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This page lists school buildings that have been established with the aid of the Turing Foundation. The Turing Foundation only builds a school when its exploitation and its quality of education have been guaranteed. Besides building schools, the Turing Foundation invests in school management and teacher training and other quality-of-education projects, and finances vocational training. For an overview of all our education projects, see our education web page.
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Construction of a new school, Mamfe, Cameroon, 2010-2012
LiveBuild, in association with United Action for Children (UAC), wants to set up a high-quality school in Mamfe. UAC has already realised a similar school in Buea, with smaller classes, quality education, information on HIV and Aids, vocational training, tutoring and computer training. School results of the Buea school are among the best of its area. The school in Mamfe wants to match that success level.
The Turing Foundation will contribute €25.000 in 2010 for the construction of the school in Mamfe.
see also:
United Action for Children: other projects
Other projects in focus country Cameroon
Lessons have started downstairs, while a second floor is built on top of the school. Turing Project Visit, March 2012.
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Teacher houses with solar panels, Rakissé-Toêghin, Burkina Faso, 2012
The AFOS Foundation is dedicated to improving the life standard in developing countries, with a focus on Burkina Faso. In collaboration with the Burkina development aid agency Association Femmes de ZENA they want to complete the facilities of a Rakissé-Toêghin elementary school by adding a school kitchen and two teacher homes, as well as equipping six teacher homes with solar panels to generate light. Aim of the extra facilities for teachers is to have them stay on at the school for an extended period of time.
The Turing Foundation will contribute €17,500 to the project.
see also:
AFOS: other projects
Other projects in focus country Burkina Faso
Primary school in Rakissé-Toêghin, Burkina Faso
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Marera Primary School Project, Tanzania, 2012
In Tanzania, the Rhotia Valley Foundation offers shelter for 36 orphans in three family homes, and uses a tourist lodge as an environment for a learning and employment project generating income for the family homes. The foundation also focuses on the improvement of the quality of education at Marera primary School, teaching 430 children. In 2011, school buildings have been renovated, school books were purchased, and teachers were trained how to implement laptops in education in light of the One Laptop per Child program. For 2012, extra teaching material is needed. The school would also like to offer a school breakfast and invest in a vegetable garden and livestock, the profit of which can be used for the realization of the school breakfast.
The Turing Foundation will be supporting both the school breakfast and investments in the vegetable garden and livestock with a contribution of €15,000 in 2012.
see also:
Other projects in focus country Tanzania
Other teacher training projects
School Breakfast, Marera primary School, Tanzania
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Expansion of the secondary school, Gaongho, Burkina Faso, 2012
Zeewolde Werelddorp is dedicated to improve the lives of people from Gaongho in Burkina Faso,
a municipality Zeewolde has a friendly relationship with. In collaboration with the developmental
organization l'Association pour le Développement du Département de Gaongho (ADDG) they want to
expand the municipality's only secondary school from 4 to 8 classrooms, including a storage room, administrative
office and solar panels to be able to offer education to twice as many children as is currently possible.
They also want to improve exam results by offering extra classes and homework nights (with light generated by the solar panels).
In 2012, the Turing Foundation will be contributing €30,000, covering 1/3 of the project's costs.
see also:
Other projects in focus country Burkina Faso
Secondary school, Gaongho, Burkina Faso
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Construction and equipment of a trade school in Chepchoina, Kenya, 2009-2011
The Elimu Mount Elgon Foundation facilitates educational initiatives in the Mount Elgon Region in Kenya.
As part of a larger school complex the foundation supports the establishment of a vocational training school
(2 classrooms, 4 teachers' lodgings, 4 instruction rooms, facilities and equipment).
This school will offer technical training in agriculture and horticulture, woodwork, metalwork, electrical engineering
and domestic science to 180 students.
By contributing €40,000 the Turing Foundation will fund half of the building and
furnishing costs of the school.
