1995 to make a positive and lasting change to the lives of children and young people in conflict areas by stimulating education, providing psychosocial care, and protecting them from the effects of war. With this project, which is part of the broader 'Addressing Root Causes' programme, War Child is contributing to the socio-economic reintegration of vulnerable young Congolese people. 120 young people are receiving vocational training, learning about entrepreneurship and, if necessary, receiving literacy training. Twelve instructors are being trained to give good vocational training. 75 graduates are receiving assistance in setting up companies with a network, starting capital and the necessary materials. The other 45 are being assisted in their search for paid employment. The Turing Foundation is contributing €91,000 towards this project (of which, €22,000 in 2020).
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 Youth at Work, Vocational training, Kalehe, D.R. Congo |
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Agro-vocational Training in Cassave processing, Margibi, Boni, Nimba and Montserrado, Liberia, 2017-2020
ZOA provides support during reconstruction in areas where a disaster or conflict has occurred until the local population's self-reliance has been restored. The organisation has been operating in Liberia since 2003 in the fields of education, water and sanitation, and food security. This project gives 75 young people a training course and an internship at an agribusiness where they learn how to process cassava into a high-quality product and set up their own business. Seven schools are also being given the ingredients needed to provide school meals to a total of 2,600 pupils daily, which will reduce absenteeism and improve pupils' concentration. The incomes of 120 farmers will be improved because they can sell more cassava and black-eyed beans to the agri-businesses. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 150,000 towards this project (of which, € 50,000 in 2020).
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 Agro-vocational Training in Cassave processing, Margibi, Boni, Nimba and Montserrado, Liberia |
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Post plantation, sustainable agriculture and landscape restoration, D.R. Congo, 2019-2021
The Institute for Human Activities and the local organisation Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise founded a centre, a White Cube, in the middle of abandoned plantations in the interior of D.R. Congo. The idea is that the centre will reverse the unfair colonial plantation system, in which land is depleted and investors (partly) use their profits to support western arts; it is developing and implementing a new art-based agricultural model intended to rejuvenate the exhausted people and land. The goal is to buy 2,000 hectares of land with agricultural and art proceeds and restore the area. In this project they want to install an irrigation system in the twenty-hectare experimental garden, and they want to plant an increasing proportion of the garden with medicinal crops. They are also purchasing 50 hectares of virgin forest to ensure the preservation of this important habitat for extraordinary species, with an important water retention function. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 30,000 towards this project.  Post plantation, sustainable agriculture and landscape restoration, D.R. Congo |
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Nature conservation through local community projects, Kwilu district, D.R. Congo, 2020
Congodorpen is a Belgian organisation that works with its local partners on regional development in four provinces in D.R. Congo. The organisation has a bottom-up approach; it focuses on the local community, which preferably takes the initiative. This project supplements a broader ongoing programme and arose from a local need to tackle conservation and environmental problems. The members of nineteen local development committees are learning about nature conservation and how they can encourage residents of 187 villages to take action. A fund will be provided for at least 280 small projects to protect nature and the environment in the villages. Together with the villages, the organisation has identified projects for restoring biodiversity (including agroforestry), protecting local resources (including wood-saving ovens) and combating pollution (including waste management). The Turing Foundation is contributing € 50,000 towards this project. See also: Congodorpen: other projects  Nature conservation through local community projects, Kwilu district, D.R. Congo |
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A geospatial database to facilitate the growth of community forestry, D.R. Congo, 2020
Rainforest Foundation was founded in 1987 and collaborates with an American organisation focused on forests in Latin America and a British organisation (RFUK) focused on forests in the Congo Basin. RFUK has been working on the development of Community Forestry in D.R. Congo since 2010. Community Forestry is about concessions granting land usage rights to local communities and is a good model for economic development without cutting down rainforests. There is enormous potential, increasing interest and RFUK anticipates rapid growth. RFUK has developed a database to record all concessions transparently. It wants to further develop the beta version in 2020 and encourage good use of it. RFUK is helping local organisations learn how to collect and process information; it is also training the responsible national and provincial authorities to manage and use the database. The Turing Foundation is contributing € 60,000 in 2020. See also: Rainforest Foundation UK: other projects A geospatial database to facilitate the growth of community forestry, D.R. Congo |
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Good education for all, South Kivu plateau region, D.R. Congo, 2016-2020
Children in Crisis, now merged into Street Child, is a British NGO aiming to give children in some of the world's poorest countries education. Street Child works in places where resources are sparse, education is needed for recovery, and it is too remote for others. Children in Crisis has been helping to improve systematically education in the South Kivu plateau region since 2007. Enrolment has subsequently increased by 11% at the 194 schools, and the pass rate has increased by 18%. This project is in its third phase and aims to further improve the quality of education and continue to increase access to education. An important part of this is improving teacher training at 30 secondary schools. This structurally improves the quality of new primary school teachers. The Turing Foundation is contributing €150,000 towards this project, earmarked for improving the quality of education, of which €25,000 in 2019.
