"It is done!" is what young inhabitants and members of support staff of the Sovann Komar orphanage might have thought. The orphanage is one of two project sites resulting from BORDA's fundraising campaign "BORDA hilft!" 2009. more...

Advocacy Workshop of Manav Seva Santstan (MSS), AWO International's partner organization, in Gorakhpur. On January 16, 2010 Manav Seva Santstan (MSS), AWO International's partner organization, held an advocacy workshop in the Maharajganj District in Uttar Pradesh, to advocate the rights of the Musahar on district level. more...

CONFINTEA VI: The final document is now available online. more...

The excitement of a DEWATS plant that is structurally almost complete - experienced by pupils of the Chroy Jong Va Primary School in Cambodia?s capital Phnom Penh. more...

In the last few years, KOLPING INTERNATIONAL has stepped up its efforts to increase the exchange of experiences between the Kolping Societies of the South more...

In the north of Uganda there was a bloody civil war between 1987 and 2006, which not only took the lives of many people, but also expelled many people from their ancestral villages. more...

The Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) closed on 4 December with a call for governments to "take forward, with a sense of urgency and at an accelerated pace, the agenda of Adult Learning and Education" and to redouble efforts to meet adult literacy goals. more...

BORDA and their partner organisation IWA will be organizing a conference and exhibition on Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Solutions in Developing Countries in Surabaya, Indonesia on 23-25 March 2010. more...

On November 6th 2009 the regional office of AWO International was officially inaugurated with a ceremonial act in Kathmandu, Nepal. more...

BORDA hilft! asked for donations during a charity gala with Gospelmusic and hot wine punch more...

BORDA partner from Africa and Asia met for the 5th BNS Partner Meeting in Livingstone, Zambia from October 12th to 14th 2009. This years' conference was hosted by BORDA Partner WASAZA, the Water and Sanitation Association of Zambia more...

Since 2002 dvv international supports governmental and non-governmental partners in the Republic of Belarus to promote the development of adult education in the country. more...

In 1993, the Kolping Society of India started its housing programme and in mid-2009 it was able to establish that during this time more than 4,000 houses were built for Kolping members within the scope of this programme. more...

Making a contribution to fighting poverty is a core motivation in the work of the Kolping Society of Peru. Occupational qualification of people is a means to achieving this goal. more...

On the 1st of October 2009, Dr. Roland Schwartz will take over as Director of dvv international, the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Federation. more...

Thanks to the donation from Bremer citizens and the relief organisation of the East-Asian Society Bremen (OAV) it is possible for BORDA to help improving the sanitation facilities in an orphanage as well as in a primary school in Cambodia. more...

The presentations from speakers of the 5th international BORDA BNS Workshop with the title ?Improving Emergency Sanitation? are now available for download. (www.borda-net.org > Knowledge). more...

Experts from 4 Continents will attend the Workshop on Emergency Sanitation. 35 Sanitation Experts from South Africa, Nigeria, Myanmar, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany. more...

On June 12, 2009, KOLPING INTERNATIONAL had the opportunity in Geneva to present its position within the scope of a lecture during the 98th meeting of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the current developments on the job market. more...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in connection with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) bestows the so-called SEED awards to exemplary and sustainable project initiatives on an annual basis. more...

Within the framework of »weltwärts« (worldward), the sending agency of Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the first two participants associated with AWO International went to Mexico. more...

After BORDA held the last BNS Workshop during the World Water Week in Stockholm, this year?s workshop is the fourth in Bremen. A selected group of 20 - 25 experts and practitioners from relevant German and European emergency, development and research institutions will contribute to and attend the inter-active workshop titled "Innovating Emergency Sanitation." more...

Already another 3 months have passed by and it?s time for a second report. I can hardly believe how fast time is flying by. It seems to me as if I did my last report just last week. Anyway a lot of things happened ever since: two goodbyes, one removal, several trips and not to forget the labor intensive hours at work. more...

Through its commitment in the area of the allocation and administration of micro-credits over the past few years, the Kolping Society in the province of Misiones has gained such a high reputation that now the government entities are also increasingly relying on the expertise of the Kolping Society and start joint programmes more...

On behalf of the BORDA partner network and its associates, we have warmly congratulated our colleague, Ms. Yuyun Ismawati, for winning the Goldman Global Award. more...

In 2008, the Kolping Colegio Sto. Domingo was able to continue and expand its successful work in the area of metal processing. more...

With the support of the Kolping Society of South Tyrol, a savings-and-credit program was started in Benin as a pilot project to find out whether the economic situation of the members could be improved by means of this funding instrument. more...

The Kolping Society of Slovakia opened a wood carving school in an old and refurbished building in Stiavnické Bane more...

Amendment of Feed-In Law triggers Biogas Boom in Germany. Due to the amendment of the "Renewable Energy Sources Law" (or feed-in law) in Germany, which has become effective in January 2009, the construction of small biogas plants became very interesting especially for small and medium sized farmers. more...

