so proud. so grateful. you look at the graduating class of 2024. the first generation of students at the ‘Kidiki Secondary School’ who are now finishing their A-level and will start higher education. you gave a different twist to the future of daniel and rita and classmates. and the icing on the cake, your donations for the kidiki ss-jos kuppens-foundation. your contributions made dreams come true. is it allowed? a new call for the foundation? for new students?
casimir, timo, margot and cindy created a sustainable alternative to the '3-stone' cooking method. the ‘Institutional Energy Saving Cookstoves’ meet all SDGs and mean a saving of 50% on firewood. they drew up a business plan for the proceeds of the garden, a business plan for the production of briquettes, and all kinds of workshops.
AFD (Academics For Development)-KUL once again adopted our project. During the academic year 2023-2024, students from AFD-Leuven and Kidiki investigated sustainable alternatives to the '3-stone' cooking method. The old cooking method requires large tree felling, is unhealthy and expensive. The new cooking method 'Institutional Energy Saving Cookstoves' meets all SDG's and means a 50% saving of firewood. During summer 2024, 4 students from AFD will build to expand the kitchen and install these Energy Saving Cookstoves.
a project about collaborative development
Stephen Mubiru, jos kuppens and frieda de lannoy meet each other in Namwendwa (Uganda) in 2006. The philosophy and vigor of Stephen and the people of Namwendwa are making miracles happen. In 2007 they start a collaboration called “okwagaanana” which means “to meet each other”. Jos and Frieda call it a form of collaborative development. High in the agenda are mutual consultation, seeking information, seeking answers to questions relevant for the people of Namwendwa, and obtaining financial support for the local organisations: kidiki primary school, kidiki secondary school, two development groups (kidiki tweyambe development group' and ‘kyebajja tobona development group') and the vocational training centre or vtc.
Jos passes away suddenly and unexpectedly in September 2012. “Grief is the mandatory adjustment of your vision for the future” (after M. Nussbaum). frieda and the children continue the project. frieda returns each year to Namwendwa. Together with the three organizations, they review developments, discuss how to shape plans for the future. Progress, sustainability, multiplicability, all corresponding to the local needs, are the main concerns. frieda and jos always with her are driven by the efforts of the people of Namwendwa to realise progress. They bbelieve strongly in these local organisations and want to contribute. Do you?
“A miracle solution does not exist, but small steps can and will change things a lot” (Stephen, Namwendwa, 2011)
