The Turing Foundation

The Turing Foundation strives to offer children and young people the kind of education that can help them structurally, encourage their independence and autonomy, and enable them to contribute to their communities.

The Turing Foundation regards education as a means to offer people new opportunities in their lives in a constructive, structural and respectful way. Moreover, education benefits not only the individual, but also his environment and society as a whole. It can be seen as a sustainable method of poverty reduction.

Our policy aims to increase the availability of quality education in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, D.R. Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Tanzania and Togo. We focus on primary education (from the age of 6), secondary education, and (as a specific area of interest) vocational training. More information can be found in our application procedures for education.

Most recent projects:

July 2010	Modern Teaching Equipment for vocational training, Bamako, Mali, 2010 The Centre Professionel Mécanique Auto (CPMA) for vocational training in car engineering, will be expanding... more	July 2010	Upgrading five vocational training centres, Kenya, 2010-2012 VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) sends professional experts to developing countries to share their knowledge with local... more
July 2010	Free school meals, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, 2010-2011 The WOL Foundation built the Zoodo educational complex in Ouahigouya, the capital of the province of Yatenga in Burkina Faso.... more	July 2010	Competency-based Teaching as part of vocational training, Kumasi en Tamale, Ghana, 2010-2011 The ETC (Educational Training Consultants) Technical Training programme focuses on human... more
July 2010	Speed schools for 300 children, province of Kadiogo, Burkina Faso, 2010-2011 In Burkina Faso, Woord & Daad and partner CREDO started dozens of so-called speed schools. These schools... more	July 2010	ICT vocational training CPAEC, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2010 The Zod Neere Foundation set up a vocational training centre for underprivileged youngsters in Ouagadougou, Burkina... more
July 2010	Construction and equipment of a trade school in Chepchoina, Kenya, 2010 The Elimu Mount Elgon Foundation facilitates educational initiatives in the Mount Elgon Region in Kenya. As... more	July 2010	Computer rooms for secondary schools in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda 2010 Viafrica helps secondary schools to offer their students ICT education, and to ensure a well-educated middle class. Schools must take... more
July 2010	Construction and equipment of the secondary school for Kainam, Tanzania 2010 The Kamitei Foundation invests in primary and secondary education for rural children in Tanzania. Kamitei supplies facilities and goods, but also training... more	July 2010	School on Wheels, Cameroon, 2010 School on Wheels takes children to school, and teachers to children. Apart from reading and writing, children are taught practical skills and competences that they... more

Project details:

Modern Teaching Equipment for vocational training, Bamako, Mali, 2010
The Centre Professionel Mécanique Auto (CPMA) for vocational training in car engineering, will be expanding with a four-year degree at Brevet de Technicien level (standard technician's certificate). To that end, PUM will provide training on modern car engineering for teachers and development of a new curriculum. Additionally, the school is in need of modern teaching equipment.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €35,500 for the purchase of modern teaching equipment.

CPMA Vocational training, Bamako, Mali, 2010

Upgrading five vocational training centres, Kenya, 2010-2012
VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) sends professional experts to developing countries to share their knowledge with local organisations, so these can do their work more effectively. In Kenya, VSO will be working on the quality and relevance of vocational training at five vocational training centres. Over a period of three years, teachers and school management will be trained, the new government curriculum will be implemented, and the centres will be working towards a better offer of internship placements.

From 2010-2012, the Turing Foundation will contribute €120,000 to this cause.

see also: VSO: other projects

VSO vocational training, Kenya, 2010-2012

Free school meals, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, 2010-2011
The WOL Foundation built the Zoodo educational complex in Ouahigouya, the capital of the province of Yatenga in Burkina Faso. Their goal is to high quality provide (vocational) education for rural youth and to prevent youth from relapsing into illiteracy due to lack of proper further education.

The Turing Foundation has supported this project before by donating €150,000 for the realization of school buildings and vocational training classrooms. This time, the Turing Foundation will contribute €32,500 to provide all students with a free lunch during the whole of 2010 and 2011.

