The Turing Foundation

The Turing Foundation strives to offer children and young people the kind of education that can help them structurally, encourage their independence and autonomy, and enable them to contribute to their communities.

The Turing Foundation regards education as a means to offer people new opportunities in their lives in a constructive, structural and respectful way. Moreover, education benefits not only the individual, but also his environment and society as a whole. It can be seen as a sustainable method of poverty reduction.

We aim to increase the availability of quality education in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, D.R. Congo, Ghana, Kenia, Mali, Niger, Tanzania and Togo, ranging from primary education (from the age of 6), to secondary education, to vocational training (as a specific area of interest). More information can be found in our application procedures for education.

Most recent projects:

January 2012	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... more	January 2012	Vocational training for girls, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2012-2013 The Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland (SKN) supports local NGO ATTous in offering technical vocational... more
January 2012	Vocational training for 100 youths, Cameroon, 2012-2014 Stop Kindermisbruik (Stop Child Abuse) and its local partner ASSEJA offer vocational education to 100 underprivileged youths... more	January 2012	Teacher training and school leaders' course, Southeast Kenya, 2012 Twice a year, Teachers4Teachers organizes trainings by Dutch educational professionals meant for principals,... more
January 2012	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... more	January 2012	Teacher training for vocational training in metalwork and welding, Ghana, 2012-2013 ETC´s (Educational training Consultants) Technical Training Program concentrates on human... more
January 2012	Teacher training in Northern Cameroon, 2012 VSO sends out vocational specialists to developing countries in Africa and Asia who can share their knowledge and experience with local... more		Project Overview on World Map

Project details:

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.

Primary school in Rakissé-Toêghin, Burkina Faso

Vocational training for girls, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2012-2013
The Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland (SKN) supports local NGO ATTous in offering technical vocational education to deprived girls in Ouagadougou at the Centre Féminin d'Initiation et Apprentissage à la Mécanique. Every year, 130 girls in the ages of 13-21 are being trained in either car electronics, bodywork (dent removal, spraying), clothing design/sewing, or electrical engineering.

Starting in 2012, the Turing Foundation will be contributing €23,000 for tools and teaching material for the car electronics and bodywork trainings, and career guidance for graduated girls.

Car electronics and bodywork training for girls, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Vocational training for 100 youths, Cameroon, 2012-2014
Stop Kindermisbruik (Stop Child Abuse) and its local partner ASSEJA offer vocational education to 100 underprivileged youths every year. The training consists of 3 months of theory combined with a 6-month to 2-year apprenticeship-based training with existing businesses (duration dependent on the trade). Trainings are offered in 5 cities: Yaoundé, Maroua, Bertoua, Bamenda and Ambam. The most popular courses are silk-screen printing, painting, tailoring, hairdressing/aesthetics, restaurant/pastry making and computer graphics. From previous experience, it turns out that 80% of teenagers that finish their training (on average, there's a 5% dropout rate) start their own self-supporting businesses. The other 20% generally has a good chance of remaining with the small businesses they were trained at.

The Turing Foundation already supported this activity back in 2011 and will increase its contribution to a total of €150,000 for the project until 2014 (50% of training costs). In 2011, the program exceeded all expectations with regards to the number of applications, so ASSEJA decided to assign more than one youth to each trainer. A total of 105 girls and 40 boys have enrolled in the program. It's currently being looked into whether the overcrowding affects the programs' quality, but it doesn't seem to. The boys are especially motivated and there are hardly any dropouts.

Vocational training for youths, Cameroon

Teacher training and school leaders' course, Southeast Kenya, 2012
Twice a year, Teachers4Teachers organizes trainings by Dutch educational professionals meant for principals, teachers and educational officials in Kenya. The training's aim is to contribute to teachers' professional skills, so as to improve education as well as stimulate children's performance at school. The foundation is also developing a two-year training for principals to be taught at the Shanzu Teacher Training College in Mombasa.

