Notice to annual meeting 2023

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På detta årsmöte kommer det att läggas fram ett förslag om att avsluta Matadi Support Group.

På årsmötet 2022 tog ett beslut att avsluta Matadi Support Group. Enligt stadgarna ska ett sådant här beslut tas på två årsmöten.

Ett förslag till beslut hur föreningens tillgångar ska fördelas kommer att läggas fram.

Matadi Support Group
Borås och Hökerum 2023-02-11

Styrelsen

Lars-Ola Rydberg, Lennart Fridén, Bernt Sköld, Yngve Håkanson, Jean Claude Loubelo, Hugo Rikkinen

DESCRIPTION OF THE INTRODUCTION WORK FOR M & P MULTISERVICE

The work has been carried out on the basis of the funding we have had access to. We have focused on the measures that will enable the project to get started as soon as possible.

The pictures show how a junk has become a service station for cars and motorcycles

We are fine, but it is very hot here. I do not have so much news, but still want to reply to your email.

We have completed an education, where we devoted a lot to ten participants. In addition, at temporary collections, we have announced important knowledge to a hundred people, but we have been unable to provide them with any certificates. They also want to have the syllabi.
The needs are great, but not the assets. This year we have a lot more to do, but we are preparing for further courses. Those who went the course were very interested and they pointed out that they learned a lot of value, which they did not know before. Some have started business, others have resumed and others have improved or expanded their business.
Everybody has the desire to receive support in the future, possibly in the form of loans.
Here we stand today, but the work continues

Kimpese, Emy Miantezila
Training in entrepreneurship

Report from Yapeco Bakala Massengo

Yapeco is teaching entrepreneurship

I am very happy, for with the help of God all things are possible. I have completed a course with a group from my own congregation; entrepreneurial training with the FBS method, taught to me by Matadi Support Group.

For the first time I taught without electricity. Without electricity or a computer, I could not use the important educational tools, that is, the computer and the projector. The first day, we talked about the story behind FBS. We had two gatherings without electricity. On the final day, we had both electricity and a computer, but no projector. But everybody could see the pictures and the power points on the little screen, and the questions were well understood. In the beginning we were 22 persons, and at the end we were 28.

Today, I had the possibility to send some photos. Please, kindly receive my report of December 2017!

I am very pleased to send a greeting to you again.

We have now completed training for trainers, we started with 8 people and ended with 12. Everything went well, by God’s grace.

This Wednesday, the 14/12, to Saturday, we will conduct another course in Baobab and to finish this year we will also train a group of Nzadi. So looks the calendar that I can present to you now in terms of Matadi and training FBS in MSG.
Thanks!
Yapeco

The coming trainers in Matadi

We are doing just fine and we hope that you all are doing well!

We have rented a place in Matadi in order to train teachers for Focus Business School. Some members have been selected to join the teacher training, including Mr. Rholly.

We started yesterday, on Wednesday November 16, and we expect to finish on Saturday. So the teaching  takes place in town, arranged by me and Rholly. We have also seen to that there is coffee and biscuits for the participants. Most of the participants have different positions of responsibility in the city. The teaching is conducted from 15:30 to 19:00 every day from Wednesday, 16/11 to Saturday, 19/11. I enclose a few photos from the first gathering. The political developments in our beautiful country worries us, as well as the economic development. Pray for us!

Thanks!

Yapeco

Julienne, Astrid and Bernt are studing entrepreneurship

On Monday evening, Solico had a meeting at the Embassy of Congo Brazzaville in Stockholm. Tonight’s guest was Julienne Sengomona Yaba from Point Noire. Bernt and I attended the meeting.

In the afternoon before the Solico meeting, Bernt and I had a meeting with Julienne and Astrid Stahlberg at the Hotel Birger Jarl. In our afternoon meeting as well as in the evening meeting, Julienn told us about her extensive work with the Savings bank for women in Pointe Noire. Julienne is the manager of the savings bank. The bank currently has 1,500 members. The purpose of the bank is to provide loans to members so that they can start and run businesses. The condition for getting a loan is to have saved money in the bank. You must show that you can save and set aside money to the bank. The ability to save is a good indication that the member will be able to pay her loans.

We believe that MSG’s activity with entrepreneurship training is an excellent supplement for this savings bank. Our four tools are: Education – business loans – contacts – monitoring. Education that provides knowledge – a prerequisite for entrepreneurship and money management.

An important prerequisite for successful entrepreneurship is to have both knowledge and access to money at a reasonable price.

Julienne seemed to be in very much in favour of our training and our hope is now that she starts an entrepreneurship education that will be offered to the members of the Savings bank for women in Point Noire.

A group of teachers discuss the FBS/MSG model of entrepreneurship education

Currently, there is a great interest in entrepreneurship. We must keep in mind that we are talking about the informal economy; these young people are unemployed and they live in a country where it is impossible for most people to get a job. Therefore, the implementation needs to be realistic and adapted to local conditions.

A class with som of the people who are intrested in entrepreneurship

A well orchestrated entrepreneurship can change the living conditions. For some time now, we apply a model of education for entrepreneurship, Focus BUSINESS SCHOOL with MSG, Matadi Support Group

I want to thank everyone who in one way or another support our activities. Please, receive our heartfelt gratitude. Our desire is to help those who want to contribute to building a better world.

Emy Miantezila Mbeye

OUR ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

The children, after a gathering

We work with children who have problems, and children who are a problem to society. With “the society”, we mean the family and the environment – everything that affects people in a positive or negative direction. Our target group are those who have been exposed to negative influences. We aim to give them positive influences andguide them in a positive direction.

There are many children who can not go to school becau

Distribution of school supplies

se of the lack of money for school fees. They start school at the beginning of the school year, but they might have to stop during the year; about a third of all pupils at primary and secondary school never complete the school year. When we are asked for help, we make a selection. If the pupils we choose show dedication to their education, we support them with school fees until they finish high school. Sometimes we get requests from far away.

A child receives malaria medication

Another category are the children who are abandoned by their families, the so called “street children”. We start by getting to know them, then we support them, and finally we take care of them. We give them food, clothing and shelter. We let them go to school and some of them learn a handcraft. We also take responsibility for their health. Most importantly, we teach them to read and write in order for them to be able to move on in life.

Literacy for street children

We work with farming for unemployed adolescents, but sometimes they also get the chance to learn other professions.

A school our children go to

Often, the children themselves contact us directly; sometimes we get suggestions from others, like for example managers in schools, who ask us to help talented children who can not afford to pay their fees.

Some children receive a meal

Often, the children themselves contact us directly; sometimes we get suggestions from others, like for example managers in schools, who ask us to help talented children who can not afford to pay their fees.

Computer and internet education

We work with parents or other family members of children and adolescents. Schools also cooperate with us in order to facilitate the work to support the students.

We get support from AFCD to help malnourished children

One of the street children learns how to lay bricks using the equipment he has been given

We work to raise awareness among the children so that they can feel useful in society. To reinforce this, we have started to build houses. We have, however, been delayed, because the manufacturer of the doors has let us wait for seven months.

In this house, some of the children will live. They need the house to keep their school supplies and other belongings safe.

We continue with farming for unemployed adolescents, even if we have problems with climate change. With irrigation, we try to get harvests also during the low season.

These adolescents need money for their school fees and some need money to learn a trade.

Peannut field durin the dry season

Peanut field during the dry season. Irrigation by means of an engine KBE/APEDEM

I want to thank everyone who in one way or another support our activities. Please, receive our heartfelt gratitude. Our desire is to help those who want to contribute to building a better world.

Emy Miantezila Mbeye