Building started in November 2010.
see also:
Other projects in focus country Kenya
Other vocational training projects
Progress at the VTC building site, August 2011
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Construction and equipment of a new Vocational Training Centre, Bamako, Mali, 2009-2011
The Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland (SKN) is building a new vocational centre at the heart of the Malinese capital Bamako, together with the local organisation ENDA Mali. The centre will offer one- and multi-year vocational training programmes in the field of wood- and metalworking, car mechanics, shoemaking, fabric dyeing, et cetera.
The Turing Foundation contributed € 40,000 in 2009 to the construction and equipment of
this new vocational centre, which hopes to open its doors in September 2010.
see also:
SKN: other projects
Other projects in focus country Mali
Other vocational training projects
Progress at the building site, Turing project visit, November 2010
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Construction of a school for elementary and secondary education, Djenné, Mali, 2010-2011
The Djenné Foundation focuses on education, the arts, and culture in the city of Djenné, Mali. In close cooperation with the local NGO community and the educational institutions, the foundation wants to set up an exemplary school that offers both elementary and secondary education for a total of 300 children. Education will be bilingual (Bambara and French) and classes will consist of no more than 50 students. Teachers will be trained yearly. The school's vocational training will consist of short courses (textile-, wood- and metalworking).
The Turing Foundation contributes € 20,000 for the realization of the school that is to open its doors in 2011.
see also:
Other projects in focus country Mali
Other vocational training projects
Djenné, Mali
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Vocational education Sustainable Farming, Gbomboro, Burkina Faso, 2011
In Gbomboro in the northwest of Burkina Faso, Heifer and partner organisation Asudec will establish a community school for vocational education on sustainable farming, as part of a broader sustainable development programme. Every three years, the school will train 60 young people, and help former students set up their own farming businesses. The target group are youths aged 15 and up who have enjoyed no (or very little) education. After three years, the school is expected to be able to generate sufficient funds to cover their own costs.
In 2011, the Turing Foundation will contribute €40,000 (30% of the costs for the school's first three years).
see also:
Heifer: other projects
ASUDEC: other projects
Other projects in focus country Burkina Faso
Other vocational training projects
Vocational education on sustainable farming, Gbomboro, Burkina Faso
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Teacher training and school expansion, Toungana, Burkina Faso, 2011-2013
The Association for Small African Projects (ASAP) focuses on the improvement of the well-being of inhabitants of 9 poor villages in Western Burkina Faso. In 2011, teachers from the villages and their surrounding areas will receive refresher courses and will be taught new teaching methods. On top of that, the elementary school in the village of Toungana will be equipped with three extra classrooms, teacher houses, toilets and school furniture. Construction activities will be spread over 3 years. Educational authorities have committed to providing an extra teacher every year.
The Turing Foundation will be contribute €45,000 over the years 2011, 2012 and 2013,
covering 100% of the teacher training and 50% of construction costs.
see also:
ASAP: other projects
Other projects in focus country Burkina Faso
Other teacher training projects
Teacher training and school expansion, Toungana, Burkina Faso
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Construction and furnishing of the Makaror Mixed Day Secondary Scvhool, Makaror, Kenya, 2011-2012
The Welzijn Wajir Foundation supports the very poorest population of Wajir (North-eastern Kenya)
and surroundings, especially concerning education, healthcare and food supply. In Makaror, the foundation
wants to set up a new secondary school that will provide affordable and high-quality education.
Previously, the Welzijn Wajir Foundation also founded the
Furaha Secondary School.
This school was transferred to the educational authorities after a few years
and currently operates independently of the Welzijn Wajir Foundation, boasting good exam results.
In 2011, the Turing Foundation will contribute €34,000 for the school's construction costs.
see also:
Welzijn Wajir: other projects
Other projects in focus country Kenya
Building and furnishing of the first part of Makaror Mixed Day Secondary School
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Teacher training and construction of a secondary school, Gbadagui, Benin, 2011
In Benin, the Le Pont Foundation takes an active part in improving
education, healthcare and water & sanitation. Previously, the Turing
Foundation contributed to Le Pont Foundation's construction of
two primary schools.