Educational complex Zoodo, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso

Competency-based Teaching as part of vocational training, Kumasi en Tamale, Ghana, 2010-2011
The ETC (Educational Training Consultants) Technical Training programme focuses on human resource development and capacity building in developing countries by improving technical training. In Ghana, the ETC will be training 238 teachers, from the teacher training institute for technical vocational training in Ghana, as well as from three vocational training centres in Kumasi and Tamale. Goal is to introduce modern teaching methods (competency-based teaching) in Ghana's vocational training institutes.

In 2010, The Turing Foundation will contribute €35,000.

Competency-based Teaching as part of vocational training, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana, 2010-2011

Speed schools for 300 children, province of Kadiogo, Burkina Faso, 2010-2011
In Burkina Faso, Woord & Daad and partner CREDO started dozens of so-called speed schools. These schools give children in the ages of 9-12 who have not had any previous education the opportunity to still receive primary education. The speed schools teach the first three years of primary education in nine months time, with classes of no more than thirty children. After that, the children will be able to enrol in regular primary education at their own age level.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute a total of €25,000.

Speed school, province of Kadiogo, Burkina Faso, 2010-2011

ICT vocational training CPAEC, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2010
The Zod Neere Foundation set up a vocational training centre for underprivileged youngsters in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The centre (CPAEC - Centre Professionnel d'Apprentissage et d'Echanges Culturels) will open its doors come October 2010 and will be offering several vocational training courses: bronze, batik, leatherworking, carpentry, bricklaying, cutter and ICT (administration and technical support). The ICT training will consist of a two to three-year training, including an internship placement and can admit up to 270 students a year.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €19,000 for the furnishing of the computer rooms for the ICT training.

vocational training centre CPAEC under construction, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2010

Construction and equipment of a trade school in Chepchoina, Kenya, 2010
The Elimu Mount Elgon Foundation facilitates educational initiatives in the Mount Elgon Region in Kenya. As part of a larger school complex the foundation supports the establishment of a vocational training school (2 classrooms, 4 teachers' lodgings, 4 instruction rooms, facilities and equipment). This school will offer technical training in agriculture and horticulture, woodwork, metalwork, electrical engineering and domestic science to 180 students.

By contributing €40,000 the Turing Foundation will fund half of the building and furnishing costs of the school. Building starts in August 2010.

De eerste gebouwen van het scholencomplex, Chepchoina, Kenia

Computer rooms for secondary schools in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda 2010
Together with several partners in the educational sector, the Viafrica Foundation supports educational organisations in Africa in ICT use and management. Via their programme CLASSworks (Computer Learning and Sustainable Support Works) it assists schools in setting up, using and managing suitable computer rooms, trains teachers and helps schools in managing their hard- and software. At present, Viafrica supports more than 75 schools in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. 30 new school projects will be launched this year.

Like the past years, the Turing Foundation will contribute € 40,000 towards Viafrica's projects in 2010.

CLASSWorks Programme, Kenia, Viafrica

Construction and equipment of the secondary school for Kainam, Tanzania 2010
The Kamitei Foundation invests in primary and secondary education for rural youths in Tanzania. Kamitei provides facilities and goods, but also offers trainings and incentives for teachers, help with budgeting and planning, et cetera.

Like previous years, the Turing Foundation will contribute €30,000 to the building and furnishing of the first secondary school in Kainam, Tanzania as well as teacher training (making up around 30% of the project's budget).

support for Kamitei

School on Wheels, Cameroon, 2010
One Men's School on Wheels project, in association with United Action for Children , dedicates itself to alternative education aimed at competence development and vocational training for children between the ages of 6 and 13. School on Wheels brings children to school and teachers to children. Besides reading and writing, School on Wheels also wants to teach the children practical skills and competences they will need to survive in their own communities, such as extra vocational training that will enable them to find jobs as electricians, ICT professionals, carpenters or painters.

