Projects

Our projects in Cameroon, Togo and Berlin. Each project page lists the period, place, partners and funders, as far as known.

  • Tackling unemployment in Douala and Foumban

    August 2025 to July 2026 · Douala and Foumban, Cameroon

    Sixty young people, including 25 women and 20 internally displaced people, were trained in modern small-livestock farming and feed production.

  • Health Is Everything

    Ongoing · Foumban, Cameroon

    We cover surgery and hospital costs for people in great need in Foumban (Cameroon), funded by membership fees and donations.

  • Sewing training for internally displaced women in Douala

    Fall 2022 to August 2023 · Douala, Cameroon

    In Douala, 60 women, most of them internally displaced, completed a ten-month sewing training program, and each received a sewing machine. It also included language courses and career counseling.

  • Motorcycle mechanics training in Douala and Foumban

    August 2024 to July 2025 · Douala and Foumban, Cameroon

    Sixty young people, 15 of them women, were trained as motorcycle mechanics, and a campaign promoted road safety.

  • Education and job opportunities for internally displaced people in the Noun department, Cameroon

    2020 · Noun department, Cameroon

    Educational opportunities for internally displaced people: more places at a bilingual primary school, tailoring training, language courses, and counseling for young people.

  • Past projects in Cameroon and Togo

    Foumban and Koufomloum (Cameroon), Togo

    The hospital mosque (2013), building a school in Koufomloum (from 2016), counseling on training and business start-ups in Foumban (2017 and 2018), and “Water for All in Togo.”

  • Femmes Dynamiques – Strong Women, Strong Society

    2020 · Moabit, Berlin

    Workshops, counseling, and sports for Muslim women from Africa and Asia, with childcare.

  • AfrisCool summer program

    Summer vacation, 2018 to 2020 · Wedding, Berlin

    A summer program for children with and without a migration background: development topics, anti-discrimination, sports, and dance.

  • Coming Together Through Dialogue

    July 2016 to June 2017 · Berlin

    Discussion groups, panels, and project days at schools: we put the causes of flight on the agenda and promoted respectful treatment of refugees.

  • Wedding Network for Intercultural Dialogue

    2016 and 2017 · Wedding, Berlin

    Mosques, churches, and migrant associations in Wedding around one table: networking meetings in 2016 and a panel series in 2017 on religion, prejudice, and extremism.

  • Intercultural work

    2014 · Berlin

    Strong Network – Strong Schools: mosques, schools, and youth facilities join forces against extremism and for intercultural learning.

What we do

Four areas of work

Work in Africa

Since 2007 we have been carrying out projects with local partners, mainly in Cameroon: schools, health care, vocational training, and business start-ups.

Development education

Symposia, panel discussions, and Future Workshops on peace and development in Africa—every year since 2012.

Interfaith and intercultural dialogue

We build bridges between religions and cultures and have connected mosques, churches, and migrant associations in the Wedding district of Berlin.

Participation

Vacation programs for children, sports, and workshops for women: we empower people of African descent in Berlin.

Get in touch

Questions about our projects? Interested in working with us or in our events? We look forward to hearing from you.