Now, Le Pont wants to set up a secondary school in Gbadagui,
as well as train 80 schoolmasters in school management, pedagogy and administration.
In 2011, the Turing Foundation will contribute €14,000 to the project.
see also:
Le Pont: other projects
Other projects in focus country Benin
Other teacher training projects
One of the other schools built by Le Pont in Benin
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Construction of a vocational school for women, Bandiagara, Mali, 2010-2011
The Women and Labour Market Foundation (VAM) is a center of expertise for women's vocational schools. The foundation wants to keep the idea of women's vocational schools alive by offering short, part-time trainings, individual coaching, follow-up and day care. In Bandiagara, Mali, VAM works closely with the local NGO community and educational authorities to set up a vocational school for women aged fifteen and over. A total of 150 women will be trained every year, as well as coached in their quest for work, or with the start of their own business.
The Turing Foundation contributes € 30,000 for the school's construction, the first courses of which will start in March of 2011.
see also:
Other projects in focus country Mali
Other vocational training projects
Women's vocational school, Bandiagara, Mali
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Construction of teacher residences for Loita High School in Entasekira, Kenya, 2010
For several years now, Mill-Hill College in Goirle has been supporting the development of Loita High School in Entasekira, Kenya. This Maasai region is short on schools, which is why in 2006, on the initiative of the local community and with financial aid from the Netherlands, the first high school was founded. Loita High School currently has 160 students that have 4 classrooms at their disposal. In order to attract and retain good teachers, teacher residences are needed. Mill-Hill College is bringing in funds to realize the construction of a number of plain residences.
In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €25,000.
see also:
Weblog Mill Hill bezoek Kenia
Other projects in focus country Kenya
Constructing teacher residences for Loita High School, Kenya
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Extra classrooms and teacher training, Bona, Burkina Faso, 2010
The Association for Small African Projects labours to improve the welfare of inhabitants of nine poor villages in Western Burkina Faso. In 2010, teachers of the nine villages and the surrounding area will be trained further in modern teaching techniques. Apart from that, the elementary school in the village of Bona will be expanded by three news classrooms, toilets and two teacher's houses.
In 2010, the Turing Foundation contributes € 30,000 to the teachers training programme and the expansion of the school.
see also:
ASAP: other projects
Other projects in focus country Burkina Faso
Other teacher training projects
Extra classrooms and teacher training, Bona, Burkina Faso
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Construction of an income generating lodge for vocational training, Kisumu, Kenia, 2010
The Ujima Foundation offers vocational education for underprivileged children of Nakuru and Kisumu who need to provide for younger brothers and sisters. The young students are trained to find jobs in the hospitality sector (hotels, restaurants, et cetera). In order to defray the costs of this vocational training programme of Kisumu in the long term, a tourist lodge is being constructed on the banks of Lake Victoria. The business plan shows that the profits from the lodge can already cover the costs of the programme within a few years. In Nakuru, the Ujima Foundation has already proven that this can be done.
In 2010, the Turing Foundation contributes € 30,000 to the construction of the lodge.
see also:
Ujima Foundation: other projects
Other projects in focus country Kenya
Other vocational training projects
Income Generating Programma for Vocational Training, Kisumu, Kenia
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Construction of new elementary school classrooms, Gountoëto, Benin, 2010
The Le Pont Foundation is active in Benin in the field of education,
health care, water and sanitation. In 2010, Le Pont will construct three extra
classrooms for the existing elementary school in Gountoëto, which serves 260 pupils. The community is actively involved and does not only contribute financially, but also supplies workers for the construction activities.
In 2010, the Turing Foundation donates € 11,500 towards the construction of the classrooms.
see also:
Le Pont: other projects
Other projects in focus country Benin
Old situation in Gountoëto
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Construction and equipment Primary School, Chittachong, Bangladesh, 2008-2010
The GlobalCare4All Foundation supports spinal cord lesion patients in a rehabilitation centre in Chittachong, Bangladesh. Moreover, ex-patients are trained to become teachers. They thereby meet an urgent need and are able to build a life. The pilot project has been accomplished successfully. The foundation now plans to construct and equip a retraining centre and primary school, offering retraining programmes and education free of charge to 130 children.