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 Good education for all, Plateau of South Kivu, D.R. Congo |
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Community forestry in the Equateur province, DR Congo, 2016-2018
Greenpeace is an international campaigning organisation deeply committed to forest protection. Greenpeace is campaigning for zero deforestation, globally, by 2020, which means no further decline in our rainforests in the Amazon, South-east Asia and the Congo Basin. Sustainable government management of the Congolese rainforest requires a better alternative to impending industrial logging and large-scale agricultural plantations. Greenpeace considers community forestry a sustainable and viable alternative for the D.R. Congo and is helping a number of communities to obtain a Community Forestry concession over the next few years. This will pave the way for other communities and will increase government and donor support for the upscaling of community forestry. The Turing Foundation is contributing €100,000 towards this 'Solutions' project in the Congo basin forest programme, of which €20,000 in 2018. See also: Greenpeace: other projects  Illegal tree cutting in the Equateur province, D.R. Congo |
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'Active learning and teaching' at twelve primary schools and three teacher training colleges, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo, 2015-2018
Edukans is a Dutch development organisation dedicated to education. The organisation has developed a training programme to teach teachers to give lessons in an active way, which increases the pupil's learning outcomes. Edukans is working with the Salvation Army and education NGOs in the D.R.Congo to introduce this teaching method to three teacher training colleges and twelve schools. A total of twelve teacher trainers and forty-eight primary school teachers are being trained to disseminate this method more widely and reach at least 4,000 students. The goal is for the teacher training colleges and NGOs to be able to independently carry out the training programme after three years. From the start the government has been involved, in order to get the method implemented on a national level. The Turing Foundation is donating €150,000 to this project (about 40% of the total budget), of which €25,000 in 2018.
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 'Active learning and teaching' at twelve primary schools and three teacher training colleges, Kinshasa |
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Accelerated primary education, Fizi district, South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2014-2017
ZOA supports people who suffer because of armed conflict or natural disasters, in helping them to rebuild their livelihoods, like in east D.R. Congo. In the Fizi District of D.R. Congo, ZOA enables 960 children between the ages of 10 to 16 years to finish primary school in 3 years. It is a sequel to the successful education programme of 2010-2013 that was already supported by Turing. 3.488 Children too old to enrol within the normal school system, passed their exam and are able to enrol in a junior high school. The positive effects are visible in large parts of the area, but the need is still great in the four location of this project: Sebele, Fizi center Akomba (Katanga) and Mwanbungu (Baraka). The Turing Foundation contributes €140,000 to this project, which is 50% of the total budget (€20,000 in 2017). See also: ZOA Vluchtelingenzorg: other projects  Accelerated primary education, Fizi district, South Kivu, D.R. Congo |
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'Good schools, safe schools', Walungu, D.R. Congo, 2016-2017
War Child aims to make a positive and lasting change to the lives of children and young people in conflict zones by promoting education, amongst others. In Walungu, in the east of DR Congo, War Child provides 3000 students in six primary schools with a good education in a safe and protective learning environment. A better learning environment reduces absenteeism and fewer children have to repeat year. War Child supports these six schools in their efforts to become what they call 'good schools'. School committees, teachers, students and parents together determine what makes their school a 'good school' and make a concrete action plan to achieve this. The Turing Foundation is contributing €100,000 to this project (of which, €50,000 in 2017).
