Platform Category: Clubs / Initiatives
With sustainable agricultural projects, YIRABAH Gambia improves the living and nutritional situation of village communities by building village gardens in rural areas of Gambia. The goal is ecological agriculture and a resource-saving economy. Permaculture and agroforestry techniques are the basis for improving soil quality, building humus, reducing erosion and regenerating natural landscapes with high biodiversity. By creating an 8ha model farm, the village communities will be trained in these sustainable agricultural systems. These agricultural systems make an enormous contribution to protecting the environment and improving the climate. The model farm is currently an important producer of healthy fruit and vegetables and specially produced agricultural products, which are sold on local markets and contribute to food security. As a source of energy for our irrigation systems and drinking water supply to villages, we only use solar energy to operate the pumps in the deep wells. The “Light for Africa” project supplies private households with solar home lamps. The lamps are built in cooperation with the Youth Research Center in Sindelfingen with students in projects or MINT subjects and donated to students in Gambia. By replacing harmful kerosene lamps or candles with environmentally friendly home solar lamps, many household fires and respiratory health problems are prevented.
The Economics Workshop is a development policy non-governmental organization with a focus on education, campaigning and lobbying on issues of social justice. The main areas of work include child labor, slavery and forced labor, poverty and wealth, combating poverty and the social consequences of globalization. The Church Office for Southern Africa (KASA) is also located at the Economics Workshop.
Conducting seminars, training and education on: non-violence, non-violent action, campaigns, civil courage, constructive conflict management, mediation, consensus building, etc.
The promotion of educational projects in educationally disadvantaged countries. Our goal is to give children in the poor districts of the capital Ouagadougou a perspective for the future. We see it as an obligation to help as much as we can and to set an example of charity. We are currently supporting three primary schools that are state-recognized and attended by a total of around 2.000 students. We help with donations and sponsorships.