In East Africa, numerous schools, kindergartens and boarding schools are already being built or planned to improve education in Uganda.
We are still looking for competent partners for the planned projects in West Africa. We are already gaining initial experience there with partners in Senegal and Ghana.
The first ODEC education center has been in operation in Namibia since January 2024. Construction of another school began in summer 2024.
In East Africa, numerous schools, kindergartens and boarding schools are already being built or planned to improve education in Uganda.
In the first few years of our foundation's activities, we concentrated primarily on providing financial support to aid organizations at home and abroad.
In the interests of everyone, we are working intensively to fully clarify the situation. You can find out the initial results under the menu item “Centers > WEF East Africa”.
Many children in Africa are still unable to go to school. We are committed to ensuring that they can exercise their right to education. One of the ways we achieve this is by building new schools.
In many African countries, the number of illiterate people is very high. Many people cannot read and write because they have not attended school. Girls are often excluded from attending school. There is often a lack of money to attend school or a lack of awareness and understanding in the family. Most children are involved in the family's daily housework, with girls having a particularly large number of tasks. Parents are skeptical about school education, often because they have never attended school themselves.
The importance of school attendance is immense, and not only in Africa. Education has a positive impact on all children and is also the key to combating poverty and creating a better future. Education is a human right and is enshrined in both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Years of commitment to education in crisis regions
Educational projects created or under construction
Supported aid organizations
Postanschrift: Werner Erkes Stiftung, Marc-Chagall-Straße 146, 40477 Düsseldorf, Germany: Werner Erkes, E-Mail: erkes@erkes.de
Büroadresse: Toulouser Allee 4, 40211 Düsseldorf
Werner Erkes Foundation Southwest Africa: Volkan Sazli, E-Mail: sazli@erkes.de
Werner Erkes Foundation East Africa: Peter von Heyking, E-Mail: vanheyking@erkes.de
Werner Erkes Foundation West Africa: Dr. Djiby Diouf: E-Mail: diouf@erkes.de
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