EDUCATION

PATW's two schools are called Noah's Ark #1 and Noah's Ark #2. In 2000 the first class had 50 students and one teacher. Today there are over 20 teachers and 550 students with many more on a waiting list. PATW hopes to have the funds soon to build a big school building for Noah's Ark #2.

PATW elementary school Noah's Ark #1 with Ivelta Angui (on the left), PATW Director in Ivory Coast, and Florence, one of our kindergarten teachers.

We are proud that many who have finished the highest level of PATW schools have skipped a grade when they entered public school.




Here are some students happy to be in one of the new classrooms in Noah's Ark #1 with Symphorien, who was the first teacher of Noah's Ark.






Noah's Ark #2 is in a very inadequate building that PATW hopes to replace with a much larger one as soon as financially possible.






VOCATIONAL TRAINING

PATW Sewing School

45 young women are attending Partners Around The World's three-year sewing school, which began in 2000 in a poor community on the outskirts of Abidjan. PATW hopes to construct a sewing production center.







EVANGELISM

Every Wednesday there is evangelism at PATW's schools and other locations of Abidjan. Many kids come running to listen to Bible stories told by teams of our teachers.








Click Here to see more about our Evangelism activities.





HUMANITARIAN AID

PATW's humanitarian programs focus on helping the poor and needy, especially children, youth, orphans, widows, and HIV/AIDS victims in two of Abidjan's largest communities. Photo: Distributing bags of rice monthly to needy widows.

Our aid provides for:

Food

Medicine and surgeries

Transportation, school supplies for 25 orphans


SOCCER TEAMS

PATW supports about 100 at-risk teenage soccer players in a poor community north of Abidjan. They learn values about working as a team, setting goals, and winning through fair play. Last soccer season the PATW team was the best in the area.

The team relies on PATW's support to pay for registration fees, uniforms, transportation, and other expenses. The team's headcoach is also one of the elementary school teachers.





You can read the testimony of one of the boys on the Testimonials page.


PATW Workers in Africa: Helping the Poor Children

There are over 20 African teachers who are truly devoted to sharing the love and the Word of God with others as well as academic subjects to underprivileged African children. Most of the teachers have lived in or are currently living in the poor areas where they are working. Some of PATW's teachers are pictured below. Second from the left is Ivelta Angui, the PATW Director who is from Brazil. Her Ivorian husband, Pascal Angui also helps in the mission.