Up to and including 2010, the Turing Foundation will be co-financing this project so it can expand to reach 6,000 children in Mamfe, Kousseri and Kumba (€150,000, of which €50,000 in 2010).

School on Wheels, Cameroon, 2010

Teacher Training Electricity & Renewable Energy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2010-2011
The Kram Ngoy Centre is a vocational training centre in Phnom Penh where 100 youths a year are trained to be electricians. The centre is currently short on qualified teachers. In the next two years, the ETC Technical Training Programme will be training eight people in didactics and up-to-date technical knowledge regarding electricity and renewable energy. New teaching material is also being developed for the Kram Ngoy Centre.

In 2010 and 2011, the Turing Foundation will contribute a total of €47,635 to the project.

Teacher Training Electricity & Renewable Energy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Teacher Training solar enegry systems, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 2010
At the request of six technical schools in Bobo Diolasso, Burkina Faso, the ETC Technical Training Programme will be training 26 Electricity/Electrical Engineering teachers in solar energy systems. After the training, the teachers will be able to install, maintain and repair a solar energy system as well as pass on their knowledge to their students. Every year, the 6 schools have a total of between 650 and 700 students taking the Electricity/Electrical Engineering course.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €15,400.

Teacher Training solar energy at 6 technical schools, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Educational/Food Programme for 10,000 school children, Thika, Kenya, 2010-2012
The Macheo Children's Centre runs a children's home in Thika, Kenya and supports several primary schools in nearby slums. Schools in Kenya do not charge a tuition fee, but some cannot afford the obligatory school uniform, or are unable to come to school every day since that means going a day without food. This programme therefore distributes plain, free meals and donates school uniforms to the very poorest of children. The daily, nutritious meal has led to a substantial increase of students at the schools involved, as well as a significant improvement of school results. In 2009, 2820 children received a daily meal. Macheo wants to expand the programme to 10,000 children.

From 2010 up to and including 2012, the Turing Foundation will contribute €105,000 to the education/food programme. The Turing Foundation has supported this Cause before by donating €62,000.

Kianjau Primary School

Technical vocational training, Rongo district, Kenya, 2010-2011
Edukans, in association with the Kenyan NGO ANPPCAN, is doing a 3-year project aimed at an improved accessibility to relevant and decent education. Education in the Rongo district is poorly developed and there is hardly any vocational training being offered. Part of the project involves the realization of student-teacher schooling posts for 130 youths, so they can learn a trade.

In 2010 and 2011, the Turing Foundation will contribute a total of €68,000 to the project.

Technical vocational training, Rongo district, Kenya

Teacher Training, Kenia en Tanzania, 2010-2012
With the help of local partners, Terre des Hommes is working on improving the quality of secondary education at state schools in Kenya and Tanzania. Teachers are trained in modern teaching and examination methods as well as mathematics, geography, biology, chemistry and English. In Kenya, 100 teachers will be trained for 4 years by means of two-day modules throughout the year, followed every next year by revision and more in-depth training. In Tanzania, 40 teachers will be trained every year during a 3-week course in the summer holidays.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €27,000.

New teaching tools, Kenia en Tanzania

Better access to education for vulnerable children, Bukavu and Walungu, D.R. Congo, 2010-2011
In South-Kivu, War Child strives for better access to education for vulnerable children. D.R. Congo knows a great shortage of qualified teachers. Therefore, War Child trains teachers associated with the provincial educational authorities in a wide range of subjects: the national curriculum, modern teaching methods, safety at school, psychosocial wellbeing, school management and supervising methods. For a period of 2 years then, the teacher trainers will train the teachers, parents' councils and the school managements of 16 schools in Bukavu and Walungu harbouring 4800 children. On top of that, teaching material will be distributed, school furniture will be provided and small infrastructural improvements (such as toilets, repairs) will be done.

In 2010 and 2011, the Turing Foundation will contribute €80,000 to the project.

