Agricultur

Permaculture Course in Ghana

ON Team — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 20:18:21 +0000

Permaculture Course

by Global New Generation Berlin and Ghana Permaculture Institute

Is your passion to bring lasting changes? Do you want to solve environmental and social problems in your community and around the world? Do you want to learn permaculture knowledge and deepen practical skills to apply it directly to your life? Do you want to meet people who think the same way as you? Then read on …

Take part in our all-day permaculture design training. The training takes place on an area of 24 ha in Techiman/Ghana. The 2-week Accredited Permaculture Design Education program provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to sustain sustainable systems in your personal life, in a community or worldwide. Permaculture as a design practice has its roots in a deep understanding of the relationships between living creatures to their animate and inanimate environment. It is our aim to understand these ecological relationships to secure a lasting basis for life for nature and people: ecologically, economically and socially. At the end of the course you will have acquired in-depth knowledge and practical skills for sustainable living and design. You are sure to be able to create your own Create permaculture designs. You can create and be an inspiring example of change. Be part of it.

3 home-cooked meals per day during the course (vegetarian/vegan available)
14 nights accomodation
Expert tuition from Paul Yeboah and guest teachers
Practical permaculture learning
Time to connect with like-minded people
Immersion in an inspiring, regenerative space
flight from Berlin to Accra and back
Transportation from the airport to the institute
Visa taxes Childcare possible (on request)

INVESTMENT
1500,00 Euro
course time: 2020 January 10th to January 24th
Please contact for more information and to secure your place.

CONTACT
Global New Generation e.V.
Upsalaer Str. 6, 13189 Berlin
info@global-new-generation.com
Tel.: +49 (0) 30 – 61 63 66 27, +49 (0) 176 23 47 04 17

Farmers in Kounoune

Sonja Prinz — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:22:04 +0000

Kounoune belongs to the district of Rufisque and is one hour from Dakar. The urbanization of the city of Dakar is progressing incredibly fast. An area of over 200km around the city center is covered with new buildings, land prices are rising very fast, farmers and their fields are disappearing at this same pace.
On dec 2nd.17 we visited the farmers of Kounoune for the first time: carrots, peppers, diakhatou peppers, onions green beans … they grow naturally and without chemical fertilizers. Farmers have founded a GIE to survive alongside big exporters like Gafari. Once a week they go to the wholesale markets Thiaroye and Castor in Dakar to sell their vegetables there. You have to rent a truck, also the water to irrigate the fields has to be paid, as well as the workers to order the fields. But their GIE has a bank account, she takes loans to local banks with tough conditions. The money will then be distributed to the farmers and paid back to the bank after 6 months including the 10% fee. If one of the farmers does not pay back in time, no one from the farmers group can get money for the next few months; means some fields remain empty. The Farmers’ Leader wants to participate in training sessions for farmers, who regularly take place in Israel and Italy, in order to sustainably improve the living conditions of farmers in Kounoune.
On dec 5th.17 GNG Senegal were with the president of the farmers in the Chamber of Commerce of Dakar. We have entered the organization of farmers in the database so that they find ways to increase their business. Mme Gaye Head of Department, advised Mr. the farmers president on the distribution / export of agricultural products and promised to agree on the conditions inquired about the purchase of the organic label. Then we met the leaders of the Global Ecovillage. They will visit the fields and study the situation on the ground.
On dec 12th.17 there was another meeting with Khaly Mbengue in the fields of the farmers of Kounoune for a rough situation analysis.

Chicken Project/GNG Senegal

Sonja Prinz — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:55 +0000

The Global New Generation Senegal (GNG Senegal) was founded in 2011 and is a part of the Global New Generation network. The non-governmental-organization (NGO) has its domicile in Dakar, the Senegalese capital.

Development and education are the main focus of the NGO. The organization’s first projects take place in the village of Kounoune/Senegal, close to the seaport Rufisque.

The people of this region mainly live from agriculture and stockbreeding. Due to this, the financial situation of the population is weak, because they live people from hand to mouth. Their income mainly depends on the weather and is very insecure.

GNG Senegal has decided to support the local population.

One of the goals of GNG Senegal is the growth of the hospital of Kounoune. During the rainy season (mainly between August and October) floods cause many accidents as well as increasing malaria cases. In this period the hospital is overcrowded. The hospitals staff doesn’t receive any support from the government; they have to face the situation all by themselves. Since the hospital is the only one in the area, the neighboring villages Keur Ndiaya Lo, Keur Daouda Sarr as well as Ngalap send their patients to Kounoune.

The equipment in the hospital is very insufficient; mosquito nets, beds, bed covers, towels, medicaments and antiseptic are missing. Therefore even simple sicknesses are often not treated and the danger of infection is constantly rising, mainly for children. Especially the baby ward is susceptible.

A further objective is the support of the school in Kounoune. School attendance shall be guaranteed for all children. Unfortunately this is not always possible due to the financial situation of many families. Often the parents are not able to buy the basic needs for school such as pens, pencils, exercise books, slates and satchels etc.

Youth unemployment is a further problem in the region, often young men and women don’t have any perspective.

The young German photographer and roofer Ben Lützig started a hiking tour from Gerolstein (Germany) to Tarifa (Spain) on 8^th July 2012 in order to collect donations for GNG Senegal to support the village of Kounoune. During his “hike for people”, which took more than 4 months, Ben met many helpful and friendly people who supported his project. In the end, simple people donated 830€ for Kounoune.

Sustainability and personal responsibility are basic principles of Global New Generation. History taught us that the simple delivery of donations only creates dependence but is to no extent sustainable. This kind of dependence is no base for sustainable projects and furthermore does not create equal partnerships within the work of development policy.

That’s why GNG Senegal created a sustainable self-help project which guarantees the long-term support of the local hospital and school. At the same time, the project creates employment for young people.

Since Kounoune is located in an agricultural region, the GNG Senegal decided for a chicken project. Young chicken were bought and will be raised within a period of 45 days and then some of them will be sold and others kept for further breeding. The surplus will be used to buy the basic needs for the hospital and the school as described above.

Here are some first impressions: