Supporting education and training in Africa
News Professor Yuti Chernajovsky has generously chosen the DAAT as his charity for the sponsored London to Cambridge bike ride on 26th July 2009. He and his wife, Lorna, will be riding a tandem, and we are looking forward to seeing them cross the finish line!
If you would like to sponsor Yuti and Lorna, click here - it's easy to donate through just giving, so please support Yuti, Lorna and the DAAT.
What do we do?
- DAAT supports people and organisations in Africa, providing money for training and further education.
- We focus on empowering people particularly from disadvantaged groups such as people with disabilities, women and refugees.
- Our aim is to enhance the quality of life of people from these groups, their ability to work and to support their families, thereby encouraging improvement in society’s attitudes towards refugees, women and people with disabilities.
How do we do this?
- Supporting further education
We support students pursuing higher education courses within Africa, often through distance learning, which enables them to continue working and supporting their families while studying.
Subjects studied tend to be in the fields of rural development, education or practical skills. Students will have demonstrated a commitment to their local communities, and to continuing to work in their community.
We only need £15 per month to fund a student at the Open University of Tanzania on a degree course.
- Supporting community based programmes
We support a number of programmes of training and education in communities. These encourage disadvantaged groups to establish businesses, learn new skills, and enhance their abilities to support their families and communities In some cases these programmes have an influence on changing community attitudes towards people with disabilities, women and refugees, who often encounter significant prejudices.
A great deal can be done with regular funding of up to £100 per month.
Our current community programmes are described further in other programmes page.
If you would like to support us, please go to the support page and send us funds to continue our work.