Teachers in training, Bukavu and Walungu, D.R. Congo

Building teacher residences for Loita High School in Entasekira, Kenya, 2010
For several years now, Mill-Hill College in Goirle has been supporting the development of Loita High School in Entasekira, Kenya. This Maasai region is short on schools, which is why in 2006, on the initiative of the local community and with financial aid from the Netherlands, the first high school was founded. Loita High School currently has 160 students that have 4 classrooms at their disposal. In order to attract and retain good teachers, teacher residences are needed. Mill-Hill College is bringing in funds to realize the building of a number of plain residences.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €25,000.

Building of teacher residences for Loita High School, Kenya

Improvement of primary and vocational education, Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo, 2010
CDI Bwamanda contributes to the recovery and building up of education in the Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo. During a three-year project, 22 schools will be working on educational improvement (6 primary schools, 11 secondary schools and 5 vocational training institutes). There will be trainings to improve school management and teacher skills. Teaching material will be distributed as well and where needed, school buildings will be renovated.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation will contribute €30,000.

Improving quality of primary education and vocational training, Equatorial Province, D.R. Congo

Emergency aid in the Slum Area of Vila Cruzeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2010
The IBISS foundation stands up for Brazil's most underprivileged groups. Children in slums are either hardly stimulated to attend school or are not given the chance to. The Preparar Vila Cruzeiro project by IBISS in Rio de Janeiro's notorious slum changed that. IBISS managed to offer all children a basic education so they could be sent to school.

From 2007-2009, the Turing Foundation contributed the full costs of €150,000 to the Preparar Vila Cruzeiro project. Although Brazil is no longer part of our geographical focus, since Rio de Janeiro's favelas have been gravely affected by the recent floods of April 2010, it has been decided to grant a one-time emergency donation of €10,000 in order to save the successful youth centre Espaço IBISS in Vila Cruzeira.

see also: IBISS: other projects

Sloppenwijk Rio de Janeiro

School book project for primary schools, Northwest Cameroon, 2010-2012
Knowledge for Children supports rural schools in Northwest Cameroon by building up a decent book stock and effectively using books as an instructional tool in education. A book fund will also be set up in order for the schools to eventually manage and supplement the book stock themselves. With its activities, Knowledge for Children aims at improving the level of education for primary school children between the ages of 6 and 14.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €33.500 in 2010, and intends to continue support in 2011 and 2012 (by contributing €30.000 and €25.000 respectively).

School books for primary schools, Northwest Cameroon

Programme for tutoring teenagers in South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2010-2012
ZOA Refugee Care wants to offer primary education in 3 years to youths from returnee families who missed one or more years of primary education. This mainly concerns orphans, ex-child soldiers, child victims of abuse, exploitation or poverty. Existing education centres will be supported in their implementation of a tutoring programme for 3,300 youths, for a period of 3 years. Education officials as well as the school inspection will be trained to supervise the programme.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €40.000 in 2010 and intends to continue support in 2011 and 2012 (by contributing €35.000 and €30.000 respectively).

Tiener-bijscholingsprogramma, Kivu, D.R. Congo

New school, Mamfe, Cameroon, 2010
LiveBuild, in association with United Action for Children (UAC), wants to set up a high-quality school in Mamfe. UAC has already realised a similar school in Buea, with smaller classes, quality education, information on HIV and Aids, vocational training, tutoring and computer training. School results of the Buea school are among the best of its area. The school in Mamfe wants to match that success level.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €25.000 in 2010 for the building of the school in Mamfe.

School complex, Buea, Kameroen

Building of a medical school in Kiliba, D.R. Congo, 2010-2011
Focus on Education, in association with the local NGO Fondation Chirezi, wants to set up an intermediate vocational school for health care with a capacity of 150 students a year. The school will offer a 3-year nurse training, after which graduates can start working at local health centres and small rural medical clinics. The school targets underprivileged boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 20.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €35.000 in 2010 and 2011.

Bouw Medische School, Kiliba, D.R. Congo

Building of a technical school in Kambila, Mali, 2010
The Mali Foundation, in association with its local partner Solisa, will set up a basic technical school to provide some prospect beside primary education in an area where there is no secondary education whatsoever. The object is to school underprivileged youths for trades that are needed in the area. Trainings will consist of 3, 6, and 12-month modules.

