Blog: Africa

Helwan Village, Egypt

Children of Helwan

Some children that attend the lessons with us every week asked if we could visit them, so we went to Ezbet El Arab in the mountains, a new area close to Helwan Village. It’s an isolated area and no social organisation had entered the area before because of the traditions of those people that resist mixing with strangers.
 

Ezbit el Nakhl Village, Egypt

Children of Ezbit el Nakhl

"I never knew that I have rights."
 

At the end of the lesson about children’s rights, *Akila said that she never knew that she has rights and that she should ask for them especially in Ezbet El Nakhl, because they don’t treat girls the same way they treat boys.

Doko Village, Côte d’Ivoire

Teti, our Transformational Community Development (TCD) worker, worked in Attakassikro Village in October. The school building project has commenced in earnest and is progressing quickly. Local residents hope the building will be finished within a few months.

Ngassa, Cameroon

The Cameroon region hosted another successful Transformational Community Development (TCD) training in October. About 48 people attended the training in northern Cameroon, with some coming from as far as southern Cameroon to attend. 

Koubah Bingo, Burkina Faso

Ezbit el Amir Village, Egypt

One of the important topics that we talked about which caused a lot of discussion is the art of reproaching people.
 

We taught them what it means to reproach.  We taught them to not accuse people directly of doing something. It's also very important to choose the right timing and to be polite as to not hurt the other person.
 

Upper Egypt Village Cluster, Egypt

The healthy nutrition classes completely changed the interactions with the children as they improved in attention, making education more effective.

In Adndan, a Nubian village, we did a seminar about marriage and family because Adndan is considered to have a very high percentage of divorce.
 

Helwan Village, Egypt

Women of Helwan

This month, we had lessons on different topics in the centre with the women. Bullying is one of the lessons. It was their first time to learn about bullying. Amira was the one who taught this lesson for the women and explained the definition of bullying and the different types of it.
 

Ezbit el Nakhl Village, Egypt

Women of Ezbit el Nakhl        

We talked about forgiveness and mending emotional wounds. Um Martina (the mother of Martina) said that she was very hurt by her brother because he had insulted her in front of other people five years ago. She is not able to forget it.

Doko Village, Cote d’Ivoire

Teti, our Transformational Community Development (TCD) worker in Cote d’Ivoire, invested a lot of time in the past few months working on current projects in our Ivorian villages of Attakassikro and Effaoho.