The Turing Foundation already supported this program in 2011 and will increase its contribution to €88,740 for 2012. This amount will cover 50% of training costs for two years, for both teachers and school managers.

School leaders' course, Southeast Kenya

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.

School Breakfast, Marera primary School, Tanzania

Teacher training for vocational training in metalwork and welding, Ghana, 2012-2013
ETC´s (Educational training Consultants) Technical Training Program concentrates on human resource development and capacity building in developing countries in order to improve technical education. As a follow-up to a previous project, ETC and ROC Eindhoven will be training 72 teachers of 22 vocational training centers in metalwork and welding. The training involves modern teaching methods and metalwork techniques.

The Turing Foundation will be contributing €40,000 to the project, covering half of the project costs.

Teacher training for vocational training in metalwork and welding, Ghana, 2012-2013

Teacher training in Northern Cameroon, 2012
VSO sends out vocational specialists to developing countries in Africa and Asia who can share their knowledge and experience with local organisations, helping them to do their work in a more efficient way. The project that will run in Northern Cameroon for the coming three years means that four specialists will develop training modules for teachers, headmasters, parents' councils and civil servants serving education. Moreover, several activities are organised to make education more accessible to girls.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 90,000 (€30,000 in 2012).

Teacher training in Far North Region, Cameroon

Improvement of primary and vocational education, Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo, 2011-2014
CDI Bwamanda wants to contribute to recovering and setting up education in the north of the Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo. During a previous three-year phase of the project, the quality of education was improved at 22 schools (6 elementary schools, 11 secondary schools and 5 vocational institutes. They are now expanding the project to 27 schools and 5 literacy centres reaching a total 15,000 students. Training is offered to improve school management and supervision as well as the skills of the teaching staff. Teaching material is also provided, and school buildings are renovated if necessary.

Up to and including 2014, the Turing Foundation will contribute €105,000 to the project (€45,000 of which in 2011).

A lesson in clockreading, Pio Institute, Bwamanda, D.R. Congo

Speed schools and teacher training, Burkina Faso, 2011-2014
Woord en Daad and partner organization CREDO have established dozens of so-called speed schools in Burkina Faso. These schools offer children aged 9-12 who haven't enjoyed any education an opportunity to catch up with elementary education after all. The speed schools offer the first 3 years of elementary education in a 9-month period, taught to classes of 30 children at the most. After that, the children can enter regular elementary school. The Turing Foundation already contributed to 10 speed schools. The project is now expanded to include 20 CREDO speed schools a year in the Kadiogo province, and teacher training for teachers working at schools that accept speed-school children.

Up to and including 2014, the Turing Foundation will contribute €100,000 to the project, which will cover 50% of the costs for the CREDO speed schools and teacher training.

Speed school, Project visit Turing Foundation, November 2010, Burkina Faso

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
Other building projects
Secondary school, Gaongho, Burkina Faso

Construction and equipment of a trade school in Chepchoina, Kenya, 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.

Progress at the VTC building site, August 2011

ICT vocational training CPAEC, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2011-2012
The Zod Neere Foundation set up a vocational training centre for underprivileged youngsters in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The centre (CPAEC - Centre Professionnel d'Apprentissage et d'Echanges Culturels) will open its doors come October 2010 and will be offering several vocational training courses: bronze, batik, leatherworking, carpentry, bricklaying, cutter and ICT (administration and technical support). The ICT training will consist of a two to three-year training, including an internship placement and can admit up to 270 students a year.

The Turing Foundation reserved €19,000 in 2010 for the furnishing of the computer rooms for the ICT training. Currently, Zod Neere is working on gathering sufficient funds to open the school in 2012.

vocational training centre CPAEC under construction, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2010

Construction of a technical school in Kambila, Mali, 2011-2012
The Mali Foundation, in association with its local partner Solisa, will set up a basic technical school to provide some prospect beside primary education in an area where there is no secondary education whatsoever. The object is to school underprivileged youths for trades that are needed in the area. Trainings will consist of 3, 6, and 12-month modules.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €40.000 in 2010 for the construction of the technical school.

