Mama Sara and her family were wonderful hosts The last 9 months in Congo were full of excitement, work and good results. Anissa enjoyed her first school year in English and made many new friends. She learned to read, write, count and … Continue reading →
The final exams of the 6th graders in our school went very well. Out of 26 of our students which went for the exam, 21 were successful. From the school of the neighbor village Kakondo unfortunately only one student passed … Continue reading →
420 students came for our visit. Our trip to Mushapo was most challenging but at the same time very inspiring. We only had 5 days as Mrs. Manig, the wife of the German ambassador, who is in charge of Micro … Continue reading →
Children happily helped with the clean-up 04.2015:The school operation moved from the old temporary buildings and one solid brick building we had built on the former farm SADR to the new brick buildings on our own piece of land. It … Continue reading →
03.2015: The second school building is getting ready to be used soon. The windows and doors are done, put in place and painted. This happens just at the right time as two weeks ago during a huge storm the temporary … Continue reading →
An inspector of the regional Education Department gave all teachers of Mushapo and of the tree surrounding villages additional training in teaching. The course lasted three days and took place at the catholic church of the neighbouring village Kakondo. Also … Continue reading →
499 Students and continued School-Construction The schooling of the children continued well in 2014 and the school keeps growing. The Primary School now has 414 students who are going to our school free of charge. The people of Mushapo and … Continue reading →
Da nicht einmal der Gouverneur von West-Kasai, in dessen Bundesland unsere Schule liegt, Chef Mungamba umstimmen konnte, den Bau unserer Schule fortzusetzen, rief André den Bildungsminister, Herrn Maker Mwumba, an. Der war gleich bereit uns am nächsten Tag zu treffen. … Continue reading →
After Wolfgang arrived in Kinshasa in the beginning of the month, he met Jean and planned what we needed to get for Mushapo. The school needs a photocopy machine and we had to find the right one for which we … Continue reading →
27.08.2014: Wolfgang is leaving to Congo in a few days and is looking forward to seeing all our friends there and work on different important matters which need our help on site.In Kinshasa he is planning to work on the … Continue reading →
The school year ended with a big celebration where the parents of our 313 students were present as the children received their school reports. The parents and children were so happy! Our manioc is getting sold in spite of some … Continue reading →
Under Jeans oversight the cassava harvest in Mushapo is in full swing and going well (photo left). He is doing his job of overseeing the whole project and especially the agricultural part very responsibly and successfully. Pierre, our school principal, … Continue reading →
. Jos and Jean asked all the school directors from the neighbor villages to meet with us and talk about any problems we might have caused them unintentionally because our school is free of charge while theirs depend on … Continue reading →
In the beginning of April Lenka had an operation which turned out way more complicated than expected and she landed in ICU for 10 days. We are very thankful for the many prayers for her and that she is at … Continue reading →
Ups and downs are typical for our work in Congo and we had quite a few of them this month. Jos wrote that the work is progressing well with the production of new bricks. Women bring the earth from the … Continue reading →
With the help of our friend André in Kinshasa, Jos could extend his visa for another year which is a big help. Jean in Mushapo asked him to get some better pad locks for higher security and some handyman tools. … Continue reading →
27.11. 2013 – Since the number of pupils in our school more than doubled we had to face some big unexpected challenges. The classes were so overcrowded that we had to come up quickly with more classrooms and more teachers. Thank … Continue reading →
30.10.2013 – Jos visited us for most of October and we could plan our next steps in Congo with him. He is healed from malaria and typhoid but has some other health issues which need to be taken care of … Continue reading →
After Lenka and Anissa returned to Prague, Wolfgang went for a scouting trip 700 km West of Kinshasa, in the North of Tshela. Shortly after that he went to Mushapo with Prof. Mpona, the father of the family where we … Continue reading →
Our time together in Congo passed quite different than expected. We were planning to visit all our friends who haven’t seen Lenka and Anissa for 2 years, but some were on holidays and our car broke down twice which makes … Continue reading →
27.07.2013 – It sure was a fast moving month! We were extremely busy travelling through South Germany, visiting friends and supporters and basically sleeping every night in another place. Daniela lent us her car, which facilitated travelling as a family. In … Continue reading →
20.06.2013 – When Jos was leaving Mushapo in the bush to go to Kinshasa a month ago, he wrote us an email saying that he was feeling like he might get malaria. The next thing … Continue reading →
