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Yams hills with sesame plants Copyright: SAF

Collective farming successfully launched in Blitta, Togo

In our project with Sight Africa Family (SAF) in Togo to establish six production communities, much has already been achieved in the first months of the project. Following the successful project kick-off in August 2021, the first three communities were established as planned in the villages of Kamboussa, Kaza-Copé and Niki-Niki 2.

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Cornelia Dix presents Dr Kadjassi with a blood pressure monitor as a farewell gift Copyright: UFT

Farewell to Dr Kadjassi

After 13 years with URBIS FOUNDATION TOGO, Dr. Bâ-Traoré Kadjassi, who was responsible for the health sector, retired. Over the years, we have greatly expanded this sector. It all started with a request from a small health station that wanted to provide medicines for the less fortunate.

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Installation of the solar panels Copyright: Aktiv für Afrika e.V.

Solar power for Kwanjarko in Ghana

Within the framework of the URBIS funding programme, Aktiv für Afrika e.V. installed a solar power system in the village of Kwanjarko in eastern Ghana. This now powers a solar pump, which sustainably improves the health and living situation of the 1,500 inhabitants through year-round, safe supply of clean drinking water and also creates local opportunities.

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Meeting of the Maasai women from "Women of Faith" Copyright: SOFIs WORLD

East Africa Funding Projects in 2022

In 2022, the URBIS FOUNDATION will once again fund exciting projects by our three long-term partners in East Africa.

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Cornelia Dix with our UFT Team in Sokodé

Visiting our team in Togo

In mid-January, project coordinator Cornelia Dix travelled to our subsidiary foundation URBIS FOUNDATION Togo (UFT). On her twelve-day trip, she first visits our headquarters in Sokodé, a city in the central region of Togo. There, she exchanges ideas with our local colleagues and visits some projects and ongoing activities.

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Handing over of the tree seedlings at Malinyi Secondary School Copyright: TAREA

Sustainable Use of Biomass for Cooking in Tanzania

With the support from the URBIS Foundation our project partner TAREA in Tanzania successfully ended the one-year project “Enabling Sustainable Use of Biomass for Cooking at Public Secondary Schools in Malinyi District”.

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