Progress at the building site of the technical school, Kambila, Mali, January 2012

Educational Governance, Doutchi and Filingué, Niger, 2011-2012
In the Niger departments of Dogondoutchi and Filingué, French NGO Aide et Action is dedicating itself to the improvement of the quality of education in seventeen rural areas. The past ten years the focus has been on infrastructural improvements, educational tools and teacher training. By now, pass rates of schools involved exceed the national average by over 10 per cent. With a new, three-year project, the NGO wants to realize second-chance education for children between the ages of eight and fourteen, increase the number of girls at elementary schools, and establish an increase in community involvement concerning school management.

The Turing Foundation contributes €150,000 to these activities (€50.000 in 2011).

Classroom in Filingué, Niger

Teacher Training, Kenia en Tanzania, 2011
In Kenya and Tanzania, Terre des Hommes is working with local partners to improve the quality of secondary education at government schools. Teachers are being trained in modern teaching methods, exam methods and the subjects mathematics, geography, chemistry and English. In Kenya 100 teachers will be trained over a period of 4 years, starting with two-day modules throughout the year that are repeated and elaborated on every year. In Tanzania, 40 teachers will be trained every year during a three-week summer course.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €27,000 to the project.

Update july 2011: The project's outcome has been disappointing. In Mara, Tanzania for example, only 20 teachers have been trained instead of 40, and teacher training in Turkana, Kenya were given by local teachers instead of professionals from Nairobi. As a result, the costs have turned out to be lower than was previously expected, so our donation has been lowered from €27,000 to €11,284.

New teaching tools, Kenia en Tanzania

Construction and equipment of a new Vocational Training Centre, Bamako, Mali, 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.

Progress at the building site, Turing project visit, November 2010

Construction of a school for elementary and secondary education, Djenné, Mali, 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.

Djenné, Mali

School furniture for 16 schools in Lubero, D.R. Congo, 2011-2013
In the Lubero region in North Kivu, D.R. Congo, Save the Children is carrying out a five-year programme focused on creating better access to safe and high-quality education. Activities include the foundation of teacher training centres, setting up a compact education programme for children who haven't enjoyed any previous schooling, refurbishing old school buildings and training school management committees. Schools will also be provided with teaching material and school furniture.

In the years 2011-2013, the Turing Foundation will contribute €85,000 to the project (50% of school furniture).

School furniture for 16 schools, in Lubero, D.R. Congo, 2011-2013

20 Speed schools for 500 children, Dosso region, Niger, 2011-2012
The Strømme Foundation and partner organisation RAEDD are setting up so-called 'speed schools in Niger. These schools offer children in the ages of 9-12 who haven't had any previous education a chance to join elementary education yet. The speed schools offer the first three years of elementary school in a nine-month period of intensive education for classes with a maximum of 25 children. After the nine-month course, children can take up regular elementary education.

In 2011-2012, the Turing Foundation will contribute €69,000 for 20 speed schools in 2011 en 2012.

Speed schools, Dosso region, Niger

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).

Vocational education on sustainable farming, Gbomboro, Burkina Faso

Founding of Biblionef Ghana, 2011-2013
Biblionef considers books a source of development and wants to encourage reading. To that end, the organisation spreads new English and French children's books in Africa and Asia, facilitates the publication of local children's books and sets up libraries. There are currently five Biblionef organisations in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, South-Africa and Surinam, spreading a total of 500,000 books annually. The Dutch Biblionef will be starting up a Biblionef organisation in Ghana, which will focus on the spreading and publishing of children's books in Ghana.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €150,000 in 2011-2013.

Founding of Biblionef Ghana, 2011-2013

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.