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 'Good schools, safe schools', Walungu, D.R. Congo |
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Improvement of educational quality at 8 schools, Kalehe, Kabare en Walungu, D.R. Congo, 2012-2015
War Child is devoted to giving children who have experienced war a peaceful future. War Child wants 3,000 children aged between 11-14 years old in the conflict-ridden district of East Kivu to pass their national exams as soon as possible. To that end, teachers, directors and school inspectors are being trained to improve the quality of education, and schoolbooks and teaching material are being purchased. The organisation will also be setting up child-friendly revenue-generating activities to pay for the children's tuition. From 2012-2015, the Turing Foundation will be donating a total of € 105,000 to the project.
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 Improvement of educational quality at 8 schools, Bukavu, Walungu, Kamituga, D.R. Congo |
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'Solutions project': identifying sustainable alternatives for land use, D.R. Congo, 2015
Greenpeace is an international campaigning organisation dedicated to protecting nature through research, consultation and - if all else fails - action. Greenpeace wants to stop the deforestation of the Congo basin and is working with local organisations to achieve adequate legislation and monitoring. Oil palm plantations are a big threat. Greenpeace promotes appealing, replicable and scalable alternatives which show governments and international donors that it is possible to have economic development without having to cut down virgin forests. The Turing Foundation donates €30,000 in 2015 for the collection, production and distribution of presentation materials. See also: Greenpeace: other projects  'Solutions project': identifying sustainable alternatives for land use, Cameroon and D.R. Congo |
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Vocational training for women in Kinshasha, D.R. Congo, 2012-2015
Sympany (formerly known as "Humana") is one of the largest clothing collectors of the Netherlands. Using the proceeds from the clothing sales, the organisation finances projects in (southern) Africa. This specific project is aimed at women in the Kinabwa neighbourhood in Kinshasa's poor municipality Limete. In collaboration with local organisation HPPC, Sympany wants to increase the self-reliance of 675 women through a three-year training programme, consisting of a literacy course and vocational training including an apprenticeship and job coaching to become tailors, beauticians/hairdressers, bakers/pastry cooks, or city gardeners. The programme is partly in its start-up phase. Should implementation be successful, the project's supposed to become a long-term training programme. The Turing Foundation donates € 75,000 to the project, € 25.000 of which in 2014. See also: Other vocational training projects  Vocational training for women in Kinshasha, November 2012, D.R. Congo |
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Vocational training for girls, Kimpoko-Nsele Commune, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo, 2014-2015
Christian Aid and the local NGO Fraternité Père Maurice D'Hoore are setting up a training centre in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo, so every year 150 underprivileged girls can attend a vocational training programme. The project is part of a more wide-scale programme involving several other partners. Reaching a total of 6,000 girls, it will stimulate the informal educational sector in D.R. Congo. Motivation among the girls is high, because for many it is the only chance for a better future. In 2014, the Turing Foundation will contribute € 40,000 for the construction and furnishing of the training centre.
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 Vocational Training for girls - in progress, Nsele Commune, Kinshasa, 2014 |
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Improvement of primary and vocational education, Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo, 2011-2013
Congodorpen wants to contribute to recovering and setting up education in the north of the Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo. During a previous three-year phase of the project, the quality of education was improved at 22 schools (6 elementary schools, 11 secondary schools and 5 vocational institutes. They are now expanding the project to 27 schools and 5 literacy centres reaching a total 15,000 students. Training is offered to improve school management and supervision as well as the skills of the teaching staff. Teaching material is also provided, and school buildings are renovated if necessary. Up to and including 2014, the Turing Foundation will contribute € 105,000 to the project (€ 30,000 of which in 2013).
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 A lesson in clockreading, Pio Institute, Bwamanda, D.R. Congo |
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Reforestation and sustainable management of ecosystems in the Kwilu district, D.R. Congo, 2011-2013
Congodorpen (formerly known as CDI Bwamanda) is a Belgian NGO dedicated to education and sustainable agriculture in D.R. Congo. To lift the ecological pressure from the Kwilu district, restore the forests and structurally improve the soil quality, CDI introduces agro-forestry methods. For example, the hill ridges of 1,235 acres of heavily degraded savannah will be reforested, and 1,235 acres of oil palm trees will be planted in the valleys. In order to be able to carry out these plans, CDI will be working with over 200 farmer organisations with a total of 20,000 members. The Turing Foundation contributes € 75,000 to the project (€ 25.000 in 2013).
