June 2024

Rabea represents Empowerment Bamboo at the ‘Bouw met Bamboe’ symposium in Rotterdam. The first of its kind in the Netherlands to focus on bamboo in architecture, construction and design. Expert presentations, workshops and an exhibition offer exciting insights and opportunities for dialogue. Two of our members, Robert and David, are taking on the role of … Read more

May 2024

We are represented with an information stand at the European Bamboo Expo in Dortmund from 16 – 18 May, just like last year. This is a great opportunity to present our project in Ghana, make valuable contacts in the bamboo industry and gain new impetus from inspiring presentations by renowned bamboo experts. Rabea attends the … Read more

April 2024

Rabea is present at the EMPOWERMENT BAMBOO workshop. Topic: “Bamboo Research: Lifelong Learning Helps!” with bamboo expert Markus Roselieb. Important exchange on research progress and educational approaches in the bamboo sector. Our Annual General Meeting takes place. Martin Tiggemann is elected as the new 1st Chairman. An important step into a new era of our … Read more

March 2024

Rabea and Christoph take part in the general meeting of the Ghana Forum NRW at the Auslandsgesellschaft Dortmund. Important exchange and networking with actors in development work. Rabea takes part in the Haus des Stiftens webinar: “Remuneration in non-profit organizations”. Important insights into fair remuneration structures and their implementation. Rabea and Christoph are taking part … Read more

February 2024

Rabea takes part in the EMPOWERMENT BAMBOO workshop. Topic: “Financing Bamboo Projects with NGOs”, presented by the expert Ulla Schuch. An important step towards strengthening our project financing skills. Planning meeting in Amsterdam with our project partners Emil from BIDG and Vincent from ABC. Intensive discussions to coordinate future project steps and strategies.

January 2024

Successful meeting in Wiesbaden with students and lecturers from Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences who were actively involved in our project in Ghana. Exchange of experiences and future initiatives. We wish you a Happy New Year 2024!

November 2023

We are taking part at the “Bamboo Collaboration Congress 2023”! On two of three congress days Rabea participates in the following sessions: Regenerative Agrigulture with Bamboo – Kjell Tahon, Netherlands  Bamboo Value Chain – Juan Pablo Martinez, Guatemala  Financing Bamboo Projects – Melania Keita, Kenya  A big thank you to Empowerment Bamboo for organising this wonderful event for the first time this year, as … Read more

October 2023

Participation in the One-day-Workshop: Learn from each other – Construction Projects in Ghana, organised and carried out by we-building e.V. https://we-building.org/2023/01/09/online-workshop/

September 2023

23rd September 2023: We present our organisation and the bamboo project at the Ghana Länder Forum! The event takes place annually and is organised by the Ghana-Forum NRW in cooperation with Auslandsgesellschaft.de e. V. and the Ghana-Council NRW e. V. We would like to thank the organisers and everyone who attended for the interesting, informative … Read more

August 2023

We would like to say a huge thank you to noa-entertainment, who have been supporting us very effectively for some time now. In particular, by setting up our donation boxes at their fantastic events, we have already collected several large and small donations for the bamboo project in Ghana! We would therefore of course also … Read more