The Turing Foundation will contribute €40.000 in 2010 for the building of the technical school.

The new school in Kenenkou, donated by the Turing Foundation

Container shipment for technical education, Tanzania, 2010
The Foundation for Refurbished Tools (Gered Gereedschap) collects and refurbishes tools and dispatches these to development projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America on demand. Every year, the foundation provides Third-World countries with over 100,000 tools and around 1,000 sewing machines. Thousands of people are thus given a chance to learn a trade and earn a living.

In 2010, The Turing Foundation will finance the entire project costs (€37.000) covering the collecting, recycling, packaging and shipping of tools and sewing machines to eight different training centres and organisations in Tanzania.

Gereedschap voor Technisch Onderwijs, Tanzania

Teacher training in South Kivu, D.R. Congo, 2010
Children in Crisis is a British NGO that works on educational projects in post-conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Liberia. In Southern Kivu, DRC, 72 head masters and 500 teachers will be trained, school curricula will be developed and teaching materials will be spread in the coming few years, all this to structurally improve the level of education and school results.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 40,000 to the project

Teacher training in South Kivu, D.R. Congo

ICT Vocational Training Programmes, Nairobi, Kenia, 2010
NairoBits is a Digital Design School in Kenya's capital Nairobi, founded by Butterfly Works. NairoBits is currently being managed on site and offers training programs in web design and job hunting skills to hundreds of youngsters from the Nairobi slums. Similar initiatives have followed in the wake of NairoBits' success, such as ZanziBits in Tanzania.

Like last year, the Turing Foundation will donate €27,000 to the NairoBits Vocational Training Program.

Butterfly Works, Nairobi, Kenya

Social and financial skills for children, Ghana, 2010
Aflatoun provides children between the ages of 6 and 14 with important social and economic skills by teaching them about rights and responsibilities, personal development, spending and saving, and planning and budgeting. The Foundation developed the "Aflatoun Curriculum," which aims to teach these skills through eight interactive workbooks that are suitable for children (offering song and dance as well as projects).

The Turing Foundation will finance the full project costs (€67,000) involved in training teachers and providing teaching materials at 160 schools in Ghana until 2011. The project is implemented by the ngo WADEP (Women and Development Project).

WADEP Trainees,2006

Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme, Ghana 2010-2011
All over the world, SOS Kinderdorpen offers structural support to orphans and abandoned children. Over the past couple of years, the foundation has increasingly focused on establishing and improving job training, especially in Central and East Africa. The Turing Foundation has cooperated with SOS Kinderdorpen in the field of education before, in Burundi.

The Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme aims to improve the current social and food security of vulnerable children and adolescents in rural Ghana. Cooperating with GOAN and Avalon, 600 adolescents from the age of 13 are being trained in biological agricultural techniques, and young men and women from the age of 18 are being assisted in setting up their own farms. A great number of teachers are being trained for this purpose. They will be able to continue their activities in the future without any additional financial support.

The Turing Foundation supports the Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme in Ghana until 2011 by covering one-third (€ 60,000) of the vocational training costs.

Farming and Livelihood Improvement Programme, Ghana

Teacher training in Northern Cameroon, 2010-2012
VSO sends out vocational specialists to developing countries in Africa and Asia who can share their knowledge and experience with local organisations, helping them to do their work in a more efficient way. The project that will run in Northern Cameroon for the coming three years means that four specialists will develop training modules for teachers, headmasters, parents' councils and civil servants serving education. Moreover, several activities are organised to make education more accessible to girls.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 30,000 on an annual basis in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

see also: VSO: other projects

Teacher training in Far North Region, Cameroon

Extra classrooms and teacher training, Bona, Burkina Faso, 2010
The Association for Small African Projects labours to improve the welfare of inhabitants of nine poor villages in Western Burkina Faso. In 2010, teachers of the nine villages and the surrounding area will be trained further in modern teaching techniques. Apart from that, the elementary school in the village of Bona will be expanded by three news classrooms, toilets and two teacher's houses.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation contributes € 30,000 to the teachers training programme and the expansion of the school.

