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First student from Impande-supported school is headed for study in Norway
Nonsindiso Geza was in September 2019 visiting Oslo to meet her education sponsors Harald Møller and Zoya Taylor. She also wanted to thank Impande's leader, Rolf Olsen, for Impande's efforts for children and young people in her area of [...]
Toddlers of Hope – new facilities in cooperation with Norlandia
The kindergarten Toddlers of Hope was started by Connie in 2014. The nursery was operating for a long time under very simple conditions and badly needed an expansion and upgrade. Good cooperation After much planning and design work, Toddlers [...]
Future Leaders
Future Leaders Future Leaders is an important program run by our partner organization in South Africa, the Network Action Group.
Sailing around the world project
My name is Jan Eirik Breen. In the summer of 1981 I started building my sailboat, Leviata, at Riis Farm in Nordby of the Ås municipality, Norway. My dream certainly wasn’t to sail far, but to build a boat for my family.
Newsletter V – 2016
IMPANDE news
I: Glimpses from South Africa today
The demanding road to a fairer distribution of South Africa’s resources.
History
South Africa is at the top of the world index that ranks the difference between rich and poor within a country. There are many historic reasons for this.
In 1913 came the law that gave the Europeans the right to 91% of the country’s area. In 1936 this law was adjusted so that the black population got the right to 13% of the area.
During the Apartheid time (1945-94) 10 Bantustans or «Homelands» where established in South Africa. Some also called them «black spots». See the map below, taken from Tore Linne Eriksen’s newly published, and good, book about South Africa’s history.
Several of these 10 Bantustans were not geographically connected. In IMPANDE we work in Transkei, the largest of the Bantustans.
Newsletter IV – 2016
IMPANDE nyheter
Projects in the aftermath of 22 July, 2011
Meaningful projects are being established in the aftermath of grief and bereavement connected to the loss of family members
Hannes Shelter
The Løvlie family have built Hanne’s Shelter – a centre for women exposed to violence in the Ugu District in Natal in South Africa. The centre has been built in memory of their daughter Hanne, who was killed outside the government building in Oslo. It is a realization of Hanne’s engagement for this group of women and this area. The centre was opened in April this year and you can see a picture below.