Human Dignity

DRC: Relaunch of construction with brick Adobe

As part of a project aimed at rehabilitation of the disabled people in Limete (Kinshasa), Alternatives has recently undertaken (May 2003) a pilot project aimed at using promouvir Appropriate building technologies at lower costs. Adobe bricks (made ​​of clay) is actually cheaper to produce, but more importantly, it has undeniable qualities in terms of its climate resilience.

Year: 
2003
Contact Person & Details: 
Michel LAMBERT

Angola: Dikuatekessu Project

Context:

With the Angolan civil war, many citizens were forced to abandon their homes and possessions to escape the fighting. In 1999, nearly 1,975 families, nearly 8,100 refugees were facing problems of hunger, poverty and general insecurity in the town of Lombe at 22 km from the city of Malange in Angola.

Objectives:

Year: 
1999 - 2000
Contact Person & Details: 
For more information : Michel Lambert, 514 982 6606

South Africa : Women Empowerment Workshops

In collaboration with Khanya College

Context :

Alternatives assists this layer of women to take a leading role in the Khanya College 2005 Winter School in the conceptualizing, planning, preparing, facilitating, designing and evaluation of the school. The theme of the Winter School for 2005 is Gender and Neo-liberalism.

Year: 
2005

Program to Support Employment Integration (PSEI)

In collaboration with Société québécoise de développement de la main d'oeuvre (SQDM) and Cégep de Saint-Laurent

Year: 
1994 - 1997

South Africa: Help for Abused Women

In collaboration with the Centre d'information et documentation sur le Mozambique et l'Afrique australe (CIDMAA) and Co-cordinated Action for Battered Women (CABW)

Context:

Year: 
1993 - 1994
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