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We are excited to share our latest video, which delves into the innovative water desalination project in northern Senegal as well as the urgent needed hands-on support right in the heart of the Casamance, both key initiatives under NAMA4PD's "Perspective Development" pillar. These projects go…
From Brackish to Fresh: A New Era of Water Security and Community Empowerment Podor - The community members were overjoyed when they finally got to taste the sweet, refreshing water! For years, they had to make do with brackish water and contaminated river water. But…
NAMA4PD Project Advances with Week-Long Workshops in Senegal Dakar - We are thrilled to share the success of our recent workshops in Senegal as part of the NAMA4PD (Narrative Management for Peace Through Dialogue) project! Our dedicated team from Freie Universität Berlin, AHDIS, Project Lighthouse…
Finally the NAMA4PD documentary it is out! We are happy to be able to show you the NAMA4PD concept this way.Watch the new documentary to learn more about what we're trying to accomplish and how we're working to engage the community.How is disinformation strategically played…
Preparation for future content work Ziguinchor - Fighting disinformation was a hot topic during the second and final workshop of the project, which took place in Casamance. The workshop was based on the results of the first workshop, the network already established in this region, and…
WEST AFRICA AS AN ARENA OF GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICTS On June 13th, 2023, Project Lighthouse Africa co-hosted the Common Effort Conference 2023 in Berlin under the theme "West Africa as an Arena of Geopolitical Conflicts." This high-level one-day meeting brought together a diverse range of participants,…
This trailer gives a short introduction to the concept of NAMA4PD. We want to understand what role does traditional media and the new digital mobile media play in the emergence of conflicts, how interested parties, like insurgent groups, like foreign governments are trying to use…
NAMA4PD kickoff with situational mapping Dakar – Following the launch of measures to develop a intersectoral and interreligious Conflict Prevention Task Force in September 2022, the first of two workshops - NAMA4PD Situational Mapping - took place in Dakar, Senegal, in December 2022. Joint exchange…
Interfaith and cross-sector is key As a part of our Narrative Management for Peace through Dialogue (NAMA4PD) concept, we began developing measures in September 2022 to create an interfaith and cross-sector Conflict Prevention Task Force as a key to peacebuilding in Senegal and adjacent regions.An…- In March 2022, a team from Project Lighthouse Africa (PLA) and the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen discussed the concept of Narrative Management and its relevance for West Africa and the Sahel. The Marshall Center expressed interest in possible cooperation…
Exploratory activities in Ghana, Gambia, Senegal and Togo in 2021, funded and supported by Hanns Seidel Foundation, laid the foundation for the further development and implementation of the NAMA4PD concept in West Africa and the Sahel region. The feedback during discussions on Ministry, Directors and Civil…- Since 2019 the Common Effort Community has deeply elaborated on the socio-economic, environmental and governance related conflict dynamics as well as security and development connections and actions of national and international actors in the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger). The results…
As Project Lighthouse Africa (PLA) is actively contributing to the Common Effort working group on Narrative Management since 2019, it is consequent that PLA joined the Common Effort Community (CEC) in 2021. The CEC, founded in 2010 by the 1 German-Netherlands Corps, currently comprises more…
Experts of Project Lighthouse Africa are participating and engaging in the Common Effort Working group Narrative Management in Conflict Dynamics. In 2019 Common Effort has introduced a three-year regional focus on the G5 Sahel taking into account the foreign policy, security and development priorities of…
Initiated by Project Lighthouse Africa, a consortium of German SMEs, local Gambian partners and five universities - TU Dresden, FU Berlin, University of Koblenz-Landau, UN University and the University of The Gambia - a joint research and development project in The Gambia has been in…
Following the completion of a pre-feasibility study for the Comprehensive Waste Management and Biomass-to-Energy Project in The Gambia, the landfill and biogas cogeneration project in Bakoteh has reached the next stage in its journey towards the realisation phase. Under the direction of Dr Yves J.M.…
Project Lighthouse Africa and the University of Koblenz-Landau's Institute for Environmental Science have formed a partnership to develop an integrated water treatment concept for African countries. A pilot project, entitled 'Integrated Water Treatment', will be implemented in the Gambia. The Water 3.0 innovation will be…- The world of Information Communication Technology is one of the fastest growing industries on the globe. In recent times, Africa has proven itself to be a true contender in the ICT industry where the East African region most especially, has fostered much advancement in digital…
Background In common with many African countries the Gambia has a solid waste problem, which not only threatens the environment of this West African country, but also harms the health of its people.The situation can only be described as dramatic. While government agencies such as…- From May to June 2012, a funding application titled 'Exploratory measures - ICT-based local information and communication systems for sustainable development' was prepared and submitted by Dr. Martin Emmer, Dr. Yves Lamour, and Matthias Duchscherer. The application was approved by the Federal Ministry of Education…
In August 2014, PLA and SOS Children's Villages Bakoteh, as the directly affected organisation, agreed to cooperate as project partners in the landfill gas CHP and waste management project in Bakoteh. A memorandum of understanding is about to be signed. The SOS facilities are to…- Nairobi – ICT4D Project Lighthouse Kenya Deputy Country Director Enrico Scharrenberg and Freie Universität Berlin project manager Matthias Duchscherer met with ICT key stakeholders in Kenya. The discussions and information exchange at the end of 2013 helped to explore current ICT-based local information and communication…
In a project, from November 2013 till January 2014, funded by the German Ministry of Research and Education an international research team is currently exploring the viability of an international comparative research project on the use of digital and mobile media in European and African countries. The…- In the first quarter of 2013, Project Lighthouse Gambia revised and improved data collection in order to reduce disruptive and error factors in data collection. The landfill workers were trained in systematic data collection.
