THE PRINCIPLES

1. You must go exploring in order to create new conceptions. And then again make new explorations in order to make better conceptions.
2. You must get close to the things you want to learn about. The closer you get, the more you’ll learn.
3. Together with your comrades you must be the driving force in the training process. It is not the little tricks of the teacher that can get you moving. Life is far too important for that.
4. You just need to know that the more you get going, the more you will be doing. The more in-depth you get the more you will want to know. There is a lot of work involved - but you avoid
being superficial and half asleep.
5. You are not going to learn everything at school. Like the iceberg, maybe just one tenth of what you actually wanted to learn. All the rest will come afterwards.
6. Only Adam was alone in the world. All the rest of us are here together.
7. What you are learning must be usable. Preferably right away - so others can learn from you. Possibly later, when the opportunity arises. What you have learnt you will learn double by teaching it to others.
8. You must be mobile in order to encounter many things. If not, the whole thing will come to a halt - even though you have your eyes popping out of your head.
9. All this concerns the teachers as well.

The devastation of HIV/AIDS can be seen everywhere. The epidemic has torn the fabric of society. Members for the HOPE program will work with the people of Angola in the fight against the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Education is the key to development work, In order to create long-term benefits for the people of Angola, education must be a priority.