Teacher training and school expansion, Toungana, Burkina Faso

Better access to education for vulnerable children, Bukavu and Walungu, D.R. Congo, 2011
In South-Kivu, War Child strives for better access to education for vulnerable children. D.R. Congo knows a great shortage of qualified teachers. Therefore, War Child trains teachers associated with the provincial educational authorities in a wide range of subjects: the national curriculum, modern teaching methods, safety at school, psychosocial wellbeing, school management and supervising methods. For a period of 2 years then, the teacher trainers will train the teachers, parents' councils and the school managements of 16 schools in Bukavu and Walungu harbouring 4800 children. On top of that, teaching material will be distributed, school furniture will be provided and small infrastructural improvements (such as toilets, repairs) will be done.

Just like last year, the Turing Foundation donates €40,000 to cover half of the project costs.

Teachers in training, Bukavu and Walungu, D.R. Congo

Educational/Food Programme for 10,000 school children, Thika, Kenya, 2011-2012
The Macheo Children's Centre runs a children's home in Thika, Kenya and supports several primary schools in nearby slums. Schools in Kenya do not charge a tuition fee, but some cannot afford the obligatory school uniform, or are unable to come to school every day since that means going a day without food. This programme therefore distributes plain, free meals and donates school uniforms to the very poorest of children. The daily, nutritious meal has led to a substantial increase of students at the schools involved, as well as a significant improvement of school results. In 2009, 2820 children received a daily meal. Macheo wants to expand the programme to 10,000 children.

Until 2012 the Turing Foundation contributes €105,000 to the education/food programme (€35.000 in 2011). The Turing Foundation has supported this Cause before with €62,000.

Kianjau Primary School

Teacher Training Electricity & Renewable Energy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2011
The Kram Ngoy Centre is a vocational training centre in Phnom Penh where 100 youths a year are trained to be electricians. The centre is currently short on qualified teachers. In the next two years, the ETC Technical Training Programme will be training eight people in didactics and up-to-date technical knowledge regarding electricity and renewable energy. New teaching material is also being developed for the Kram Ngoy Centre.

In 2010 and 2011, the Turing Foundation covers about 40% of all project costs (€47,635, of which €22.635 in 2011).

Teacher Training Electricity & Renewable Energy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme, Ghana 2011
All over the world, SOS Kinderdorpen offers structural support to orphans and abandoned children. Over the past couple of years, the foundation has increasingly focused on establishing and improving job training, especially in Central and East Africa. The Turing Foundation has cooperated with SOS Kinderdorpen in the field of education before, in Burundi.

The Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme aims to improve the current social and food security of vulnerable children and adolescents in rural Ghana. Cooperating with GOAN and Avalon, 600 adolescents from the age of 13 are being trained in biological agricultural techniques, and young men and women from the age of 18 are being assisted in setting up their own farms. A great number of teachers are being trained for this purpose. They will be able to continue their activities in the future without any additional financial support.

The Turing Foundation supports the Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme in Ghana until 2011 by covering one-third (€ 60,000) of the vocational training costs.

Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme, Ghana

Upgrading five vocational training centres, Kenya, 2011-2012
VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) sends professional experts to developing countries to share their knowledge with local organisations, so these can do their work more effectively. In Kenya, VSO will be working on the quality and relevance of vocational training at five vocational training centres. Over a period of three years, teachers and school management will be trained, the new government curriculum will be implemented, and the centres will be working towards a better offer of internship placements.

From 2010-2012, the Turing Foundation contributes €120,000 to this cause, €40.000 of which in 2011.

VSO vocational training, Kenya, 2010-2012

Free school meals, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, 2011
The WOL Foundation built the Zoodo educational complex in Ouahigouya, the capital of the province of Yatenga in Burkina Faso. Their goal is to high quality provide (vocational) education for rural youth and to prevent youth from relapsing into illiteracy due to lack of proper further education.

The Turing Foundation has supported this project before by donating €150,000 for the realization of school buildings and vocational training classrooms. This time, the Turing Foundation will contribute €32,500 to provide all students with a free lunch during the whole of 2010 and 2011.

