Article on Jornal de Angola, 05.11.2022
by Marcelo Manuel | Ndalatando

ADPP – Development Aid from People to People has a project in the pipeline in connection with the training of primary school teachers for rural communities.

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Knowledge on handling electronic devices will also be provided 

The aforementioned project will start in the first quarter of 2023, in the municipality of Lucala, Province of Cuanza-Norte. According to the chairperson of the Board of Directors of ADPP Angola, Rikke Viholm, the project will have a great impact on local communities, due to the fact that it brings together teaching and technological skills, to be transmitted to teachers in rural areas. She added that the program provides training for young people from the provinces of Cuanza-Norte, Uíge and Malanje.

The project will be funded by the South Korean Embassy in Angola. Collaboration between ADDP and the South Korean Cooperation Agency (Koica) in Cuanza-Norte dates back to 2009, with the establishment of Lucala Educational Center, with teacher training and polytechnic education.

Rikke Viholm commented that the creation of the project marks the third phase of the partnership between the two institutions, with the aim of improving education in rural communities in Angola. She also mentioned that the collaboration between the Ministry of Education and ADPP has existed for 26 years and has enabled the training of 14,700 teachers, prepared to teach in rural areas. She added that at country level there are 15 ADPP teacher training schools in 14 provinces. 

Moreover, ADPP has a literacy project in the municipalities of Lucala and Cazengo, Cuanza Norte, with 1,500 literacy learners, predominantly women, who also receive training in farming techniques, with a view to the promotion of gender and social inclusion.

"The objective is to guarantee that women have access to education, land for cultivation, in addition to their full exercising of citizenship and opening of bank accounts," she said. She stressed that the women participating in the project are learning techniques for building wood burning stoves that use less wood but are more efficient at cooking food.

South Korean support

The South Korean Embassy in Angola has US$6 million available to finance the project to train primary school teachers for rural areas. This information was made public on Thursday by the first secretary and head of the Political and Economic Section of the South Korean Embassy in Angola, Hyung Kwon Jung, who is in Ndalatando to visit the location where the project will be implemented.

He said that the training will be given at Lucala Educational Centre, supervised by ADPP Angola, adding that the project will last five years.  According to Hyung Kwon Jung, the main objective is to guarantee technical and pedagogical training for primary school teachers in rural communities, with training in the handling of electronic devices, in order to guarantee quality training.

Hyung Kwon Jung said that his government enjoyed good relations with the Angolan Executive, a fact that led to the financing of other actions, such as the project to modernize public security and the creation of the Industrial Center of Advanced Technology, in Luanda, as well as the revitalization of the city of Sumbe, valued at around US$200 million.

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Article on Jornal de Angola, 08.12.2022
The United States of America, in partnership with the Provincial Government of Benguela and the Ministry of Education, launched two new social projects in Baía Farta, namely Communities in Action for Peace and Inclusion (CAPI) and the Strengthening of Municipal Education Systems in Angola.

The projects will support the decentralization of social services with a focus on the education sector and the promotion of building communities and skills in resolving conflicts among young Angolans. The project also aims to improve the position of women in their communities, starting with support in obtaining civil registration documents, such as an Identity Card, and in eliminating gender-based domestic violence against women and girls.

Funding for the two projects implemented by the NGO APP Angola totals US$3 million for a period of five years.

The CAPI project in 45 communities in the three municipalities of Cubal, Balombo and Ganda will benefit from support for working with high-risk populations in promoting peace and social inclusion through conflict resolution.

Read the article in Portuguese here:

https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ao/noticias/eua-lancam-projectos-sociais-em-benguela/

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Article on Angop, Cunene, 9 December 2022

Ondjiva - The deputy coordinator of the Human Rights Committee in Cunene province, Sara Tulikeni, called this Friday for people to denounce violations of human rights. Speaking to ANGOP about the International Day for the Defence of Human Rights, she said that denouncements are the best way to end impunity.

She explained that during the current year the committee registered only five cases of denunciation, of which two were homicides, two suspicions of human trafficking and one of physical aggression. She clarified that the homicides were committed by relatives of the victims, while the trafficking involved 24 young people transported from Cuvelai supposedly to work in a quarry and sawmill in Luanda, and a further 23 young people trafficked to Namibia. She said that thanks to the denunciations, the defence and security forces were able to carry out a rapid intervention. 

She explained that the number of complaints does not reflect the cases of violations practiced in the region.   “Many of the cases do not reach us and when we do hear about them, it is already too late, but for those that do reach us, we have been working with the relevant bodies to be able to hold the perpetrators accountable.” she said.

She admitted that many citizens do not know about the existence of this institution, which is why they are working on its promotion and dissemination. “The committee was created recently and more education and awareness actions are required in the communities, so that people develop the habit of reporting cases of violation. She said that the region has a provincial committee and six municipal committees, intending to take over the communal committees by 2023.

