News URBIS welcomes new Council Members at Foundation Meeting
On 23 October, the URBIS Foundation held its annual Foundation Meeting and this year we were pleased to welcome three new Council members for their four-year term.
Martin Weiß is a political scientist and has been volunteering in the Foundation for many years. As the energy strategist of the Stiftung Klimaneutralität in Berlin, he will support the Council with his expertise.
Andreas Böning is the Managing Director of Kinderrechte Afrika e. V. and has lived and worked in East Africa for many years. As a financial expert for development aid, he mainly supports the Council in third-party funded projects.
Dr. Inez Kipfer-Didavi is the Managing Director of Handicap International Germany and has been working in humanitarian aid for many years. She enriches the Foundation Board with her profound knowledge of Togo and West Africa and longstanding experience on the ground.
We are looking forward to a fruitful collaboration in the years to come.
Further contributions
Uganda project trip
In February, our project coordinator Nina visited our long-standing partner organisation ACSET. (Action for Child Social and Economic Transformation). After years of working together, we were finally able to get to know each other in person. We are currently implementing a major project in the solar sector with the support of Engagement Global.
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Visits to Togo in January
At the beginning of the year, Inge and Christian Epp travelled to Togo together with Matthias Schmidt. A few weeks later, our project coordinator Cornelia also travelled there.
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Tailoring training successfully completed in Togo
As part of Urbis' social sector, we were able to enable six young women from disadvantaged families who have no access to school education to train as dressmakers. The training ended in September 2023 with the final examination.
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