Past Projects
Update: Thursday 10 September 2009
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2004 - Democratic Republic of the Congo, help in the construction and development of economic activity by women in the Bukavu region
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Here Women are the Future
Denying death they choose to act
Torn apart by the two wars of 1996 and 1998, the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffers still today the results of this conflict and face a dangerous economic and political crisis. For several years now the women of Bukavu mobilise as members of the Association for the promotion of female entrepreneurship (APEF), our on-site partner, to ensure the survival of their families, their (...)
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2003 - Senegal, training as a means of social and economic reinsertion of young people
Senegal, a country faced with harsh conditions and structural changes imposed by international organisations since the 1970s. We now see a very high growth of poverty accompanied by reduced life-spans, lack of vital resources, more and more exclusion and a high rate of illeteracy.This decomposition of the population’s quality of life is particularly evident in rural areas where the number of young people with low or no levels of education have increased significantly. Disillusioned by the (...)
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2001 - Rwanda, Our carpentry project
Confronted with hard living conditions for inhabitants of rural areas, Frères des Hommes and DUHAMIC-ADRI, our partner in Rwanda, have developped a carpentry project in the South of the country at Nyakizu. Born in 1980, with the active participation of the Tutsi and Hutu peoples, this project’s main objectives were:
Engouraging diversification of non-agricultural economic activities in this mountainous region where arable land is scarceDevelopping local revenue by providing quality products (...)
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2003-2006 - Senegal, Frères des Hommes supports joiners who work to achieve social change
Senegal has a population of 12 million inhabitants. Today, nearly one in two Senegalese lives in town, and one in four in the Dakar peninsula. The rural depopulation trend is still going strong as peasant families’ socio-economic conditions remain very poor. In town, industry and services can’t provide jobs for all these people. For lack of future prospects, many Senegalese risk their lives trying to reach the coasts of Europe. Since schools are unable to offer a professional future to all (...)
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