Students at ADPP Cunene Teaching Training School in Oifidi learned about the dignity of the human being, according to the universal declaration of human rights. The opening talk on the day to mark the 74th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights was aimed at raising awareness among the students about the need for prevention, safeguarding and promoting human rights. Speaker Neto Braga Tchipungo said that the action was aimed at promoting human rights, so that students have a body of knowledge on the subject. “The objective is to explain the basic notions of what a human being is, as a member of society and that in the event of violations they do not remain silent but help communities to denounce these practices. In the same vein, staff from the municipal command of the National Police of Cuanhama addressed aspects of “the right to affiliation as human rights.”.

The program also included a consultation visit to the inmates of the Peu Peu prison and a radio debate on the right to image and presumption of innocence.

International Human Rights Day was established by the United Nations on December 4, 1950, in order to celebrate the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on December 10, 1948.

Read the article in Portuguese here:

https://www.angop.ao/noticias/sociedade/populacao-encorajada-a-denunciar-violacoes-dos-direitos-humanos/

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Article on Angop,  Cuanza Norte, 3 November 2022

Ndalatando – A new professional training project and training for teachers in rural areas will begin to be implemented from 2023, in the municipality of Lucala, within the framework of cooperation between the agencies of Development Aid from People to People (ADPP) and the International Cooperation of South Korea (KOICA).

The innovative project includes distance training using Information and Communication Technologies, according to the chairperson of the Board of Directors of ADPP, Rikke Viholm, as part of a working visit today to the province. The project, which begins in Cuanza Norte province, will also cover Malanje and Úige. It is valued at six million US dollars and will be implemented over five years. KOICA has been collaborating with ADDP on the training of teachers and on professional technical training since 2009.

The first secretary and head of the Political and Economic Section of the Embassy of South Korea in Angola, Hyung Kwon Jung, explained that his country is an expert in the field of e-training and intends to share the experience with Angola. He added that KOICA cooperates with several African countries and in Angola it has already invested around US$200 billion in various projects, such as Innovation in Public Security, and Industrial Advanced Technology, in Luanda, as well as the modernization of the city from Sumbe.

ADPP has been cooperating with the Ministry of Education for 26 years and has trained 14,700 teachers for rural areas. Currently, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, it has 15 schools in 14 provinces. The organization also operates in the sector of literacy and empowerment of women in rural areas, which includes citizenship, financial inclusion and inclusion in the formal economy, and in the environmental sector, working towards the sustainable use of forest resources.

ADPP is an Angolan NGO. It was founded in 1986 and officially registered with the Ministry of Justice in 1992. It currently implements development projects in 17 provinces in the areas of education, health, community development, agriculture and others.

Before leaving for the municipality of Lucala, the delegation held a courtesy meeting, in the city of Ndalatando, with the acting governor of the province of Cuanza Norte, Mendonça Luís.

Read the article in Portuguese here:

https://www.angop.ao/noticias/educacao/adpp-trabalha-em-projecto-inovador-para-formacao-de-professores/

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A JICA, Agência de Cooperação Internacional do Japão em Angola, anexa à Embaixada do Japão, convidou participantes ao Curso de Actualização em Educação e Formação Inicial de Professores Primários – programa de cocriação de conhecimento do Japão, realizado de 17 Agosto a 19 de Setembro.
A formação que ocorreu por meio da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Hirosaki foi realizado com Módulos sobre:
• A história da educação no Japão e o seu sistema hoje
• Formação de professores (Inicial e Continuada) no Japão
• Educação especial na abordagem da educação inclusiva
• Gestão de carreira para professores
• Gestão dos centros escolares
• Experiências dos países participantes
No final do curso, estabeleceu-se uma rede de participantes que assumirão a responsabilidade de implementação dos planos de acção aqui apresentados.
Neste contexto, ao chegar em Angola, o senhor Walter Alexandre realizou uma apresentação organizada pelo Instituto Nacional de Formação de Quadros da Educação (INFQE), com o objectivo de partilhar estas experiências com base na formação inicial e continuada de professores primários. Todas as escolas de ensino do país participaram, além de técnicos do Instituto Nacional de Formação de Quadros da Educação, Ministério da Educação e um convidado da JICA Angola.
Neste momento, no Cuando Cubango, comuna de Missombo, arranjos estão a ser feitos para a implementação do plano de acção que se traduzirá em trabalho numa escola primária com o intuito de sugerir uma dinâmica quotidiana para os alunos e professores, como, por exemplo, entrar às 8 horas da manhã e sair às 16 horas da tarde com um programa cheio de actividades que cativam as crianças.

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