Projects

AADB's approach is to focus on making one village, Bangou, a shinning example of what the power of people working together can accomplish if they persevere and work towards a goal. Author James Michener said it well in his book Caravans:

"Isn't it a gripping idea, Miller, that on the day we drop our first load of rock into that turbulent river it'll have no idea of what's happening? Rocks like that have been falling off the cliffs for a million years, and it's washed them aside. But these rocks will be different. They'll be the beginning of something not even that river is strong enough to halt. And we will continue..."

"Each day we must throw similar rocks into the human river of Afghanistan. Here a school, there a road, down in the gorge of the dam. So far our human river isn't aware it's been touched. But we shall never halt until we've modified it completely."

AADB has in the past helped fund projects to build a computer lab, a public toilet, gave sports and art supplies to schools, gave a generator for the chefferie and donated money for various cultural events and as well as needy families. All thanks to your generous donations which go 100 percent village projects!

Additionally, AADB Sponsors the annual Anthony Rodriguez Scholarship which pays the school fees for the twenty best students at the Bangou-ville High School.

Upcoming projects for 2010 include a potable water well, a traditional dance/festival and an even bigger Anthony Rodriguez Scholarship!

Latest AADB projects:

Tchi tchi water well:

Imagine if you had to wake up early every morning, walk a mile or farther away with an empty 20 gallon container of water then carry it back, full, to your house so that your family would have water to cook and drink, every day. How would you feel if after a lifetime of this hardship, someone built a water well a few yards from your house that you can get water from in just a few minutes? Tchi tchi did not have a source of clean water in the center of town available to everyone. However, thank to YOU it has finally been completed and the people of Tchi tchi (especially women and children who typically do this work) now only need to walk a few yards, instead of a few kilometers, for clean water. read more...

Anthony Rodriguez Scholarship:

The 20 best students were once again given scholarships by the AADB sponsored Anthony Rodriguez Scholarship during the end of year ceremony. 

 

AADB/Peace Corps Business Classes:

Angel Velarde ran a business class for local entrepreneurs which covered accounting, finance, project management and marketing basics. AADB covered the classroom fees for all women who registered to the class. After the class several of the entrepreneurs met together to start a business with the knowledge learned in class. 6/2009

 

This page is currently under construction, but check out the founder's blog at goingon27.wordpress.com to read more about his experience in Bangou and some of the projects sponsored by AADB.

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