Free school meals, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, January 2011

Afri-car Academy, Kisumu, Kenya, 2011
The Afri-Can Foundation and local organisations BIG Ltd and Pandipieri Centre set up a technical training centre for underprivileged youths in Kisumu in Western Kenya. The vocational training centre offers a practical two-year car mechanic training for 30 to 60 youths a year. The centre is expected to be financially self-supporting after two years, with income being generated from the training workshop. Until then, support is needed to cover the current costs.

In 2011, the Turing Foundation will contribute a one-time amount of €5,000 to cover the current costs of the new training centre. The Turing Foundation previously supported the construction of the centre by donating €16,500.

Afri-car Academy, Kisumu, June 2011

Teacher training in South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2011-2012
Children in Crisis is a British NGO that works on educational projects in post-conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Liberia. In Southern Kivu, DRC, 172 head masters and 1034 teachers will be trained, school curricula will be developed and teaching materials will be spread in the coming few years, all this to structurally improve the level of education and school results.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 120,000 to the project (€40.000 in 2011).

Teacher training in South Kivu, D.R. Congo

Improvement of education at 8 primary schools, East and Adamawa Region, Cameroon, 2011-2013
Since 2007, the border of Cameroon's East Region has been host to over 100,000 refugees from the Central African Republic. In collaboration with the Cameroon Red Cross and Plan International Cameroon, the UN High Commission for Refugees wants to improve education at 8 primary schools open to both locals and refugees. The program involves training new teachers, improving school buildings, providing furniture and teaching material, and will focus especially on access to education for girls.

From 2011-2013, the Turing Foundation will contribute €120,000.

Refugees from the Central African Republic fetching water from the oldest well of Gbiti, Cameroon

Tools for twelve technical training centres, Western Kenya, 2011
Gered Gereedschap (Salvaged Tools) collects and repairs used tools, and ships them to development projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America on request. Every year, the foundation provides over 100,000 tools and 1,000 sewing machines to third world countries. This way, thousands of people are offered a chance to learn a trade and earn an income.

In 2011, the Turing Foundation will finance the full project costs (€37,000) for the collection, recycling, packaging, and shipping of tools and sewing machines for twelve training centres and organisations in Western Kenya.

Tools for technical vocational education, Western Kenya, 2011

Vocational training for underprivileged youths, Kenya, 2011-2012
The Ujima Foundation offers vocational trainings to underprivileged youths that take care of their younger siblings, in Nakuru and Kisumu. They are trained for jobs in the hospitality sector (hotels, restaurants, etc.). For the long-term funding of Kisumu's vocational training programme, a tourist lodge was built in Kindisi, on the shore of Lake Victoria. According to the business plan, the programme should be able to be funded entirely from the lodge's revenues within a few years. In Nakuru, Ujima already proved such a plan is feasible.

In 2011, the Turing Foundation will contribute €15,000 to the project, and will provide a €15,000 loan guarantee for 2012.

Ujima Vocational Training, Kenya, 2011-2012

Programme for tutoring teenagers in South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2011-2012
ZOA Refugee Care wants to offer primary education in 3 years to youths from returnee families who missed one or more years of primary education. This mainly concerns orphans, ex-child soldiers, child victims of abuse, exploitation or poverty. Existing education centres will be supported in their implementation of a tutoring programme for 3,300 youths, for a period of 3 years. Education officials as well as the school inspection will be trained to supervise the programme.

The Turing Foundation contributes €105.000 to this project, of which €35.000 in 2011.

Tiener-bijscholingsprogramma, Kivu, D.R. Congo

Construction of a medical school in Kiliba, D.R. Congo, 2011
Focus on Education, in association with the local NGO Fondation Chirezi, wants to set up an intermediate vocational school for health care with a capacity of 150 students a year. The school will offer a 3-year nurse training, after which graduates can start working at local health centres and small rural medical clinics. The school targets underprivileged boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 20.

