Fihumin has been heavily committed to building schools in Africa for some years now. At the beginning of the year, one more school was completed in Brodi with the help of Fihumin.

“Enabling children in very poor regions to go to school and offering them prospects for the future is very important to us,” emphasise Dirk Jungclaussen and Carlo Priolo, the Management of Fihumin. Fihumin has taken on the task of implementing this and further projects in Africa so that more children are given the opportunity to go to a school and obtain a basic education. Children who go to school and receive support have better job prospects later on. They learn to form their own opinions and to make their own decisions. And they know how to stay healthy and, for example, how to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS.

School education in Ghana normally begins in a child’s sixth year. However, there are often not enough schools in a district or the schools are in such a bad condition that it is not possible to teach in them. Added to this are problems caused by the frequent lack of sanitary facilities or no access to clean drinking water.
In total, 6 classrooms, one staffroom, one storage room, one toilet block and a well with a storage tank were built. There was already a school on the site, the SAD Primary School. However, this building was in a very bad condition. It was very run down, open on all sides and the children partly had to sit on the ground. There were no toilets or clean drinking water.

Thanks to the completion of this school, more than 400 children will be given the opportunity to complete a basic education. The construction of the well and the water tank will not just meet the drinking and process water needs of the school, but also those of the village. Water-borne diseases will also be reduced.
Fihumin worked on this project with the Reiner Meutsch Stiftung FLY & HELP and Madamfo Ghana Bettina Landgrafe e.V. The Fihumin team is very pleased about the successful commissioning of the school and is already planning to implement additional projects and actively help children in Africa.