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 Reforestation result near Mampu, seen from the air |
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Development of school in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo, 2013-2014
The Dutch Tosangana Foundation was founded by and for Congolese women. In collaboration with local organisations Anomes and Les Millénaires they want to improve the level of education in Kinshasa. Currently they are working on the realisation of a multi-purpose centre for preschool, elementary school, and vocational education. The Turing Foundation will be contributing € 15,000 towards construction of the roof, so 350 children can attend elementary school every year.
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 Development of school, Kinshasa, D.R, Congo |
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School furniture for 16 schools in Lubero, D.R. Congo, 2011-2013
In the Lubero region in North Kivu, D.R. Congo, Save the Children is carrying out a five-year programme focused on creating better access to safe and high-quality education. Activities include the foundation of teacher training centres, setting up a compact education programme for children who haven't enjoyed any previous schooling, refurbishing old school buildings and training school management committees. Schools will also be provided with teaching material and school furniture. In the years 2011-2013, the Turing Foundation will contribute € 85,000 to the project (50% of school furniture), € 25.000 of which in 2013. See also: Save the Children Nederland: other projects  School furniture for 16 schools, in Lubero, D.R. Congo, 2011-2013 |
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Equipping information centre in Inkisi-Kisanu, D.R. Congo, 2012-2013
The Bambale Foundation is focused on education, agriculture, and healthcare in D.R. Congo. In Inkisi-Kisantu, Bambale wants to start and equip an Information & Training centre. Eventually, the foundation wants to integrate computers into basic and vocational education, train teachers, and organise courses for adults and entrepreneurs. Local people will also have access to the centre's facilities. The Turing Foundation will be funding the purchase of 12 computers, the training of administrators, the realisation of computer courses, and the training of teachers and students. In 2012, the Turing Foundation will be contributing € 10,000 to the project.
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 Ecole Professionnelle d’Informatique Mucolim, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo |
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Vocational Training and job creation in Kinshasha, Uvira and Bandundu-Ville, D.R. Congo, 2012-2013
Tools to Work offers young people work experience by involving them in the repairing of goods for developing countries. Through Tools to Work, we support the revision, transport, clearance, receipt and use of machines and materials for three vocational training programmes. All products for all three programmes are shipped in a single transport.
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 Vocational Training and job creation in Kinshasha, Uvira and Bandundu-Ville, D.R. Congo |
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Teacher training in South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2010-2012
Children in Crisis is a British NGO that works on educational projects in post-conflict zones such as D.R. Congo, Sierra Leone and Liberia. In South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 172 head masters and 1034 teachers will be trained, school curricula will be developed and teaching materials will be spread in the coming few years, all this to structurally improve the level of education and school results. The Turing Foundation contributes € 120,000 to the project (€ 40.000 in 2012).
