Educative activities are open again No images? Click here GREEN MANGO SPRING 2021 TOP STORIES Dear Donors, Supporters and Volunteers, in this International Day of Happiness, we are delighted to announce the restarting of the courses at the Green Mango Centre (GM). We thank you all very much for your constant support which has allowed us during this period to maintain the courses for the adults, to keep the library open, to train new teachers (Mrs Joséphine and Mrs Yasmine) and to set-up new programs. Our top news stories confirm the importance of empowerment (see below the Ars Légende start-up) and of synergies with federations of associations such as Enfance Tiers Monde and 4dePijler. Coup de Pouce is now shortlisted on the good causes platform. Stay safe! Top StoriesEducative activities reopenAfter 4 months, Congolese kids could go back to school and follow again educative activities. Due to a very high demand, the number of courses and classes has been increased and partnerships with additional schools have been concluded to fill as quick as possible the gap and to address the needs from kids, parents and teachers. Our outdoor toilet co-funded by the NGO 11.11.11To optimize the use of the Green Mango centre's outdoor facilities (for sports, beekeeping and agro-ecology notably) we have built an additional toilet and shower block thanks to the support of the NGO 11.11.11 and to the collaboration with the Ars Legend start-up (see empowerment section). Empowerment & Equal EducationJonathan, an orphan, who studied at the Art Academy, Lubumbashi and has worked as intern at GM and designed the Peacer cartoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acppfep-4gU&t=33s is the founder of the promising start-up ars légende and offers a wide range of services from painting to interior decoration. Our sewing workshop is open outside the training hours to allow numerous alumni now enthusiastic micro entrepreneurs to use the facilities and machines. Interesting ReadWaste reuse for an inclusive economy - "Le déchétarisme"Agefi issue of March 2021 has published the article our member has written on smart reuse of waste to relaunch the local economy because this is our collective responsability to preserve our resources www.agefi.lu SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO Michèle who has just passed away and wished to support education of underprivileged persons with a post-mortem grant to our charity, RIP. And to Dr Stanislas Lamy we mourned last April. We are grateful to Stany as we called him and to his family for their generosity. Thanks to their support we can today implement courses on health prevention and literature, both efficient means for human development! |