“San children can now immerse themselves in their own culture through a media written in their own mother tongue, thanks to San writers and language committees who participated in the project with the intention to give insight into San culture and environment. The learning material will without a doubt help in creating the foundation for their future education, cultural awareness and pride,” says Dr Davíð Bjarnason, Project Manager for ICEIDA´s social projects in Namibia, on the first textbooks which are for the first time written for San children with the support of ICEIDA. The textbooks are also important in another sense since this is the first time two of five San languages are put into writing! more

Newly elected parliamentarian for the Monkey Bay constituency in Mangochi district in Malawi, Ralph Jooma, recently visited ICEIDA staff in the area and introduced himself with the development projects implemented in cooperation with local inhabitants. He said he detected great enjoyment among locals with ICEIDA activities which he considered not only visible but also very beneficial for development in Monkey Bay.

The projects include a health project, water and sanitation project and social projects with special emphasis on adult education and literacy. Just over 110 thousand people inhabit the area.

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“The NDF mission was impressed by Iceland's competence in geothermal energy and by the successful training program of the UNU-GTP (United Nation's University - Geothermal Training Program),” says Helge Semb, Managing Director of NDF. more