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 Teacher training in South Kivu, D.R. Congo |
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Programme for tutoring teenagers in South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2010-2013
ZOA Refugee Care wants to offer primary education in 3 years to youths from returnee families who missed one or more years of primary education. This mainly concerns orphans, ex-child soldiers, child victims of abuse, exploitation or poverty. Existing education centres in D.R. Congo will be supported in their implementation of a tutoring programme for 3,300 youths, for a period of 3 years. Education officials as well as the school inspection will be trained to supervise the programme. The Turing Foundation contributes € 105.000 to this project, of which € 30.000 in 2012. See also: ZOA Vluchtelingenzorg: other projects  Classroom in Sebele, D.R. Congo |
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Better access to education for vulnerable children, Bukavu and Walungu, D.R. Congo, 2010-2011
In South Kivu, War Child strives for better access to education for vulnerable children. D.R. Congo knows a great shortage of qualified teachers. Therefore, War Child trains teachers associated with the provincial educational authorities in a wide range of subjects: the national curriculum, modern teaching methods, safety at school, psychosocial wellbeing, school management and supervising methods. For a period of 2 years then, the teacher trainers will train the teachers, parents' councils and the school managements of 16 schools in Bukavu and Walungu harbouring 4800 children. On top of that, teaching material will be distributed, school furniture will be provided and small infrastructural improvements (such as toilets, repairs) will be done. Just like last year, the Turing Foundation donates € 40,000 to cover half of the project costs. See also: War Child International: other projects  Teachers in training, Bukavu and Walungu, D.R. Congo |
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Construction of a medical school in Kiliba, D.R. Congo, 2010-2011
Focus on Education, in association with the local NGO Fondation Chirezi, wants to set up an intermediate vocational school for health care with a capacity of 150 students a year. The school will offer a 3-year nurse training, after which graduates can start working at local health centres and small rural medical clinics. The school targets underprivileged boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 20. The Turing Foundation contributes € 35.000 to the project (€ 10.000 in 2011, when the project ends).
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 Medical school awaiting a roof, Kiliba, October 2010 |
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Renovation and expansion of vocational training center, Kisantu, D.R. Congo 2010-2011
The Bambale Foundation focuses on education, agriculture and health in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Kisantu, the foundation wants to renovate the school building and expand the Institut Technique Médicale de Kintanu, a medical vocational nurse training. The school management will also be trained on organizational and business economical skills. In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute € 33,000 to these activities.
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 Renovation and expansion of vocational training center, Kisantu |
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Improvement of primary and vocational education, Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo, 2010
Congodorpen contributes to the recovery and building up of education in the Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo. During a three-year project, 22 schools will be working on educational improvement (6 primary schools, 11 secondary schools and 5 vocational training institutes). There will be trainings to improve school management and teacher skills. Teaching material will be distributed as well and where needed, school buildings will be renovated. In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute € 30,000.
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 Improving quality of primary education and vocational training, Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo |
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Educational projects Liliane Foundation 2009
The Liliane Foundation provides direct, small-scale and tailor-made help to handicapped children and young people in developing countries. In many cases, the Liliane Foundation helps those children to go to school. What especially appeals to the Turing Foundation is that the Liliane Foundation in this way offers opportunities to children who cannot be helped by any other educational relief organisation, because their needs are too small-scaled. Often, these needs concern one single child in a location where education is available despite poverty, but of which the child cannot make use because of its handicap. Just like last year, the Turing Foundation donates € 150,000 to the Liliane Foundation in 2009 for help to children in the field of education. With this amount, the Liliane Foundation will be able to help more than 3,000 children in Cameroon, D.R. Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Burkina Faso.
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 Thanks to a prosthesis, these children can now go to school |
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Construction of an ecological school in Sinia, D.R. Congo, 2009-2011
The Wasmoeth Wildlife Foundation protects animals threatened with extinction. One of its projects is the establishment of a nature reserve (Boyoma Sanctuary) on an island in the River Congo, near the village of Sinia. None of the children in this village ever attended a school, since there were no schools in the surrounding area. At the request of the local authorities, the foundation is building a primary school which can accommodate 180 pupils - to be extended later to 360 pupils. Ecology is part of the educational programme. The Turing Foundation finances the full construction costs of this school (€ 40,000). See also: Other building projects  Inhabitants of Sinia, Democratic Republic of Congo |
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School Books for Developing Countries, 2007-2008
The Read to Grow Foundation collects English language recreational and school books and sends them to village schools in developing countries where books and information are scarce. Read to Grow operates more and more successfully in the Netherlands and the UK. The Turing Foundation contributes € 32,000 in 2007 and 2008 to propagate the Read to Grow concept in other European countries.
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 Books for Tokokoe, Ghana |
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Construction and equipment of a primary school, Kisantu, D.R. Congo, 2008-2009
The Bambale Foundation focuses on education, agriculture and health care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The foundation is now building durable educational facilities for 279 underprivileged children in Kisantu. In the evenings these facilities will also be used for adult education. In 2008 the Turing Foundation contributes € 28,250 to the construction and interior of this school.
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 The first three new classrooms under construction |
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