ELHADJ DIOUF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN
Kaolack, Senegal | Inauguration in May 2024
The Harz-Kurier, the local newspaper of EDF Osterode's home town, devoted an entire page to the opening of the school and sports complex.
The new social private school “Elhadj Diouf” offers both boys and girls a basic general education at a high level. A free, daily hot meal and emergency medical care are naturally part of the offer. WEF West Africa is the financier and sponsor of an entire floor. The entire school complex was enthusiastically explored by local children as soon as it was inaugurated in May.
The official start of lessons took place in November 2024.
In his position as founder and chairman of the aid organization “Tangeni Shilongo Namibia” (TSN), which is recognized as a non-profit association in Germany and Namibia, Volkan Sazli oversees the DRC School Project & Community Centre and the OPEN DOORS Education Centre (ODEC) in Swakopmund.
As Managing Director of WEF South West Africa, he will develop further education projects in Namibia and neighboring countries in South West Africa on behalf of the Werner Erkes Foundation over the next few years. The construction of the new DRC School Project in Swakopmund is already scheduled for this year. (see below)
The Board of the Werner Erkes Foundation is looking forward to a competent and cordial cooperation.
The EDF is committed to ensuring that...
> German and Senegalese youth are brought together as the foundation of a cultural bridge, e.g. by facilitating workshop encounters.
> local support in the areas of education, medicine, nutrition, sports, music, etc. takes place,
so that...
- girls and boys can attend school (school fees, transportation)
- improving learning conditions (school materials, rooms, tutoring, etc.)
- ensuring medical care in Kaolack
- providing children with a balanced diet
- offering young people prospects to avoid the causes of flight
- training junior ambassadors to sensitize their fellow human beings to ONE world.
Djiby Diouf, Managing Director
The Werner Erkes Foundation is currently establishing the WE Foundation West Africa in Senegal, which will set up educational projects there and in neighboring countries.
Dr. Djiby Diouf from Senegal will be in charge of this great project based in his native town of Kaolack. In his doctoral thesis from 2009, he already dealt with the issue of sustainable development in Senegal in connection with the political guidelines and sociological obstacles using Kaolack as an example.
The boards of EDF and WES at the time of the cooperation's founding in summer 2023
WERNER ERKES SPORTS COMPLEX
Kaolack, Senegal | Inaugurated in May 2024
The sports and play area is directly adjacent to the school grounds. The facility includes a multifunctional sports field with high-quality flooring for tennis, football, basketball, etc., a building with changing rooms and toilets, and two playgrounds. We financed the entire sports and play area, which was built together with the EDF Foundation and the Association AKS (Kaolack).
The sports facility will also be accessible to sports clubs in Kaolack and the wider area. The income generated will benefit the school project. Completion and opening was in May 2024.
WES is very happy to have been able to get involved in this exciting flagship project in Senegal.
CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH KINDERGARTEN
Hobor, Ghana
The WEF West Africa is currently building a primary school with a kindergarten together with the partner associations “Zusammen für Ghana” (Hannover) and “Kinder Zentrum International” (Hobor, Ghana). The ground floor with three classrooms and a toilet facility has already been completed and put into operation. The upper floor of the same size is under construction.
To meet the expected demand for a secondary school, plans are already being drawn up for a larger second school complex on a neighboring property.
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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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