The Turing Foundation contributes €35.000 to the project (€10.000 in 2011, when the project ends).

Medical school awaiting a roof, Kiliba, October 2010

School book project for primary schools, Northwest Cameroon, 2011-2012
Knowledge for Children supports rural schools in Northwest Cameroon by building up a decent book stock and effectively using books as an instructional tool in education. A book fund will also be set up in order for the schools to eventually manage and supplement the book stock themselves. With its activities, Knowledge for Children aims at improving the level of education for primary school children between the ages of 6 and 14.

The Turing Foundation contributes about €90.000 to this project, of which €30.000 in 2011.

School books for primary schools, Northwest Cameroon

Social and financial skills for children, Ghana, 2011
Aflatoun provides children between the ages of 6 and 14 with important social and economic skills by teaching them about rights and responsibilities, personal development, spending and saving, and planning and budgeting. The Foundation developed the "Aflatoun Curriculum," which aims to teach these skills through eight interactive workbooks that are suitable for children (offering song and dance as well as projects).

The Turing Foundation will finance the full project costs (€67,000, of which €29.000 in 2011) involved in training teachers and providing teaching materials at 160 schools in Ghana until 2011. The project is implemented by the ngo WADEP (Women and Development Project).

WADEP teachers and kids, 2010

Education Quality Improvement Programme, Kenya, 2011-2013
Build Africa focuses on education and income-generating programmes in Kenya and Uganda. In Central Kenya, Build Africa works at more than 20 rural schools to improve the quality of education by means of school management and teacher training, improvement of infrastructure and supply of study materials.

Up to and including 2013, the Turing Foundation will contribute €130,000 to the training activities (€50,000 of which will be donated in 2011).

Education Quality Improvement Programme, Kenia

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.

Building and furnishing of the first part of Makaror Mixed Day Secondary School

Solar panels for four schools in Burkina Faso, 2011
The AFOS Foundation is dedicated to improve living conditions in developing countries and in Burkina Faso specifically. In partnership with the Burkina Faso development organisation Association Femmes de ZENA, the foundation aims to equip four primary schools with solar panels, so extra classes can be taught in lit classrooms at night. Goal is to teach children over 8 years of age that cannot come to school during the day, at night. The evening school will especially help girls that never before attended school, as well as dropouts that could not go to school due to a lack of means and want to resume their education.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €16,500 to the project.

Installation of solar panels for one of the schools in Burkina Faso

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.

One of the other schools built by Le Pont in Benin

Jobortunity Training Institute, Arusha, Tanzania, 2011
At the Jobortunity Training Centre in Arusha, underprivileged youths can enrol in a one-year training that prepares them for a career in tourism. The centre opened in September 2009 with a teacher training (Training of Youth Programme). In October 2010, 40 students were the first to complete the training. The training centre is developing income-generating activities to limit their future dependence on donors.

Following last year's contribution, the Turing Foundation will once again contribute €25,000 in 2011.

Jobortunity Training Institute, Arusha, Tanzania

Renovation and expansion of vocational training center, Kisantu, D.R. Congo 2010-2011
The Bambale Foundation focuses on education, agriculture and health in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Kisantu, the foundation wants to renovate the school building and expand the Institut Technique Médicale de Kintanu, a medical vocational nurse training. The school management will also be trained on organizational and business economical skills.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €33,000 to these activities.

Renovation and expansion of vocational training center, Kisantu

Construction of a vocational school for women, Bandiagara, Mali, 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.

Women's vocational school, Bandiagara, Mali

Grants for Talented Underprivileged Children, Ghana 2010-2011
The SmartKids Foundation helps talented underprivileged children in Ghana to go to a reputable secondary school. The children are recommended by a growing national network of teachers and are selected on the basis of their willingness to contribute to the development of their own country in their later lives.

