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Welcome to our newsletter with updates the past month from projects covering education, health, agriculture & environment, and integrated community development.
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| Ready for the start of term! |
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Teaching aids brighten up the classroom and make learning fun. The Teacher Training School ADPP Cuanza Sul, in Quibala, distributed school calendars to primary schools in the municipality. In addition to the calendar for the academic year, the posters also feature a map of Africa, an illustrated alphabet and the times tables.
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Teachers’ planning sessions before the start of the new term took place at all ADPP schools, ensuring a smooth start to the year. ADPP Polytechnic Benguela prepared plans for the coming months, and the Teacher Training School ADPP Cunene was in full swing with the digital learning system.
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| Focus on Maths and Portuguese |
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Math & Portuguese are essential disciplines for primary school teachers, helping ensure a high standard of lessons for primary school pupils. Students at Lunda Sul, pictured, and all other ADPP teacher training schools sit monthly tests in the two subjects.
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| From lessons to earning a living |
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Our Women in Action tailoring courses in Cabinda, Luanda and Benguela help change the lives of hundreds of women. The team in Benguela spent part of January following up on graduates of the course who are now earning a living selling their products. Financial independence, self-esteem, and the ability to support the family are among the outcomes.
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| Community Control of Malaria |
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Such a thing is achievable, especially when the whole community is involved, from school children upwards. The TCE project does just that, as here in Zaire with an Open Day on malaria, HIV/TB and Covid-19 at School N°116 Ponto Fina.
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Experience sharing on HIV & TB
Interprovincial exchanges of experiences and information promote dynamism and enhance knowledge and skills. The first interprovincial meeting took place for teams from Benguela and Cuanza Sul working on the project for Community prevention of TB and HIV/AIDS. The meeting also provided a clear perception of the scale of the project.
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Girls’ Clubs
“Bancadas”, as they are known, encourage a safe and supportive environment for girls and young women to receive information on HIV and SRH. As here in Cuanza Sul, meetings in relaxed settings give participants an opportunity openly to discuss traditionally sensitive topics.
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Total Control of Endemic Diseases
House-to-house visits are an effective way of reaching communities and individuals with health messages. They may be time consuming, when villages are remote or houses widely scattered and access roads in a poor condition, but they are key for raising awareness among underserved populations in terms of malaria, HIV/AIDS and Covid-19 prevention, as here in Cuanza Norte.
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| Agriculture & Environment |
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A sea of green is always a welcome sight, especially when it means an abundance of green pepper and other vegetables for own consumption as well as for sale, as here at Foto Sacala Club in Cabiri, in the Municipality of Icolo e Bengo. The club is part of Farmers’ Clubs Luanda, and is also involved in the project to support Angolan women farmers.
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| Active citizens |
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Active citizenship is not as simple as it sounds. It requires having a birth certificate, an ID card, being registered to vote, and a bank account among other things. None of these can be taken for granted, especially for rural women farmers. All our Farmers’ Clubs projects are working with village coordinators and the civil registry to help women and their families obtain these documents.
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| Model fields |
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Model fields at Farmer Field Schools are the setting for practical lessons in horticulture, agriculture and even the cultivation of trees. Here at the Farmers Field School Assunção in Bibala, members were increasing production of maize and learning how to create a tree nursery from seeds. The trees that result from this action will be planted out to help combat the effect of global warming.
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Communities for Climate Change Adaptation
February will see the launch of this new transborder project in southern Cuando Cubango and northern Namibia. In January, a team met with provincial authorities in Menongue. The Vice Governor, the Director of the Political, Social and Economic Sector, the Director of GEP and the provincial directors for Education, Agriculture and Environment took part, welcoming the initiative and renewing their commitment to collaborating.
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| Integrated Community Development |
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| Increasing access to water |
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For communities affected by drought, building resilience in the face of climatic uncertainty is the way forward, helping communities to help themselves. A technical officer from the FRESAN project visited the community of Warú, Curoca municipality in Cunene, to monitor progress being made thanks to improvements to the water supply.
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| Communities in Action for Peace and Inclusion |
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Another new project is well underway, this time in Benguela, in the municipalities of Cubal, Ganda and Balombo. Project staff have spent the month mapping communities and engaging local authorities as well as community members in various locations.
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| New drinking trough |
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Pastoralism and drought are incompatible. Herders have to travel long distances to find water, and are never sure of finding a reliable source. This drinking trough in Chipulo, Ombadja municipality in Cunene, caters for local animals as well as herds passing through the area. It is literally a life saver.
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| A helping hand |
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At the Integrated Development project in Namibe, club members in Caitou, municipality of Bibala, received a welcome helping hand in the form of basic tools for agriculture and seeds. There was also blackboards and other materials for literacy lessons.
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| Adult literacy lessons |
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Adult literacy lessons are no different from lessons for primary children in that teaching aids make learning easier and more fun. The literacy programme for Farmer Field School members in Bibala, Namibe benefits from the creativity of the teachers.
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VISION
ADPP seeks to support people in developing the vision and capacity to contribute to development, for themselves, their communities, and the nation.
MISSION
- To promote solidarity between people
- To promote the economic and social development of Angola
- To promote a better life for the underprivileged and those most in need
ADPP (Ajuda de Desenvolivmento de Povo para Povo) stands for Development Aid from People to People. ADPP Angola works in the fields of education, health, agriculture and environment, and integrated community development.
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All ADPP projects are implemented in collaboration with the government at national and local level.
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ADPP is a co-founder and member of the Federation Humana People to People
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