Above: Sunset view from top of 30 ft. termite mound
on Myrt 1 School campus in Congo.
Able & Willing International Educational Foundation (AWIEF) is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing schools in areas of extreme poverty and need.
The entirely volunteer staff coordinates physical construction of buildings and manages program development to ensure that schools can ultimately govern and sustain themselves.
CANCELLED: Puma's Kitchen
Sunday, April 15 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Details forthcoming.
2012 Spring Newsletter is online
View 2011 Project Photos (updated 3/25/2012)
Puma leads work in Congo
June 29, 2011 - February 29, 2012
Maggie Lusweti works for Kenya Schools
July 29 - August 28, 2011
Two books
by our Founder
Proceeds from Mbuyu's storybook and cookbook
will pay for orphans education.
Notable Accomplishments
- Since its establishment in 1995, AWIEF has concentrated its efforts in rural villages of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa.
- We have built one of the best schools in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- The school provides elementary through technical education in a village that had no electricity, toilets, or sanitary water supply previous to our arrival.
- With tuition at $7.00 per month, a basic education is within reach for a typical local family.
- We provide free tuition for orphans and a Work-for-Education program for parents who cannot afford their children’s tuition.
- Fully equipped school workshops to train students and make furniture for schools and goods for local markets.
- Brought hydroelectricity to school and village
- Computer lab teaches IT skills.
- We have shipped over 300 computers to schools in Congo, Cameroon, Nicaragua, Liberia, and Kenya.
- We are continuing to build schools in other villages in Congo that are self supporting and self governing.
- A medical complex to serve four rural villages is under construction.
- How did we do it? It took seventeen years of dedication, trial and error, technical innovation, the hard work of parents and students, and the generous contributions from our many friends.
2011 Project Highlights
See our Newsletters for complete stories. Also, Photo Gallery
Two 2-Story Buildings
This building has a multipurpose classroom on the second floor and science lab and office below. A guard's house and two story office building were built at the campus entrance.
Business Adventures
Myrt School tried many business ventures to train students and generate income for the school. Raising chickens was one project.
Waza Alliance Trains 135Teachers
Two instructors from Indiana taught teaching methods in seminars held on Myrt Campus for 135 area teachers.