Our results

OUR RESULTS

On a yearly basis, Gered Gereedschap supports selected projects through which we seek to fight poverty in developing countries. We are extremely proud about the results achieved. Read more here about the concrete results we have been able to achieve with our projects in the past years, thanks to the efforts of many people.

‘WE’VE HELPED 300 YOUNG PEOPLE MOVE FORWARD. THAT IS OUR SUCCESS STORY!’

Ziblim Yakubu is a man with a mission. From Tamale he coordinates the various projects of WUDEP, an organisation that has been working since 2004 to improve the living conditions and future prospects of the population in the northern districts of Ghana. “Together with GG, we have been able to offer more than 300 young people a chance for a better future in recent years. This is our success story.”

Tamale, Ghana
Education
Tools and machines
Tailoring, woodworking, bricklaying

‘BIG STEPS FORWARD TOWARDS IMPROVING EDUCATION’

“I personally experienced the enormous effect of the shipment of tools during my visit to Babungo”, says Wietske Stokvis, chairman of the foundation Stichting Babungo.
“Practical training at secondary vocational schools has greatly improved because of the availability of materials for students to practise with. In fact, there is so much enthusiasm that students are now building their own practical workshops.”

Babungo, Cameroon
Education, Entrepreneurship
Tools for schools
Type of trade: Woodworking, metalworking, tailoring

‘ST. THERESA: GROWING NUMBER OF STUDENTS THANKS TO THE TOOLS.’

“Last year around this time we only had a few students, simply because we didn’t have the capacity to accommodate more at the same time. We had such a small amount of tools! Thankfully, things have now changed!” says Musa Lusiola, head of the Carpentry training of St Theresa Youth Polytechnic. The school is located in Kakagema, one of the poorest regions in Kenya and accommodates early school leavers. The number of students is growing.

Musoli, Kenya
Education
Tools for schools
Automotive engineering, woodworking and metalworking.

PLENTY OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISSABILITIES

“Words cannot describe how grateful I am for who I have become with the support of SHUMAS and the shoes I was taught to make with the tools of Gered Gereedschap”, says Johnson Nsungnying. He was one of the SHUMAS trainee-shoemaker students who benefited from the aid the organisation received from Gered Gereedschap.

Bamenda, Cameroon
Education
Tools for schools
Shoe making, tailoring, woodworking, electrical engineering, bricklaying

GERED GEREEDSCHAP WINS JOBENA PRICE FOR YIP MADE PROJECT

In 2016, Gered Gereedschap and Young in Prison received the Jobena Price for their joint project Yip Made. The project offers vocational training to become a skilled metalworker to young prisoners in Malawi after their detention, giving them a prospect of a better future as a craftsman or woman.

Lilongwe, Malawi
Strengthening vocational education
Workshop, tools and machines
Metalworking

“NOW WE FINALLY KNOW WHAT QUALITY TOOLS LOOK LIKE”

“Before we received the tools from Gered Gereedschap, we only had few machineries in our garage. Now we know for real what quality tools look like and we learn how to use them as well. This is the enthusiastic response of Aden Ndinguru, trainee car mechanic at the Chipole Vocational Center.

Songea, Tanzania
Strengthening vocational education
Tools and machines
Automotive, bricklaying, metalworking

MORE WORK FOR CARPENTERS THANKS TO THE RENTAL WORKSHOP

Quality tools is a job half done, also in Uganda. Therefore Gered Gereedschap started in cooperation with local partners Children’s Sure House a rental workshop in Kampala, Uganda which can be used by many dozens of carpenters. The workshop also offers paid work to 3 people. The workshop makes it possible for self-employed carpenters in Bwaise and its surroundings to earn a good living, support their family and send their children to school.

Bwaise (Kampala), Uganda
Promoting entrepreneurship
Rental of tools and machines
Emphasis on woodworking, small number of tools for other trades

REFURBISHING TOOLS. ALSO IN UGANDA: WE MAKE IT WORK

In addition to our workshops in the Netherlands, Gered Gereedschap also refurbishes tools in Uganda. This provides jobs to local craftsmen and the refurbished tools are used locally to strengthen vocational training and support entrepreneurship. In Mpigi, the workshop built and equipped with the support of Dutch volunteers from Gered Gereedschap is the result of the cooperation with Children’s Sure House. “Those tools are the basis for everything!”

Mpigi, Uganda
Entrepreneurship
Tools for schools and entrepreneurs
Refurbishing

‘THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF GERED GEREEDSCHAP, WE CAN KEEP OUR PROMISES’

‘I was over the moon, when the tools from Gered Gereedschap arrived last year.” says Davis Ssenabuya, coordinator of the Villa Maria Hospital Care Program. “From a handful of trainees, the number of students participating in our training courses has now risen to more than fifty.”

Masaka, Uganda
Education, strengthening vocational training
Tools and machines
Automotive engineering, woodworking, bricklaying

ANNUAL REPORT

Interested in what we have achieved for craftsmen in developing countries in 2021? Read our annual report including the financial statement and find out how we spend our money and which goals we achieved. We are very proud of the results.

Stichting Dienstencentrum Gered Gereedschap is designated as ‘Public Benefit Organisation’ (Dutch: Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling, ANBI) The documents which must be disclosed on the website can be accessed by clicking on the link below.