In 2010, just like the last few years, the Turing Foundation invests € 10,000 in the growth of the number of 'SmartKids'.

SmartKids in Training in Ghana

Modern Teaching Equipment for vocational training centre CPMA, Bamako, Mali, 2010-2011
The Centre Professionel Mécanique Auto (CPMA) for vocational training in car engineering, will be expanding with a four-year degree at Brevet de Technicien level (standard technician's certificate). To that end, PUM will provide training on modern car engineering for teachers and development of a new curriculum. Additionally, the school is in need of modern teaching equipment.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €35,500 for the purchase of modern teaching equipment.

CPMA Vocational training, Bamako, Mali, 2010-2011

Competency-based Teaching as part of vocational training, Kumasi en Tamale, Ghana, 2010-2011
The ETC (Educational Training Consultants) Technical Training programme focuses on human resource development and capacity building in developing countries by improving technical training. In Ghana, the ETC will be training 238 teachers, from the teacher training institute for technical vocational training in Ghana, as well as from three vocational training centres in Kumasi and Tamale. Goal is to introduce modern teaching methods (competency-based teaching) in Ghana's vocational training institutes.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €35,000, covering about half of the project costs.

Competency-based Teaching as part of vocational training, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana, 2010-2011

School on Wheels, Cameroon, 2010
One Men's School on Wheels project, in association with United Action for Children , dedicates itself to alternative education aimed at competence development and vocational training for children between the ages of 6 and 13. School on Wheels brings children to school and teachers to children. Besides reading and writing, School on Wheels also wants to teach the children practical skills and competences they will need to survive in their own communities, such as extra vocational training that will enable them to find jobs as electricians, ICT professionals, carpenters or painters.

Up to and including 2010, the Turing Foundation will be co-financing this project so it can expand to reach 6,000 children in Mamfe, Kousseri and Kumba (€150,000, of which €50,000 in 2010).

School on Wheels, Cameroon, 2010

Teacher Training solar enegry systems, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 2010-2011
At the request of six technical schools in Bobo Diolasso, Burkina Faso, the ETC Technical Training Programme will be training 26 Electricity/Electrical Engineering teachers in solar energy systems. After the training, the teachers will be able to install, maintain and repair a solar energy system as well as pass on their knowledge to their students. Every year, the 6 schools have a total of between 650 and 700 students taking the Electricity/Electrical Engineering course.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €15,400.

Teacher Training solar energy at 6 technical schools, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Construction of a new school, Mamfe, Cameroon, 2010-2011
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.

Building the school in Mamfe, Cameroon

Construction and equipment for a new Vocational Training Centre, Kisumu, Kenya, 2009-2011
Together with local organisations BIG Ltd and Pandipieri Centre, Afri-Can Foundation (formerly known as VCAA) is setting up a technical training centre for underprivileged youngsters in Kisumu, Western Kenya. The centre will be offering a practice-based two-year training programme in car mechanics, and will cater for 30 young boys and girls annually.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 16.500 towards the construction and equipment of this new training centre.

The new Vovational Training Centre, Kisumu, January 2011

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).

Inhabitants of Sinia, Democratic Republic of Congo

Construction of a vocational training centre in Nairobi, Kenia, 2009-2011
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.

Vocational Training Centre, Februari 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

Construction of a primary school in Isitu, Tanzania, 2009-2011
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).

The new school under construction - november 2010

more eduction projects...

Vocational Education for the Loita Maasai, Narok South District, Kenya, 2010-2011

Educational Governance, Doutchi and Filingué, Niger, 2010

Construction and equipment of a new Vocational Training Centre, Bamako, Mali, 2010

Educational/Food Programme for 10,000 school children, Thika, Kenya, 2010

Construction of a technical school in Kambila, Mali, 2010-2012

Construction of an educational institute in Yatenga, Burkina Faso, 2007-2009

Technical and vocational training, Nyonko and Fada N'Gourma, Burkina Faso, 2009