Extra classrooms and teacher training, Bona, Burkina Faso

Income Generating Programma for Vocational Training, Kisumu, Kenia, 2010
The Ujima Foundation offers vocational education for underprivileged children of Nakuru and Kisumu who need to provide for younger brothers and sisters. The young students are trained to find jobs in the hospitality sector (hotels, restaurants, et cetera). In order to defray the costs of this vocational training programme of Kisumu in the long term, a tourist lodge is being constructed on the banks of Lake Victoria. The business plan shows that the profits from the lodge can already cover the costs of the programme within a few years. In Nakuru, the Ujima Foundation has already proven that this can be done.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation contributes € 30,000 to the construction of the lodge.

Income Generating Programma for Vocational Training, Kisumu, Kenia

Construction of new elementary school classrooms, Gountoëto, Benin, 2010
The Le Pont Foundation is active in Benin in the field of education, health care, water and sanitation. In 2010, Le Pont will construct three extra classrooms for the existing elementary school in Gountoëto, which serves 260 pupils. The community is actively involved and does not only contribute financially, but also supplies workers for the construction activities.

In 2010, the Turing Foundation donates € 11,500 towards the construction of the classrooms.

Huidige situatie Gountoëto

Educational Programme for Orphanage, Harumalgoda, Sri Lanka, 2009
The Stichting Weeshuis Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka Orphanage Foundation) develops an orphanage in Harumalgoda, Sri Lanka for 300 orphans. Many of them became orphans as a direct consequence of the tsunami in 2004. The foundation also offers an educational programme for these children and 350 others who live in the vicinity of the orphanage. The programme aims to offer the children an education that suits the market and the country's needs. As of the end of 2008 the orphanage can house 200 children.

Just like the last two years, the Turing Foundation takes on the cost of these educational activities in 2009 (€ 50,000,- a year).

Stichting Weeshuis Sri Lanka

School Support Programme in the Upper Shiran Valley, Pakistan 2009
The Haashar Foundation of the Netherlands supports victims of the earthquake of 8 October 2005 in Northern Pakistan. The School Support Programme helps children in the area to return to school, by paying for tuition fees, school uniforms and teaching materials as long as their parents are still dealing with the financial consequences of the earthquake. The project offers support to 2,000 pupils between 6 and 15 years of age in ten different schools. Moreover, the project offers training programmes for teachers, environmental education and helps to establish parents' councils.

Just like last year, the Turing Foundation finances approximately two thirds (€ 40,000) of the running costs.

Stichting Haashar, Pakistan

Jobortunity Training Institute, Arusha, Tanzania, 2009-2010
Jobortunity is a new training institute in the city of Arusha, Tanzania. Underprivileged young people can follow a one-year course to prepare them for a career in the tourist industry. 120 young people will be trained per year and the first courses will start in November 2009. The institute will develop income-generating activities in order to reduce its dependence on donors.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 50,000 to the costs for 2009 and 2010.

Jobortunity Training Institute, Arusha, Tanzania

Vocational Training Centre Olokii, Tanzania, 2009-2010
Dorcas Hulp Nederland has set up a vocational training centre in the poor, rural outskirts of the city of Arusha. In 2009 the centre started with the training of the first 50 pupils. The aim is that, from 2012, 150 pupils will receive training at the centre every year without the need of further external funding. The government will take care of the salaries of the teachers.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 35,000 to the costs for 2009 and 2010.

Vocational Training Centre Olokii, Tanzania

Grants for Talented Underprivileged Children, Ghana 2009-2010
The SmartKids Foundation helps talented underprivileged children in Ghana to go to a reputable secondary school. The children are recommended by a growing national network of teachers and are selected on the basis of their willingness to contribute to the development of their own country in their later lives.

