Projects

Early education lays the foundation for future learning and growth. In November 2016, the Preschool Caberná initiated its operation at the Teacher Training College DNS-Bachil, and is currently being organised and paid for by parents’ contributions. The establishment of the preschool was an opportunity that arose due to the financial support of...

Preschool education started in Bissora in 1990 and, by 2009, expanded to more than 31 communities in the Bissora and Mansaba Sector, Oio Region. In these preschools, 33 teachers/facilitators taught 2.125 children. From the 2005/2006 school year, the Child Aid Project started the Primary School in Bissora, teaching 1st to 4th grade. The objective...

The Teacher Training College in Bachil was created in 2011 as a pilot project, based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2008 with the Ministry of Education of Guinea-Bissau to establish Teacher Training Colleges operated by ADPP-GB to train primary school teachers with a modern profile and amble capacities - a need long overdue and...

Created in 1997, the ADPP-GB Vocational School of Bissorã aims to allow youth to create their future with technical, management, entrepreneurship and human capacities urgently needed to create sustainable development of Guinea-Bissau and, through this, contribute to reducing poverty. 2,681 youth have been given the possibility to train themselves...

From 2022/2024 Procultura in Bissau, supported youth with music and cultural exchange. The previous culture project implemented by ADPP-GB from 2016 to 2020. Community centres, led by local associations, with active participation, give new opportunities to the community.    The creation of the studio at the Plack II Cultural Centre in Bissau...

Most of the rural farmers are women, and therefore, their training and capacity building promote equality, influence, economic earning, and independence and strengthen their say in the communities. This is highly reflected in our Farmers’ Clubs Programs. The project Feed the Future Innovation Lab,aims at building capacities in horticulture...

The Farmers' Clubs Processing centre is a bio-certified nuts-for-sale factory.  After the Project (Financed by the European Union in Guinea Bissau) ended in 2019, a cooperation was established between ADPP-GB, ACACB (the factory) and company Naturkost Ernest Weber to support the processing. The project has an established cashew factory, storage,...

Farmers in Guinea-Bissau need to develop resilience. They must work together to be able to handle the unexpected. The Farmers’ Clubs in Oio and Cacheu started in 2020 and ended in August 2024. The project, including 2.000 farmers organised in 40 Farmers’ Clubs in Oio & Cacheu, started in 2020 and ended in August 2024 with the celebration of the...

Other part of the Farmers’ Clubs project is implemented in Sormone and Binhomi communities, where activities started in 2018 to 2024. The communities in Binhomi will increase the rice production, and in Sormone they will strengthen the horticulture production combined with the mobilisation of women groups to process and boost the economy of the...

In Quinara Region a new three-year program started in June 2023 to support 23 clubs, 1.311 youth and women farmers in production and entrepreneurship. After a baseline survey, a selection of 23 communities and 23 leaders took place. A Memorandum between Swiss-Aid and the communities was signed. The communities committed themselves and started to...

Where farmers identify the challenges they face and work together as a team Each Farmers’ Club has 50 members, men and women, who jointly make decisions and take action. Clubs can be informal or formally registered and they also have opportunities to create co-operatives or join other farmers’ organisations. This means they can benefit from...

The TCE Guinea-Bissau program started in October 2018 and it will ended in 2024. The project was implemented in the regions of Oio (Mansoa sector), Gabu (Gabu City), Quinara (Buba sector) in cooperation with the Armed Forces in Guinea Bissau and the Ministry of Health. The program has four main components, namely: Prevention, Testing, Care...

Only people can liberate themselves from HIV & TB, and that is why all people in the communities must know their status. ADPP-GB works in the whole country with universal access to treatment concerning Gender and Human Rights, and by so doing, people take control of their health, preventing new HIV & TB cases. ADPP-GB has since 2021 worked in...

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights mobilisation ADPP-GB is involved in promoting general health and mobilising youth to be active in communities to raise awareness about the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Teachers were trained as agents for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. This brings knowledge to the many students the...

Currently, the Child Aid Guinea-Bissau – Water, Energy and Sanitation project was implemented through the project funded by TESE and the European Union. The project was implemented in villages in Oio Region and villages in Bafata Region, with an estimated population of 65.000 inhabitants.  The project in 2022 worked closely with the Directorate...

Being in one of the poorest countries in the world, people in Guinea-Bissau need to be highly entrepreneurial. ADPP-GB methodologies and services support groups and individuals in acquiring the understanding and skills to do a successful business. Entrepreneurship training is included in the ADPP Vocational School, Bissorã, Teacher Training...