The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia with the Serbian office of dvv international organized in March a big Conference on aAdult and Further Education. more...

The National Representation office of dvv international was opened in the capital of Tajikistan on the 15th of January 2009. more...

After the success of the 1st International Cooperative Dialogue in February 2008 we are pleased to announce the date of the 2nd International Cooperative Dialogue. more...

A loud pistol shot rings out - and the young Salvadorian slips to the ground. "Once mara, always mara," the marero had shouted before he aimed at him and pulled the trigger. more...

AWO International partner organisation in Honduras answers back to death threats and a smears campaign. more...

A new collection of brochures on the different DEWATS Service Packages will be published soon to give detailed information about the concepts of BORDAs Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Solutions. more...

"The implementation of the policy actions on sanitation lags behind?" the strengths of BORDA might help. more...

On Friday the 5th of December 2008 the German parliament held a debate on basic sanitation. more...

The International Council of Adult Education (ICAE), the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA), the Asian South-Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE) and the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (dvv international) will co-host a conference on financing adult education for development. more...

After having successfully integrated El Salvador in 2008 into the regional programme to prevent youth violence AWO International will extent its youth work to Nicaragua starting in January 2009. more...

In cooperation with the country?s Electoral Court, the Kolping schools in El Alto carried out courses to teach children the basic principles of democracy. more...

In October 2007, the Kolping Society of Indonesia has started a project aimed at reforestation. By the end of 2009, more than 30,000 new trees will be planted in the three project regions of Timor Barat, Flores, and Sumba. more...

The first regional office of AWO International in Nepal will be opened in January 2009. Current AWO International Asia expert Eileen Gehrke will head the Kathmandu office from 2009 on and be responsible for the projects in India and Nepal. more...

On the occasion of the "world toilet day" a special rally took place on November 19, 2008 right in front of Berlin's new central station. 50 toilets arranged towards the chancellery provided the unusual seating for this event. more...

The concept of Economia Solidaria, which was predominantly discussed by the Catholic Church in Latin America, has spread throughout the whole continent, as well as in the Kolping Society of Mexico, and it is considered by many producers and consumers to be an alternative concept of doing business as opposed to the capitalist market economy. more...

From November 16 to 23, 2008, the first meeting of education coordinators in the National Kolping Societies and Kolping Families took place in Asia. Under the guidance of Dagmar Kubova, who is the head of Cooperation and Consulting Office in Asia, nine delegates from six countries dealt intensively with the necessities of educational work in the individual states, where Kolping Families exist. more...

By Following an invitation from the "Bremische Bürgerschaft", the parliament of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, BORDA presented its work and progress in front of the Commission on Federal and European Affairs, International Contacts and Development Cooperation on September 30th in the Bremen House of Parliament. more...

In 2008 sanitation is on the very top of the political agenda since the United Nations declared it as the International Year of Sanitation (IYS). more...

On the occasion of the India trip of Germanys Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul a discussion round on the topic "Perspectives of Development Cooperation in India" took place on the 20th of October 2008 in New Delhi. Several representatives of the German development cooperation and the leading donor organisations participated on this discussion round. Pedro Kraemer, program coordinator of BORDA was invited, too. more...

On October 10, 2008 the Kolping House in Brasov was awarded the ?Brasov Business Award? for small businesses in the field of services and education. In total 23,000 firms were evaluated in 43 areas and the Kolping Society of Romania is proud that their Kolping House has received this award. more...

The water supply for the people in Northeast Brazil is an urgent problem that has existed for decades. more...

With 34 representatives from 13 countries the BORDA BNS Partner Network attended the World Water Week 2008 in Stockholm this August. The special focus of this year?s conference being ?sanitation?, the challenge for the network was to present its long lasting successful experience in the implementation of decentralized sanitation solutions, demonstrating that DEWATS represents a proven solution to the ?Sanitation Gap? and is ready for mass-dissemination in the context of community based sanitation programs. more...

The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has launched a new volunteer service involving the assignment of 18 to 28 year-olds in developing countries: ?Weltwärts?. The idea behind the volunteer service is the formula of ?learning by serving? and its aims are both to achieve added value for the partner projects and to spark new interest in development issues in Germany. more...

From September 1 to 4, 2008 KOLPING INTERNATIONAL held a technical seminar in cooperation with the Africa Kolping Association (AKA) which was attended by 50 persons from 12 countries. more...

On September 13, 2008 a Kolping House could be opened in Kallmeth in the presence of the Member of Parliament of the local region, Mr. Aldo Bunci, as well as representatives of the national organization. This small center which was built with a large amount of personal contribution is to be a central venue for the meetings of the Kolping Family and an educational center for the whole parish. more...

In cooperation with the association of Latin American Central Banks, CEMLA, the DGRV organized an international conference on May, 14-15, 2008 in Quito in Ecuador more...

The cooperation between Asian and European countries is increasing more...