In 2009, just like last year, the Turing Foundation invests € 10,000 in the growth of the number of 'SmartKids'.

SmartKids in Training in Ghana

Improvement of education for 1,500 children in Balochistan, Pakistan 2009
Save the Children Nederland is active in Pakistan, where it strives to improve the quality of education, and to make education more easily accessible to girls. The objectives of the project are to provide ten schools with basic tools, to train teachers, to set up parents' councils and to build additional classrooms. Moreover, two primary schools will be upgraded to model schools for secondary education.

By donating € 150,000, the Turing Foundation subsidises the full costs of the project from 2007 until the end of 2009.

Pupils in Balochistan, Pakistan

Construction and equipment of a new Vocational Training Centre, Bamako, Mali
The Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland (SKN) is building a new vocational centre at the heart of the Malinese capital Bamako, together with the local organisation ENDA Mali. The centre will offer one- and multi-year vocational training programmes in the field of wood- and metalworking, car mechanics, shoemaking, fabric dyeing, et cetera.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 40,000 to the construction and equipment of this new vocational centre.

Progress at the building site of the Bamako Vocational Training Centre, june 2010

Vocational Education in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, 2009
The Red een Kind Foundation supports children in developing countries who suffer from poverty, discrimination, disasters or illnesses by offering them education, vocational training and HIV/Aids education.

The foundation provides vocational education to 325 underprivileged young boys and girls from slums and disadvantaged areas in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, which is situated in one of the poorest and most turbulent parts of Kenya, near the city of Nakuru. Children can enter one-year training programmes in the field of woodworking, leather-working, sewing, external care or computer skills. After their training, students are assisted in finding a job, or in starting their own business.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 70,000 to the project costs for 2009 and 2010.

Update 2010: Unfortunately, the number of young children reached in 2008 and 2009 was so much lower than targeted that we have decided to cancel support for this project in 2010.

Vocational Training: Carpentry, Mai Mahiu, Kenya

Vocational Education for the Loita Maasai, Narok South District, Kenya
In Kenya, the Edukans Foundation works together with local organisation ILIDP to improve the accessibility of qualitatively adequate and relevant vocational education for the Loita Maasai in the Narok South District. 140 young boys and girls can attend existing 'village polytechnics' in subjects and skills that suit the lifestyle and culture of the Loita Maasai pastoralists: stock breeding, production of diary products and marketing cows. Apart from that, crop growing, building and carpentry will be offered.

The Turing Foundation contributes € 35,000 to this project.

Loita Maasai, Narok South District, Kenya

Construction and equipment of a primary school in Balandougou, Mali
The Dutch Mali Foundation and its regular Malinese partner Solisa support the local people in the hills surrounding the city of Bamako, and seek, among others, to set up primary education for both boys and girls. In 2007 and 2008 the Turing Foundation financed the building of several schools by the foundation. The current project is the building of a primary school in Balandougou, using the same concept as before (3 classrooms, furniture, educational materials, latrines, and a sports field).

With € 20,000 the Turing Foundation covers roughly half the building and furnishing costs of the new school.

Old situation in Balandougou, Mali

Educational projects Liliane Foundation 2009
The Liliane Foundation provides direct, small-scale and tailor-made help to handicapped children and young people in developing countries. In many cases, the Liliane Foundation helps those children to go to school. What especially appeals to the Turing Foundation is that the Liliane Foundation in this way offers opportunities to children who cannot be helped by any other educational relief organisation, because their needs are too small-scaled. Often, these needs concern one single child in a location where education is available despite poverty, but of which the child cannot make use because of its handicap.

Just like last year, the Turing Foundation donates € 150,000 to the Liliane Foundation in 2009 for help to children in the field of education. With this amount, the Liliane Foundation will be able to help more than 1,500 children. see also:
Kinderen kunnen naar school dankzij Turing Foundation
Liliane Fonds: other projects

Thanks to a prosthesis, these children can now go to school

Educational institute in Yatenga, Burkina Faso, 2007-2009
The WOL Foundation is building an educational institute in Burkina Faso to further develop vocational training for rural youngsters in the region, and to prevent them from relapsing into illiteracy as a consequence of a lack of suitable secondary education. The experimental school and knowledge centre is being built in Ouahigouya, the capital of the province of Yatenga.