The Turing Foundation contributes € 20,000 to this project in 2009,
on top of last year's € 40,000.
Lesson by Ex-Spinal Cord Lesion Patient in Bangladesh
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Construction and equipment of a primary school in Balandougou, Mali, 2009
The Dutch Mali Foundation and its regular Malinese partner Solisa support the local people in the hills surrounding the city of Bamako, and seek, among others, to set up primary education for both boys and girls. In 2007 and 2008 the Turing Foundation financed the construction of several schools by the foundation. The current project is the construction of a primary school in Balandougou, using the same concept as before (3 classrooms, furniture, educational materials, latrines, and a sports field).
With € 20,000 the Turing Foundation covers roughly half the building and furnishing costs of the new school.
see also:
Stichting Mali: other projects
Solisa: other projects
Other projects in focus country Mali
Old situation in Balandougou, Mali
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Construction of an educational institute in Yatenga, Burkina Faso, 2007-2009
The WOL Foundation
is building an educational institute in Burkina Faso to further develop vocational
training for rural youngsters in the region, and to prevent them from relapsing
into illiteracy as a consequence of a lack of suitable secondary education.
The experimental school and knowledge centre is being built in Ouahigouya,
the capital of the province of Yatenga.
The Turing Foundation has committed € 150,000
for half of the construction and equipment costs of this educational institute,
not only for the primary and secondary education buildings, but also for the
practical training rooms, the multi media centre, the computer rooms and the canteen.
The ambition is to finish construction in 2009.
see also:
Nieuwsbrief uit Yatenga mei 2009
Beroepsonderwijs in Burkina Faso weer een stap dichterbij
Turing Foundation draagt 150.000 Euro bij aan bouw onderwijscomplex
Nieuwsbrief uit Yatenga okt 2007
Grote sponsor voor project van stichting WOL
WOL: other projects
DSF - Association Développement Sans Frontière: other projects
Other projects in focus country Burkina Faso
The new Zoodo college buildings in Yatenga, 2009
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Construction of an ecological school in Sinia, D.R. Congo, 2009-2011
The Wasmoeth Wildlife Foundation protects animals threatened with extinction. One of its projects is the establishment of a nature reserve (Boyoma Sanctuary) on an island in the River Congo, near the village of Sinia. None of the children in this village ever attended a school, since there were no schools in the surrounding area. At the request of the local authorities, the foundation is building a primary school which can accommodate 180 pupils - to be extended later to 360 pupils. Ecology is part of the educational programme.
The Turing Foundation finances the full construction costs of this school (€ 40,000).
see also:
Other projects in focus country D.R. Congo
Inhabitants of Sinia, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Construction of a vocational training centre in Nairobi, Kenia, 2008-2011
The mission of ChildsLife International is to improve the lives of needy children in developing countries. On the outskirts of the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, the foundation is establishing a vocational training centre for 120 pupils
(offering masonry, carpentry, dressmaking, hair dressing and office administration programmes).
The Turing Foundation finances half (€ 40.000) of the construction costs of this training
centre, which will consist of four classrooms, four practical training rooms, an office and a shop.
see also:
Other projects in focus country Kenya
Other vocational training projects
Vocational Training Centre, Februari 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
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Construction of a primary school in Isitu, Tanzania, 2008-2011
Connect International supports small-scale sustainable self-help projects of local organisations in developing countries. The foundation is establishing a school in the Tanzanian village of Isitu, including a water supply, a vegetable garden and a tree plantation. In addition, it launches a three-year programme to improve the operation of the school and the quality of education.
The Turing Foundation finances two thirds of the construction and the interior of the school and the programme cost up to and including 2010 (€ 30,000 in total).
see also:
Other projects in focus country Tanzania
The new school under construction - november 2010
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Construction of a primary school in N'goro, Mali, 2008-2009
The Dutch Mali Foundation and its permanent Malinese partner Solisa together support the community living
in the hills around the town of Bamako in Mali, and try to set up institutions of primary education,
for both boys and girls. On an earlier occasion,
the Turing Foundation already financed the
construction of a school by this foundation.
