In general
What is SSMW?
What is Kaki Lion Belgium?
In general
Echt ongelooflijk dat jullie zich zo inzetten voor zo een mooi goed doel! Goed bezig mannen!
Eva de Roo – Warmste Week 2018
Project SSMW has a long tradition at the Royal Military Academy. The final-year students organise various activities inside and outside the school, for pupils and non-pupils, in order to collect money for one charity. This year, they’ve chosen Kaki Lion Belgium.
Kaki Lion Belgium is a non-profit and apolitic organisation runned by former and active duty Belgian soldiers and is aimed at helping active duty and former soldiers.
What is SSMW?
Dare to take on responsibility. Approach every obstacle as a new way to grow and to develop yourself in the best leader you can be.
Grand Caque 2018-2019
Project SSMW is a charity project of final-year students in Social and Military Sciences (SSMW) at the prestigious Royal Military Academy.
At this internationally acclaimed military university, young men and women are transformed into fully-fledged, highly trained officers within four or five years. Afterwards, they put themselves at the service of the nation and take command of a platoon of some thirty soldiers in the Belgian armed forces.
During their training, students at the Royal Military Academy are trained academically, athletically, militarily and character-wise.
In the academic part they follow a bachelor and a master course in Social and Military Sciences or Polytechnics (civil engineer). This course is fully supported by the Bologna Accords and attracts dozens of students from other military universities around the world every year.
In the sports section, students are prepared for the sometimes heavy physical activities they will have to perform in their later careers. Whether they train for a job as a para-commando or as an F16 pilot, a good physical condition can mean the difference between failure and success. With a minimum of five hours of sport per week and extensive coaching and medical guidance, the students are given every opportunity to develop themselves into true athletes.
When civilian students get their long-deserved vacation, the RMA students leave on a military exercise. For about two months a year, they learn the basics of military work. They start with drill lessons and handling weapons, then gradually build up to working at section and platoon level. They conclude their training with a large-scale exercise in the Moroccan desert, where they are given command of a full platoon on vehicles and have to deal correctly with the situations that arise, ranging from talks with local village elders to hugely realistic simulations of military attacks.
Finally, the character-wise part teaches the pupils how to behave as future platoon commander. Under the motto Leading by example, they learn very early on in the training to commit themselves to a wide variety of projects inside and outside the Royal Military Academy. In order to honour their commitment to Belgium and its citizens, the students set up Project SSMW a long time ago: A charity project that allows them to show for the first time that they are truly committed to a better, more prosperous and safer Belgium.
Project SSMW is therefore a charity project in which final-year students SSMW are committed to the Belgian population. By organising about twenty events throughout a full year, they try to raise as much money as possible in order to make a difference for the project they have chosen.
These activities can take all forms: From informative conferences to raise awareness to a cosy and warm Christmas market and from cosy parties to more fun activities and a real shooting day with professional guidance.
What is Kaki Lion Belgium?
Kaki Lion Belgium (KLB) is a non-profit and apolitic organisation runned by former and active duty Belgian soldiers and is aimed at helping active duty and former soldiers. KLB focuses on several goals: support for wounded (physically or psychologically) soldiers and their family, support for the family of a deceased soldier, assistance for soldiers suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disease), protection of the soldier’s public image, administrative assistance, logisitc support in case of natural disaster…
For more information about Kaki Lion Belgium, you can visit their website.
