African Impulse news

MEET & CODE IS BACK

We are happy to inform the public that African Impulse e.V. shall again be organizing coding events within the context of Meet and Code during the EU Code Week which shall run this year from 01.09.2023 to 31.10.2023.

After missing last year, the African Impulse e.V. shall again join other initiatives and associations throughout Europe to engage young people digitally through this year's Meet and Code event.

With the high resonance we had from the past events, we are pleased to take up the challenge again. The African Impulse plans to host 3 events.

Check out our planned events through this link.

NFI Kumba launches Computer training in Colaboration with African Impulse

The African Impulse e.V. will collaborate with the NFI in Kumba to support their Summer Holidays Computer training program

The goal is to provide training in the some key computer understanding areas to all interested in the town.Just like the Nkamanyi Football Initiative, we believe knowledge of computers and their workings can take our people out of poverty and provide them hope for the future.

The training is available to the general public and shall only be available during this holiday period. With a population of over 300.000 and predominantly youths, we see a great impact this can bring.

Invitation to next General Assembly

African Impulse e.V. invites all members to the next session of the General Assembly.

African Impulse publishes first edition of the NRW Magazine

The African Impulse e.V. has just published the first of 6 editions of the NRW Magazine. The magazine is available in digital and print form.

The state of North Rhein Westphalia (Nordrhein Westfalen), with its over 17.9 million inhabitants, is the most populous state of Germany. It is very multicultural and has the largest number of Africans in Germany. These Africans are very dynamic and mostly operate within associations centred around their countries of origins.

Through the NRW Zusammen project we want to continue strengthening the social cohesion of Africans in the state during these COVID 19 and post COVID 19 times. An important component of the project is its conceptual reciprocity in which we want to promote mutual cross-generational learning between youths and adults. For example, parents can acquire more competence in electronic media through younger people, while young people learn societal values and life experience.

With six issues of the NRW Magazine planned, we hope to engage the African community in NRW and provide them with targeted information which will help improve their quality of life here.

Check out the digital version of the NRW Magazine

African Impulse e.V. to host four Meet and Code events in 2021

For the 5th time in a row, since the inception of the Meet and Code in 2017, the African Impulse e.V. shall be participating this year again.

This year we shall host 4 evemts - "Basic Internet Security for young people", "Introduction to C#", "Introduction to web design" and "Recognizing Fake News".

The meet and code event is aimed at providing access to coding and digital skills to the next generation of young Europeans. Behind Meet and Code are the founding partners SAP, Haus des Stiftens gGmbH, TechSoup Europe with the respective country partners of the TechSoup Europe network. In 2020, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI) became part of the project as a partner in the framework of the German EU presidency and beyond, focusing on EU countries.

African Impulse supports e.V. the Sallam Initiative in Cameroon

The African Impulse e.V. supported the Salaam Initiative project of its Cameroon partner Local Youth Corner Cameroon with the sum of €300.

With the donation from the African Impulse e.V. we are contributing to the "Back to School" action of LOYOCAM aimed at supporting vulnerable children in the far north region of Cameroon as they start the academic year 2021/2022.

The Salaam Initiative is a youth-led initiative that supports the protection, education, re-insertion, and wellbeing of children affected by violent conflicts in the Far North Region of Cameroon. Due to the Boko Haram insurgency, these kids have become the main victims of the conflict, with many out of school, forcefully displaced, and are suffering from trauma. Unfortunately, these children have been separated from their families, left homeless and orphans with many becoming more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, as well as radicalization and recruitment into arm groups. Our support of this project also shows our commitment in forstering North-South cooperation and targeting the vulnerable..

Komman-NRW - Welcome to Duisburg

The state of NRW and the town of Duisburg stands to support and welcome migrants

When you are new to a city, it is not easy to find your way around. Especially for Africans, they mostly turn to their friends and relatives for this information. While they may receive useful information regarding some practical aspects of their daily life, it may be difficult to obtain information that will help them find social bearings and get along in their new environment.