The Rising Lions was founded on 16 July 2016 by Nadine Faber, Michaela Stolzenberger, Petra Matt, Jacqueline Erbacher, Daniel Krebs, Sabine Breitenbach and Diana Berberich. The first project: A school foundation in Ghana (Africa).
The origin of The Rising Lions and its plans of establishing a school in Ghana go back to the summer of 2014. At that time, the chairwoman Nadine Faber, who worked as a tutor, visited a training seminar on new teaching methods. There she met Georg Brock, the promoter of the seminar, who is an experienced head master as well as an international school founder. Together the worked out a concept for a Ghanaian boarding school with a new, modern educational system.
In the meantime, Nadine Faber, Georg Brock, several members of the leader board, experts and scientists visited the Ghanaian partner schools. Besides donating school equipment, they established a letter exchange program, went on excursions with the students and worked with the students on the concept of ideal school. During a workshop with the students of Duawodome Basic Schools in Akatsi Georg Brock and educational scientist Luisa Hill analysed the needs of these children in terms of schooling. On these findings is the concept of Dzata Suku based.
Peace is a privilege
A life in abundance and peace is a privilege granted only to a select group of people on this earth. It is therefore up to each and every one of us to take responsibility and to stand up for the less fortunate. There will be no peace until we have equal rights and justice.
Each one – teach one
According to the motto “Each One – Teach One”, we want to promote the mutual and respectful exchange of knowledge. Everyone has special skills and knowledge and we can all learn from each other.
It is also about promoting awareness in our culture to the extent that we do not take our prosperity for granted and given.
“The current education system in Ghana is about 50 to 100 years behind Germany in terms of equipment and level. Above all, our goal as an association is to promote the mentality of the young people in Ghana so they can still achieve something in a weak economic environment – because even after a successful graduation lots of students go back to their families for lack of job offers and help on the fields. Through our work, we want to support the students in Ghana to become self-reliant and self-dependent people!
This is not about imposing our “superior Western knowledge” on other cultures. According to the motto “Each One – Teach One”, we want to promote the mutual and respectful exchange of knowledge. Everyone has special skills and knowledge and we can all learn from each other. It is about promoting awareness in our culture to the extent that we do not take our prosperity for granted and given. Our life in abundance and peace is a privilege granted only to a select group of people on this earth. It is therefore up to each and every one of us to be responsible and to work for the people who were not allowed to experience this happiness to the same extent. ” – Nadine Faber
