this time, unfortunately, we have to inform you about an extremely unpleasant event. During the Corona Lockdown our school was only sporadically occupied and was supervised by former teachers. Unfortunately, criminal elements used this time to break into the school building and steal most of our equipment. A partner of our school who happened to be passing by was just able to prevent the 40 foot container filled with equipment from being loaded as well. The police were immediately called in to investigate further. Until today only a small part of the equipment could be found. Of course this means a setback for us and we will need some time to offer new courses on this site.
Fortunately, despite the Corona restrictions the training programs in Tomato Camp at MedLife Liberia is going on so that at least this project can be continued successfully. The new school building is almost finished and the lessons can already be held there.
It goes without saying that the corona safety precautions are strictly adhered to, which of course leads to considerably higher costs and efforts.Nevertheless, the safety of our employees and our partners is our top priority. The precautionary measures and procedures we have developed have proven themselves. Of course we are constantly striving to improve protection and safety.
We wish you all the best, stay safe and healthy!
New building for training and maintenance
The new farm building of MedLife Ltd. will be finished soon. This building will house a meeting room, a large workshop, a threshing hall, rooms for spare parts and equipment, an office, and modern sanitary facilities for visitors, course participants and employees. It is important for HELOG to have a large workshop where all the technical equipment can be stored and where the training of the farmers on the machines and technical equipment can be carried out optimally. The start of the training course is planned for April. By then the building should be completely finished. Only the solar pump water supply will be completed in May, because the well has to be built before. The water supply is planned for a large volume (3000 ltr./day) to supply the company building, water for the nursery and drinking water for the local population. The entire sanitary facilities as well as the solar pump system were supplied by HELOG and will be installed by HELOG technicians. Unfortunately, the corona situation makes this task very difficult for us. But we are optimistic and hope that we will be able to do it in time with a lot of improvisation talent.
In preparation for the training project for MedLife Ltd. in rural areas, see Flashlight number 17, „Helog Academy“ has held an orientation course for Master Trainers at its training center in Schiefflien as well as in the newly built farm building in Tomato Camp. Eleven participants from the Gbanga region received an introduction to the goals of MedLife, the importance of growing rice efficiently with modern machinery and the planning for future training. The training concept envisages that most of the training measures will be carried out on site at the farmers. A duration of two years is planned. Over this period, a total of around 200 farmers are to be trained in soil cultivation machines, rice planting and harvesting machines. This is a develoPPP project which is financed in equal parts by MedLife Ltd. and GIZ.
New building for training and maintenance
The new farm building of MedLife Ltd. will be finished soon. This building will house a meeting room, a large workshop, a threshing hall, rooms for spare parts and equipment, an office, and modern sanitary facilities for visitors, course participants and employees. It is important for Helog to have a large workshop where all the technical equipment can be stored and where the training of the farmers on the machines and technical equipment can be carried out optimally. The start of the training course is planned for April. By then the building should be completely finished. Only the solar pump water supply will be completed in May, because the well has to be built before. The water supply is planned for a large volume (3000 ltr./day) to supply the company building, water for the nursery and drinking water for the local population. The entire sanitary facilities as well as the solar pump system were supplied by Helog and will be installed by Helog technicians. Unfortunately, the corona situation makes this task very difficult for us. But we are optimistic and hope that we will be able to do it in time with a lot of improvisation talent.
http://helog.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo.png00Andrea Burghttp://helog.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo.pngAndrea Burg2020-03-26 13:17:332020-03-30 13:28:56Flashlight #18 - Orientation course for Master Trainser; new Building
As we already mentioned in the previous flashlight HELOG Academy has received an interesting assignment from Liberia-based MedLife Limited that will last for over two years.