This time, the Mali Foundation constructs a primary school for 300 pupils in the village of N'goro, Mali, in accordance with the concept used before (including three classrooms, school furniture, teaching materials, latrines and a sports field).
By donating € 25,000, the Turing Foundation finances approximately two thirds of the costs of construction and equipment for this new school.
see also:
Stichting Mali: other projects
Solisa: other projects
Other projects in focus country Mali
School children in front of the new building, Turing project visit, November 2010
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Construction and equipment of secondary school library, renovation of vocational training building, Wajir, Kenya, 2008-2009
The Stichting Welzijn Wajir (Welfare Wajir Foundation) supports the poorest community in and around Wajir (North-Eastern Kenya), especially in the field of education, health care, food supply and welfare. With respect to education, the foundation particularly focuses on the construction of schools and, recently, also on training.
The Turing Foundation finances the complete construction and equipping of the library of the Furaha Mixed Day Secondary School (€ 20,000) and the renovation of a workshop for vocational education of the Wajir High School (€ 11,000).
see also:
Welzijn Wajir: other projects
Other projects in focus country Kenya
Furaha Mixed Day Secondary School, Wajir, Kenya
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Enlargement of a school in Lomé, Togo, 2007-2008
The Een School in Togo Foundation built a private 'model school' for 300 children in Lomé, Togo. Since September 2004, the school offers education for children between 6 and 16 years of age. The foundation's aim is to achieve high quality education, not only by providing additional lessons for pupils, but also by offering continuous refresher courses for teachers.
By contributing € 22,000, the Turing Foundation funds half of the costs of enlarging the school with new classrooms and a library, meaning that it can in the future accommodate 500 pupils.
see also:
Een School in Togo: other projects
Other projects in focus country Togo
The school in Togo
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Construction and equipment of vocational training in woodworking, Cape Coast, Ghana, 2007
The Bebo Bakery Foundation aims to teach orphans and vagrant children in Ghana a profession, after a solid basic education, in small, independent, profitable businesses of different kinds. The foundation holds out the prospect of being own boss. It encourages sound and modern primary education and vocational training. Apart from that it offers opportunities (for example in the form of micro-credits) to talented and enthusiastic starting entrepreneurs.
The Turing Foundation finances 50% of the construction and equipment of a workplace for the vocational programme in woodworking in Cape Coast (€ 25,000 in total).
see also:
Forse giften voor werk Bebo Bakery in Ghana
Bebo Bakery: other projects
Other vocational training projects
Vocational training in woodworking, Cape Coast, Ghana
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Construction of an Educational Resource Centre, Komenda, Ghana, 2007-2008
ToBe Worldwide
establishes Educational Resource Centres in underdeveloped parts of Ghana.
The centres provide additional educational programmes in skills that are
not part of the standard curriculum. Main aim is to produce an increase in
school participation of children of 6 to 15 years of age, and to offer
young people a broader field of vision of their own surroundings.
The Turing Foundation contributes € 50,000 to the construction
of an Educational Resource Centre in the countryside of Komenda, Ghana,
which provides additional educational programmes for 6 to 15 year-olds.
ToBe Educational Resource Centre, Ghana
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Construction and equipment of a primary school with teacher accommodation in Idi, Atjeh, 2007
The Z.O.T. Foundation carries out aid programmes in Indonesia. The organisation focuses especially on the construction of schools in areas where the infrastructure was destroyed - in Atjeh, for example, which is a region that suffered greatly from the 2002 tsunami and the military conflicts of the past few years.
The Turing Foundation contributes € 50,000 to the construction and equipment of Maasschool 2, a primary school and teachers' accommodation in Idi, Atjeh (Indonesia).
Opening of the Maasschool in Atjeh, 30 August 2007
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Construction of a new school, Mamfe, Cameroon, 2010-2012
