Welcome to our newsletter with updates the past month from projects covering education, health, agriculture & environment, and integrated community development. 

Our STEM project in Namibe province is bringing mathematics, physics, chemistry, natural science and sustainable development to life for students at primary and secondary schools in Moçamedes and Tômbwa. Experiments, demonstrations, hands on learning and lessons that link theory with practice make learning more fun, effective and meaningful. 8 schools, 800 pupils, 50 in-service and 50 pre-service teachers are involved in the province’s pilot project. In November, a working group consisting of representatives of the authorities, teachers and project staff were busy preparing the program and visiting the target schools. 

Information has never been easier to find, thanks to the internet, but is it always reliable or relevant? Students at our Teacher Training Schools gather their own information at first hand, through observation, interviews, listening and discussion, as did TTS ADPP Cunene, below left, and TTS ADPP Cabinda students, below right. Travel to Learn and Learn to Travel is a key component in their program that shapes them for their future role in society. In November, students from all 15 ADPP Teacher Training Schools completed their study travels, returning to their schools to reflect and share what they have learned. 

Our Polytechnics turn daily life into learning opportunities. School vegetable gardens, as here at ADPP Polytechnic Zango, shows students how they can grow their own food, while acting as workshops for natural science, chemistry, physics or physiology, and providing ingredients for cookery lessons and nutritious food for school meals.

ADPP health projects are about reaching as many people as possible, in the sense of reaching all sectors of society, including the most vulnerable, whether in towns and cities or remote settlements.

Our Community HIV/TB Project is an example of how we reach families in their homes, people at work in the street, the army, police officers, prisoners, mothers at clinics, the elderly. Nobody is left out in the fight to halt the spread of disease and improve the quality of life for patients.

Green Viana does just that, with thousands of young people organised in Environment Brigades, hundreds of women learning to transform used clothing, and 200 young people reutilising waste or producing and selling efficient charcoal stoves. The urban environment in parts of Viana is undergoing a major improvement, while participants gain new skills and sources of income.

People are the heart of development at farming projects. The more Farmers’ Club members learn about modern conservation agriculture, the more they put into practice, the more they harvest, the more they earn, the more fresh produce they supply at local markets, and the more they contribute to preserving the environment. Their neighbours see them prosper and become motivated to follow suit.

The 10 clubs from Farmers’ Club Cuanza Norte that attended the 11 November Agricultural Fair where they earned 300.000 kzs from the sale of farm produce are a perfect example of this.

ADPP’s integrated development projects bring all the above components together, addressing education, health, agriculture, and the environment, plus employment, income generation and peaceful coexistence.

Water is Everything! Drinking, cooking, cleaning, personal hygiene, agriculture and stock farming all rely on a consistent supply of water. This month at our Increasing Access to Water project in Cunene, part of the FRESAN program, youth brigades completed water tanks, women farmers prepared drip irrigation systems in advance of planting, and healthy crops were harvested, including delicious ripe tomatoes.

Our Communities in Action for Peace and Inclusion project in Benguela province ensures everyone in the community, from school children to politicians, has the knowledge and tools to be able to celebrate diversity rather than see it as a cause for conflict.

35 teachers in Ganda, Benguela, completed a course this month on participative methodology and on giving peace lessons at their schools. November was also a month of numerous meetings to facilitate the exchange of opinions among community members.

The sheer diversity of the Integrated Community Project in Namibe and Huíla is amply rewarded by the results. Water, energy, hygiene, sanitation, health, nutrition, literacy, birth registration, ID cards, agriculture and horticulture, castor bean cultivation and oil and soap production, entrepreneurship, school vegetable gardens, community kitchens and sewing courses tackle the many needs of entire communities. The sewing course alone has given women a sense of purpose, dignity, and achievement. They produce quality fashionable garments and created a line in uniforms for cleaning staff at local businesses.

Thank you to all the partners who support our activities.

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.