MedLifeLiberia Ltd., founded in 2013, has become a reputable rice producer in Liberia and is currently cultivating 150 hectares rice of farmland at four different sites in Bong County. In addition, MedLifeLiberia Ltd. is also acting as an intermediary, buying rice directly from smallholder farmers in Bong County at farm gate at competitive prices and selling it on the domestic market. MedLifeLiberia Ltd. takes over the transportation of the rice from the farm to the market for its suppliers for free for a limited period of time.
HELOG will handle the entire training component in this project, from training farm workers on modern rice processing machines to training trainers for future farmworkers. We were particularly pleased about the reasons MedLife chose HELOG Academy.
We allow ourselves to quote:
“In this project, MedLife Liberia Ltd. decided to cooperate and partner with HELOG Academy for several reasons:
HELOG Academy is the sole training facility built on the dual-system based in Liberia and offers high-quality TVET related to industry mechanical and electrical technicians. There is no other such program in the technical vocational landscape. The senior staff of HELOG Academy has over thirty years of work experience in Africa in various capacities, including training in Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Ivory Coast and Liberia.
Unique experience in Liberia: the post conflict environment; coupled with the nagging effects of the Ebola crisis require special sensitivities for specialized training of young adult farmers. The particular skills required to sustain a dual system based vocational education in Liberia are both complex and demand driven.
The training activities are located in Bong County and HELOG Academy trainers are familiar with the country’s context.
HELOG Academy has specialized experience in working with young people and adults with limited English language skills. This experience is necessary and suitable for the target groups.”
Our employees are now enthusiastically preparing the curricula needed, preparing the training material and tools for use. We will inform you about the progress of the measure in the next flashlight.
Coming soon – new outpost Training Center
HELOG intends to open this year an outpost training center in Tomato Camp north of Gbarnga in colloboration with MedLife inc. Liberia. Construction work on the new building is progressing rapidly so that the workshop can be expected to be up and running by the end of the year. In cooperation with MedLife HELOG Academy will also equip this center with modern tools, equipment and machinery. The focus of the training there will be to train farmers and farm workers on modern agricultural machines, especially for the rice production. In the training center the agricultural machines will also be repaired and maintained so that practical work will always be available in addition to theoretical training. Of course we will report seperately about the launch of the operation.
http://helog.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo.png00Andrea Burghttp://helog.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo.pngAndrea Burg2019-11-28 13:22:262020-03-30 13:29:12Flashlight #17 - New project assignment for HELOG Academy
Flashlight #19 – Mastering Corona
/0 Kommentare/in Allgemein /von Andrea Burgthis time, unfortunately, we have to inform you about an extremely unpleasant event. During the Corona Lockdown our school was only sporadically occupied and was supervised by former teachers. Unfortunately, criminal elements used this time to break into the school building and steal most of our equipment. A partner of our school who happened to be passing by was just able to prevent the 40 foot container filled with equipment from being loaded as well. The police were immediately called in to investigate further. Until today only a small part of the equipment could be found. Of course this means a setback for us and we will need some time to offer new courses on this site.
Fortunately, despite the Corona restrictions the training programs in Tomato Camp at MedLife Liberia is going on so that at least this project can be continued successfully. The new school building is almost finished and the lessons can already be held there.
It goes without saying that the corona safety precautions are strictly adhered to, which of course leads to considerably higher costs and efforts.Nevertheless, the safety of our employees and our partners is our top priority. The precautionary measures and procedures we have developed have proven themselves. Of course we are constantly striving to improve protection and safety.
We wish you all the best, stay safe and healthy!
New building for training and maintenance
The new farm building of MedLife Ltd. will be finished soon. This building will house a meeting room, a large workshop, a threshing hall, rooms for spare parts and equipment, an office, and modern sanitary facilities for visitors, course participants and employees. It is important for HELOG to have a large workshop where all the technical equipment can be stored and where the training of the farmers on the machines and technical equipment can be carried out optimally. The start of the training course is planned for April. By then the building should be completely finished. Only the solar pump water supply will be completed in May, because the well has to be built before. The water supply is planned for a large volume (3000 ltr./day) to supply the company building, water for the nursery and drinking water for the local population. The entire sanitary facilities as well as the solar pump system were supplied by HELOG and will be installed by HELOG technicians. Unfortunately, the corona situation makes this task very difficult for us. But we are optimistic and hope that we will be able to do it in time with a lot of improvisation talent.
