Africa Educational Projects
Africa Projects
One of our primary projects is bringing educational materials to the disadvantaged and needy children in remote villages of Africa. The provisioning of the 'RACHEL' system (Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education and Learning) for these children is one of our primary activities.
RACHEL provides a battery powered WiFi hotspot containing quality educational content, and tablet computers for the children to access them.
This allows children who have no internet service to have access to thousands of educational documents for their early education.
RACHEL can wirelessly deliver free digital educational content to nearby tablets, laptops, or smartphones for students in rural villages and townships with no internet or data plans available.
Help us achieve our goals by making a donation.
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Primary School Class under a tree in Gungu, DRC
Completed Preschool Set Up in DRC
Delivering RACHEL Systems to the DRC
Program on hold due to
Democratic Republic of the Congo instability
While we will continue to work through Rotary and write grants for education projects in Africa and the Philippines, we plan to expand effort to area which do not fit into the strict Rotary mandate. Some of these effort will include opportunities which require rapid response. Some will be trial efforts to develop evidence for Rotary Grant funding.
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Dennis Buschman and local RACHEL trainer Mustapha
Education Project:
Delivering RACHEL Systems to Ghana
Ayana Mustapha Salifu, a friend and local RACHEL Trainer in Ghana, Africa, has identified 17 schools in the area that would benefit from the implementation of a RACHEL Project.
Each school would receive a RACHEL (wireless battery powered server), forty chromebooks with chargers, forty headphones, and a projector or TV monitor.
The estimated cost of the project is $116,450 USD.
Washroom Construction Projects
Our dear friend and talented RACHEL trainer, Mustapha, supports a program designed to help students and families of the local school build their own restroom facilities.
D&D Educational Foundation would like to join in supporting additional schools with similar projects. The cost of each restroom facility is $12,000.
Would you consider donating to this cause?
Existing restroom of Volta School
Ghana Sewing Project
Sewing Project
On behalf of the team at Encourage My Dream Foundation Ghana, it is a great privilege to present the "Sewing for Skill" initiative for your review and endorsement.
This project aims to address an urgent need in rural Ghanaian junior high schools by equipping classrooms with sewing laboratories—each furnished with sewing machines, starter kits, and fabrics—to transform technical and vocational education at an early age.
As current educational policy in Ghana mandates Career Technology instruction, many students, especially those in rural communities, lack the resources for essential hands-on activities. With your guidance and the Foundation's support, this project will:
- Provide practical skills training in sewing, empowering students—particularly young girls—for lifelong self-sufficiency and confidence.
- Improve career and life outcomes by motivating learners to pursue technical and design pathways, closing existing opportunity gaps.
- Build community and friendship by allowing students to collaborate in making school uniforms and other garments, creating a culture of teamwork and inclusion.
The initiative will enable the installation of well-equipped sewing labs in high-need schools, support teacher training, and integrate practical modules in line with national curriculum standards.
Education Project:
Delivering RACHEL Systems to Kenya
From April 2024 through April 2025, D&D Educational Foundation funded $30,480 for RACHEL Plus systems (a RACHEL, 30-40 tablets and/or laptops with headphones, a projector and screen) to six schools identified by Bonface Masaviru, a friend and local RACHEL Trainer in Kenya, Africa.
Additionally, as his role as a rotarian, Dennis Buschman completed a District Community Grant funded by Rotary with a value of approximately $20,000.
This grant provided RACHEL Plus systems (a RACHEL, 30-40 tablets and/or laptops with headphones, a projector and screen) to another five schools.
Looking to the future, D&D Educational Foundation would like to provide training for teachers on the use of the educational equipment provided to the Kenyan schools.
Washroom Construction Projects
D&D Educational Foundation would like to set up a similar project to the one completed by Mustapha in Ghana.
The project would consist of raising the funds to purchase the supplies necessary to build a washroom with the students and families of the school completing the labor for the project. The cost of each restroom facility is $12,000.
Would you consider donating to this cause?
Education Project:
Delivering RACHEL Systems to Namibia
From 2015, through 2023, Rotarian Dennis Buschman completed 12 District Community Grants funded by Rotary with a value of approximately $110,000.
These grants provided RACHEL Plus systems (a RACHEL, 30-40 tablets and/or laptops with headphones, a projector and screen to eight (8) rural farm schools in Khomas District in Namibia.
Additionally, a Rotary Global Grant was funded and completed to provide training on the use of the educational equipment provided in the District Grants.
Two separate training sessions were held, conducted by teachers from Africa who had used the RACHEL systems for up to 12 years. The trainers came from Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. The training was three weeks in length.
Children Rescued from a Garbage Dump in Okahandja Namibia
Support for Those that Support Orphans
Meet Paulina. See the garbage heap behind her? Because of the aids and COVID epidemic, there are many orphans in Africa. Paulina has rescued 120 children from this dump. She houses them, feeds them and clothes them. She put all 120 in school and all 120 are still in school.In Namibia, many people have moved from the land to the city to seek employment and a better life. They find an empty piece of grand and set up a shake to live in. In Namibia, due to the climate, these are usual out of corrugated aluminum. This 'Shantytown' is North of Windhoek, and is about 10 by 15 kilometers. Most of these buildings are dwelling. There are also businesses.
Many women set up “preschools” which are really baby sitting activity to help other women who go into town for a job. We would like to support and help these women “entrepreneurs” to help them provide a better experience for the children.
If you think a woman like Paulina deserves support, and would like to help, please help us achieve our goals by making a donation.
Education Project:
Delivering RACHEL Systems to Sierra Leone
Samuel Momoh, a friend and local RACHEL Trainer in Sierra Leone, Africa, has identified 7 schools in the area that would benefit from the implementation of a RACHEL Project.
Each school would receive a RACHEL (wireless battery powered server), forty chromebooks with chargers, forty headphones, and a projector.
The estimated cost of the project is $47,950.
Jackline Seni, RACHEL trainer and contact in Tanzania
Education Project:
Delivering RACHEL Systems to Tanzania
Jackline Seni, a friend and local RACHEL Trainer in Tanzania, Africa, is working to identify schools in the area that would benefit from the implementation of a RACHEL Project.
Each school would receive a RACHEL (wireless battery powered server), forty chromebooks with chargers, forty headphones, and a projector.
The estimated cost of a RACHEL Plus system is $6,850 per school.