The Turing Foundation has committed € 150,000 for half of the construction and equipment costs of this educational institute, not only for the primary and secondary education buildings, but also for the practical training rooms, the multi media centre, the computer rooms and the canteen. The ambition is to finish construction in 2009. see also:
      Nieuwsbrief uit Yatenga mei 2009
      Beroepsonderwijs in Burkina Faso weer een stap dichterbij
      Turing Foundation draagt 150.000 Euro bij aan bouw onderwijscomplex
      Nieuwsbrief uit Yatenga okt 2007
      Grote sponsor voor project van stichting WOL
      Stichting WOL: other projects
      DSF - Association Développement Sans Frontière: other projects

The new Zoodo college buildings in Yatenga, 2009

Construction and equipment of a school in Agome Anedi, Togo
Having collaborated with Les Compagnons Ruraux on nature conservation before, under the supervision of this Togolese organisation the Turing Foundation will help replace the self-built school in Agome Anedi by a new building comprising of three classrooms, a canteen and latrines. The school is also being provided with furnishings and educational materials.

The Turing Foundation will cover all the costs (€44,000) that go toward building and furnishing the new school.

see also: LCR: other projects

The old school building of Agome Anedi - no lessons during the rainy season

Construction of an ecological school in Sinia, D.R. Congo
The Wasmoeth Wildlife Foundation protects animals threatened with extinction. One of its projects is the establishment of a nature reserve (Boyoma Sanctuary) on an island in the River Congo, near the village of Sinia. None of the children in this village ever attended a school, since there were no schools in the surrounding area. At the request of the local authorities, the foundation is building a primary school which can accommodate 180 pupils - to be extended later to 360 pupils. Ecology is part of the educational programme.

The Turing Foundation finances the full construction costs of this school (€ 40,000).

Inhabitants of Sinia, Democratic Republic of Congo

Building two schools in Efa and Sofiè, Togo
The R.C. Maagdenhuis Foundation supports locally initiated small-scale projects in developing countries. A network of local advisors provides recommendations on the projects' feasibility and monitors their progress. Collaborating with ARBES, a local organisation, and with parents and pupils closely involved the Foundation builds schools in rural areas. ARBES operates in the Agou prefecture near Kpalimé.

By contributing met € 35.000 the Turing Foundation will finance half of the building costs of two schools in Efa and Sofié.

The current school building

Extension and furnishing of a school in Kuma Konda, Togo
Having collaborated with Les Compagnons Ruraux on nature conservation before, under the supervision of this Togolese organisation the Turing Foundation will help extend the school in Kuma Konda with an additional classroom, a canteen and latrines. The school is also being provided with educational materials.

The Turing Foundation will finance all the costs (€27,000) that go toward building and furnishing the extension.

see also: LCR: other projects

The school in Kuma Konda

Vocational training in Nairobi, Kenia
The mission of ChildsLife International is to improve the lives of needy children in developing countries. On the outskirts of the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, the foundation is establishing a vocational training centre for 120 pupils (offering masonry, carpentry, dressmaking, hair dressing and office administration programmes).

The Turing Foundation finances half (€ 40.000) of the construction costs of this training centre, which will consist of four classrooms, four practical training rooms, an office and a shop.

ChildsLife Vocational Training Centre Nairobi, Kenya

Construction of a primary school in Isitu, Tanzania
Connect International supports small-scale sustainable self-help projects of local organisations in developing countries. The foundation is establishing a school in the Tanzanian village of Isitu, including a water supply, a vegetable garden and a tree plantation. In addition, it launches a three-year programme to improve the operation of the school and the quality of education.

The Turing Foundation finances two thirds of the construction and the interior of the school and the programme cost up to and including 2010 (€ 30,000 in total).