Flashlight #18 – Orientation course for Master Trainser; new Building
/0 Kommentare/in Allgemein /von Andrea BurgDear valuable Reader,
we have some news for you:
Orientation course for Master Trainer
In preparation for the training project for MedLife Ltd. in rural areas, see Flashlight number 17, „Helog Academy“ has held an orientation course for Master Trainers at its training center in Schiefflien as well as in the newly built farm building in Tomato Camp. Eleven participants from the Gbanga region received an introduction to the goals of MedLife, the importance of growing rice efficiently with modern machinery and the planning for future training. The training concept envisages that most of the training measures will be carried out on site at the farmers. A duration of two years is planned. Over this period, a total of around 200 farmers are to be trained in soil cultivation machines, rice planting and harvesting machines. This is a develoPPP project which is financed in equal parts by MedLife Ltd. and GIZ.
New building for training and maintenance
The new farm building of MedLife Ltd. will be finished soon. This building will house a meeting room, a large workshop, a threshing hall, rooms for spare parts and equipment, an office, and modern sanitary facilities for visitors, course participants and employees. It is important for Helog to have a large workshop where all the technical equipment can be stored and where the training of the farmers on the machines and technical equipment can be carried out optimally. The start of the training course is planned for April. By then the building should be completely finished. Only the solar pump water supply will be completed in May, because the well has to be built before. The water supply is planned for a large volume (3000 ltr./day) to supply the company building, water for the nursery and drinking water for the local population. The entire sanitary facilities as well as the solar pump system were supplied by Helog and will be installed by Helog technicians. Unfortunately, the corona situation makes this task very difficult for us. But we are optimistic and hope that we will be able to do it in time with a lot of improvisation talent.
Flashlight #17 – New project assignment for HELOG Academy
/0 Kommentare/in Allgemein /von Andrea BurgDear valuable Reader,
we want you to introduce to our news:
New project assignment for HELOG Academy
As we already mentioned in the previous flashlight HELOG Academy has received an interesting assignment from Liberia-based MedLife Limited that will last for over two years.
MedLifeLiberia Ltd., founded in 2013, has become a reputable rice producer in Liberia and is currently cultivating 150 hectares rice of farmland at four different sites in Bong County. In addition, MedLifeLiberia Ltd. is also acting as an intermediary, buying rice directly from smallholder farmers in Bong County at farm gate at competitive prices and selling it on the domestic market. MedLifeLiberia Ltd. takes over the transportation of the rice from the farm to the market for its suppliers for free for a limited period of time.
HELOG will handle the entire training component in this project, from training farm workers on modern rice processing machines to training trainers for future farmworkers. We were particularly pleased about the reasons MedLife chose HELOG Academy.
We allow ourselves to quote:
“In this project, MedLife Liberia Ltd. decided to cooperate and partner with HELOG Academy for several reasons:
Our employees are now enthusiastically preparing the curricula needed, preparing the training material and tools for use. We will inform you about the progress of the measure in the next flashlight.
Coming soon – new outpost Training Center
HELOG intends to open this year an outpost training center in Tomato Camp north of Gbarnga in colloboration with MedLife inc. Liberia. Construction work on the new building is progressing rapidly so that the workshop can be expected to be up and running by the end of the year. In cooperation with MedLife HELOG Academy will also equip this center with modern tools, equipment and machinery. The focus of the training there will be to train farmers and farm workers on modern agricultural machines, especially for the rice production. In the training center the agricultural machines will also be repaired and maintained so that practical work will always be available in addition to theoretical training. Of course we will report seperately about the launch of the operation.