Category Archives: D. R. Kongo
CONGO: Back from Muchapo
I came back from Congo after a very action packed time in the bush at our school project in Mushapo and also in Kinshasa taking care of legal things, fixing our car etc.
Farmhouses put to use for schoolproject
Next week I will be in Kinshasa again. This time I will be travelling together with Thomas, a young man from Germany whose …
NL 31: 120 children visit our school –
CONGO: Within the last six months, we have had many ups and downs in our Congo project; a very intense time! Some of the ups were our third interview with Munich TV and the posting of a new video about … Continue reading →
Update October/November 2012
KONGO: Nach ein paar weiteren Hürden und Verzögerungen begann unser Schulunterricht endlich Ende Oktober, und wir und das ganze Dorf sind sehr dankbar dafür! Es ist schwer in ein paar Sätzen zu beschreiben, welche …
Update September 2012
KONGO: Wir fragten SADR, ob wir die leeren Gebäude auf der Farm benutzen können, und sie gaben ihr OK. Wir planen einige der großen Farmhäuser in temporäre Klassenräume umzuwandeln, bis unser eigenes Schulgebäude fertiggestellt ist. …
CONGO: Updated News -Schoolbuilding for Mushapo
CONGO: Since we didn’t have our own living quarters in Kinshasa for over 1 ½ years we stayed with different friends there or on the farm in Mushapo. The living conditions on the farm are getting worse with no electricity …
CONGO: Mushapo – School Project 2012
NL 30: Schoolbuilding for Mushapo
CONGO: Building a solid construction in the bush is no easy task. Ours will be the first one in …
Christmas in Congo
NL29- De-urbanization – help for the villages
Nachdem neuesten jährlichen statistischen Überblick des “Human Development Index” der UN hat Kongo DRC den niedrigsten Lebensstandard von 187 Ländern. Statistiken sind schwer zu finden hier, aber man schätzt, dass nur ca. 60% der Kinder zur Schule gehen …
Congo Update
Dear friends, There are a few very critical days coming up here and some foreigners left the country for that reason already. Tensions and a few clashes and difficulties accompanied the elections, which can still have further consequences.
Latest News
Dear friends, In one week I will return to Kinshasa and soon after that to Mushapo. Lenka and Anissa will remain in Prague during this time and will come when I come back from the bush.
NL28-Congo: Bush Project Gets Rolling
Aktuelles Interview mit W.Schmidt 2011
Kürzlich geführtes, dreiteiliges Interview mit W. Schmidt, in dem er die Umstände erläutert, unter denen das Schulprojekt entsteht .
School project in Mushapo 2011
Documentation of the school project in the interior of Congo for the Mushapo village with a population of 2500 inhabitants without a school for their children.
Congo-Activities 2008/2009
Visitors from Germany activly engage in helping us reach the orphans … (Commentaries partly German, partly English)
ADHeV-Activies in Congo 2008-2009 Part 2
ADHeV-Congo Activities 2008-2009 Part 3
School project gets funding
Dear friends, Our round trip is going well. We had the yearly assembly of our association and some very interesting visits, i.e. at a small group of artists in Duisburg where they did a special event and collection for us … Continue reading →
Sponsorship for a child
Dear Friends, Since somebody responded spontaneously to our last Newsletter and wants to sponsor one of the children in Mushapo we would like to send out some more info about that. You can also pass this on to any other … Continue reading →
Congo: Visitng in Europe
Liebe Freunde, In einer Woche starten wir eine drei Monate lange Tour von Prag durch ganz Deutschland mit einem kleinen Abstecher in die Schweiz. Wir werden insgesamt ca. 6000 km auf Achse sein, Verwandte, Freunde und Unterstützer besuchen und versuchen … Continue reading →