Like many African countries, The Gambia has a waste problem that not only threatens the West African country's environment, but also affects the health of its people. Since October 2010, Project Lighthouse Gambia (PLG) has been involved in a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project to…
Sukuta – In August 2012 Project Lighthouse Gambia and Dresden Banjul Organisation (DBO) have agreed on a close collaboration, fostering and implementing joint environmental protection, waste management and public awareness projects in the Gambia. DBO is operating as a registered international NGO in the Gambia.…- Kanifing – In June 2012 Matthias Duchscherer, President of Project Lighthouse Africa, and Dr. Yves Lamour, University of the Gambia, presented first analytic results of the established waste flow database to Kanifing Municipal Council during their plenary meeting. Currently Project Lighthouse Gambia and KMC are…
In March and April 2012, Green Desert members Andreas Warth and Bianca Kummer built a composting toilet at the Vocational Training and Knowledge Centre (VTC) in New York with volunteers from Project Lighthouse Gambia. This was the third workshop on building and using composting toilets…
Project Lighthouse Africa e.V. is focusing on environmental management, environmental protection, and waste treatment, and has started a collaboration with the University of the Gambia (UTG) in 2012. The aim of this partnership is to involve Gambian research institutions in the planning and execution of…
Bakoteh – On behalf of Project Lighthouse Africa e.V. Lead Engineer Dipl.-Ing. Klaus-Arno Herzberg carried out a first survey and measure¬ment of gas potential of the Waste Disposal Site Bakoteh at the end of 2011. High level talks with KMC representatives and visits of the…
A sustainable and efficient agriculture, quantitative and qualitative increase in production of small and smallest farmer, better access to markets, transport of products from rural areas to the market centers and a crisis resistant supply of the population with staple food: These are the challenges…
New Yundum – During a first Green Desert workshop in May 2011 a team from Project Lighthouse Africa’s partner organisation Green Desert e.V. has trained volunteer workers from Project Lighthouse Gambia’s Vocational Training and Knowledge Centre (VTC) at New Yundum in the Gambia. The training…
How can Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) benefit from the emerging crowd funding strategies? Where are the chances, where are the challenges? In May 2011 master students from the social entrepreneurship seminar at Ilmenau Technical University and Matthias Duchscherer, president of Project Lighthouse Africa e.V., discussed…
Kanifing – As the first such organization Project Lighthouse Africa has established, in close cooperation with the Waste Management Department of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), a valid database for the volume and the flow of waste, generated in the KMC area.
Hannover – In March 2011 Project Lighthouse Africa e.V. and Green Desert e.V. have agreed on a close cooperation fostering different projects in Gambia and Kenya. One of the first collaboration projects will be a workshop at Project Lighthouse Gambia’s Vocational Training and Knowledge Centre…
Kanifing – With the joint signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between Kanifing Municipality Council, Project Lighthouse Gambia and Project Lighthouse Africa e.V. the foundation has been laid for the landfill gas combined heat and power (CHP) unit project at Bakoteh landfill in the Gambia.…
Munich – Project Lighthouse Africa e.V. was formed as international operating umbrella organisation in Germany in Dezember 2009. Since 18th February 2010 Project Lighthouse Africa e.V. is registered under the number VR 202798 at the Register of Associations of Munich. Project Lighthouse Africa e.V. will…
Nairobi – In a two day editors‘coaching, in June 2009, Matthias Duchscherer consulted editors and reporters of Capital FM in Nairobi. The radio station is one of the biggest and most successful radio stations in Kenya. Focus of the coaching was improvement suggestions for the editorial and…
Nairobi – Which role does the media in east Africa play at domestic crisis’ and how does clanship and ethnical influences affect coverage? What chances do net based social media offer for a stronger participative, civil-social dialog?These were the central questions the German – East…
Gambia – Project Lighthouse Gambia has constructed and established a Vocational Training Centre (VTC) in the West African country the Gambia. The VTC aims to give young people from the surrounding communities the opportunity to gain hands on experience either on practical as well as…
Kenya –What is the role of the media in Eastern Africa at domestic crisis? What chances do net-based social media offer for a more participative, civil-social dialogue? In an explorative field study, Matthias Duchscherer dealt with the relevance of mobile communication and internet at domestic…
