Projects - Page 4 of 4

KatOBA exchanges stories with Flemish-Brussels non-profit organizations on meeting day

On Tuesday 14 September, a meeting day for Flemish-Brussels non-profit organizations was held in Cinéma Palace at the initiative of the Flemish Minister of Brussels, Youth and Media Benjamin Dalle. This meeting day marked the start of the ‘Aangenaam Verrast’ campaign, which puts the spotlight on stories of Flemish-Brussels individuals and non-profit organizations. In addition, an explanation was given about the new guidelines framework for subsidy applications via ‘Polsslag’ and […]

Inauguration of the renovated Lutgardis school in Ixelles

After a 3-year temporary move to the Kazerne van Etterbeek, the Lutgardis school comes home in the Emile de Bécolaan in Ixelles. In the meantime, the site has undergone a true metamorphosis: the school buildings were thoroughly renovated, a sports hall was built, the playground was redesigned and the sanitary facilities renewed. On Wednesday 8 September, the inauguration took place in the presence of Minister Sven Gatz, who is responsible […]

Kick-off of the 2021-2022 school year

On Wednesday, August 25, about 150 employees of non-profit organizations KSD (Diest), HHH (Leuven), KorHA (Halle) and KatOBA (Brussels) together gave the ‘kick-off’ of the 2021-2022 school year. In the beautiful setting of the Message Chapel in Heverlee, guest speaker Bruno Vanobbergen (director of the Flemish Agency for Growing Up and formerly Commissioner for Children’s Rights) gave a testimony from his professional and other experiences with the upbringing of children […]

A new headquarters for vzw KatOBA in Brussels!

At the start of the 2020-2021 school year, vzw KatOBA will move into a beautiful building on the Nieuwe Graanmarkt. This building will house all support services of KatOBA (general policy, pedagogical policy cell, infrastructure cell, prevention cell, ICT cell, material & logistics policy, personnel administration, accounting).

First stone-laying in Voorzienigheid!

On tuesday the 21st of may 2019 minister Guy Vanhengel laid the first stone of the new construction in primary school Voorzienigheid in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe. This building will host 4 kindergarten classes, a sanitary room and provides also a centrally situated indoor-playground.
The outdoor-playground will also be rebuild as Voorzienigheid can count on a BuitenSpel-fund of the VGC (Flemish Community Commission).

Instituut van de Ursulinen: Inauguration of the new playground!

On thursday the 4th of april the new playground of the ‘Instituut van de Ursulinen’ in Koekelberg was inaugurated in presence of Minister Guy Vanhengel. The school received financial support from the ‘BuitenSpel’-fund of the VGC (Flemish Community Commission in Brussels).

Sint-Karel conquers Flagey!

On sunday the tenth of june the famous concert hall Flagey hosted the final performance of the El Sistema Festival, ‘Comme ci, Comme ça’ (This way, That way). Pupils of primary schools representing the 3 national languages (from Molenbeek, Schaarbeek, Elsene, Laken and Eupen), together with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, paid homage to the well-known composer Leonard Bernstein and his ‘West Side Story’.
The pupils of Sint-Karel were not only to be found in the choir. 10 of them learned to play the violin this year in wednesday-afternoon music classes. They had the opportunity to share the stage and play along with the professional musicians of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra!