On August 18 and 21, 2009, we supported the non-profit organization “Sustainably against Hunger – Contre Le Faim” in Göttingen in packing 2 40′ containers to be transported to Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast.
We dismantled a complete microbiology laboratory from the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics at the Georg-August University in Göttingen – this is to be replaced by a new acquisition. The recipient of this laboratory equipment with 50 workstations is the Université Abobo-Adjame in Abidjan. In future, students from the Ivory Coast will be trained there. This project was prepared and coordinated by Dr. Angelica Saavedra, board member of the Göttingen association, during a visit to Abidjan five weeks ago.
We also loaded a rebuildable prototype for a manioc mill developed from scrap metal in our metal workshop. This is destined for the Blokosso women’s cooperative in Abidjan. The women there produce attike, a cassava grits whose quality is praised throughout the country.
We also loaded children’s chairs donated by AWO Hildesheim. These chairs are intended for the elementary school in Taabo, which is still under construction. Taabo is located about 250 km north of Abidjan in the interior of the country. We also loaded cartons of screws, nails, sanitary items, pumps, masonry tools, leatherworking tools, jigsaws, hammer drills, vises and a pillar drill, as well as 10 sets of tools for wood and metal – a total of 2194 items excluding nails and screws and the 10 sets of tools, all of which had been donated to us and refurbished by our workshops. These donations are destined for the Abel Center for street children in Grand Bassam, a suburb of Adidjan, which is run by Italian monks, and a craftsmen’s center.
Once again, the many donations that we received through collection campaigns by the DGB local branch in Sehnde and the Volkssolidarität Potsdam as well as many individual donors have been put to good use.
