Make College an Option for 70 Congo (DRC) Students

This July, we delivered 4 laptop computers and a BGAN satellite Internet terminal to Djolu Technical College.  The equipment was provided by the Kokolopori-Falls Church Sister City Partnership and was funded in part through a grant to KFCSCP from the Internet Society.  When we presented the computers to the...

In February, Djolu Technical College received a $5,000 grant channeled by the Food for All Foundation via the Kokolopori-Falls Church Sister City Partnership to Vie Sauvage. This grant, managed and implemented by Djolu Technical College faculty, is intended to increase food security in Kokolopori by providing training and...

I recently returned from a visit to Djolu Technical College in October, and am happy to report that construction of one guest house for visiting professors is nearly complete. Students and local residents have worked together to produce 10,000 bricks, and the mason has completed most of the work on the first guest house. ...

We have received the following letter from a third year student in Environment and Sustainable Development at Djolu Technical College (also called Institut Supérieur de Développement Rurale). Construction has begun on the dormitory for visiting professors referenced in the letter below. Some students are helping to pay...

I have just returned from Djolu to Kisangani where I regain access to the internet to send you this update on the Djolu Technical College. While I was there , I taught a 45-hour course called “Utilisations des ressources naturelles” [use, environmental impacts, politics and regulation of renewable and nonrenewable...

The first session of exams at Djolu Technical College has concluded. The final session of exams for the 2008 school year has been delayed and will begin in February, assuming we can get professors there in time from Kisangani. To date, 32 students from years one through three have successfully completed their exams, in one...

I am pleased to announce that we have just concluded our sixth academic year, which started on January 5th, 2008. The first set of exams has just been concluded and now the teachers and students are on their way home for the holiday. The second session of exams will take place on January 15 after which the graduation...

Dear Friends and Supporters, On behalf of the students and teachers at the Djolu Technical College, I am sending heart-felt thanks for your generous support through GlobalGiving. I am especially touched by the out-pouring of support for the scholarship fund in tribute to my sister Véronique’s memory. She would have...