AFRICA 2022
Nutrition and education of shepherd children in Kenya
with Africa Digna Foundation
with Africa Digna Foundation
We continue to collaborate with the Lchekuti, Child Shepherds programme in Kenya, together with the África Digna Foundation. This project promotes a dignified life for children aged 6 to 16 through impactful educational and nutritional interventions in the Samburu communities of Barsaloi, Lodokume, Lowa, Lulu, Mabati, Nairimirimo, Opiroi and Raraiti. For these communities in northern Kenya, livestock herding is the main economic activity. As these young shepherds spend their entire day working, they do not have the opportunity to attend school and survive solely on milk and tea. As a result, they are unable to read or write, face a high risk of social exclusion, and suffer from significant malnutrition. We have ensured that the child shepherds in Kenya now have access to two hours of education every weekday, a balanced meal at the end of each class day, and at the end of each school term, parents are invited to review their children’s academic progress and share a meal together. In 2022, the fourth two-year project was completed, supporting 142 children throughout the 2020–2022 academic years. We also launched the fifth phase of the programme, once again taking responsibility for the Lchekuti initiative and supporting 133 children until the end of the 2024 school year.
Contribution: 7.200€ + 2nd phase 2023: 7.200€ + 3rd phase 2024: 3.600€
Improvements in infrastructure, nutrition and health in Kenya
With Kakrigu Primary School
With Kakrigu Primary School
Kakrigu Primary School is located in Mfangano, an island on Lake Victoria in Kenya. In 2016, it received our full support to fund infrastructure improvements and ensure access to education for 350 primary school children. On 9 November 2022, a storm caused serious damage to the school’s infrastructure. Falling trees destroyed two classrooms and the electrical wiring. As a temporary solution, the library was used as a classroom, while another class had to be held outdoors under the remaining trees. Through this new project, we funded the materials and reconstruction of the school’s damaged infrastructure, as well as the rewiring of the affected classrooms.
Contribution: 2.453€
Nutrition programme for children and breastfeeding mothers in Kenia
With Aztivate Association
With Aztivate Association
Aztivate is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the protection and defence of human rights, primarily those related to children’s rights. It works through international cooperation, humanitarian aid, CO₂ emissions mitigation, and awareness-raising initiatives focused on human rights and climate change education. This project aims to uphold the right to quality healthcare for children aged 0 to 6 and breastfeeding mothers, by providing access to comprehensive medical care for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition and other illnesses. Its goal is to reduce maternal and child mortality in North Turkana County and the border area of Kenya with South Sudan and Ethiopia. The Nuria García Foundation has funded medical care for 400 children and breastfeeding women through the clinic and mobile unit. The support has also covered case follow-up, the purchase and distribution of therapeutic food, and training workshops for mothers and fathers on response protocols and cultural practices to improve health and nutrition.
Contribution: 4.000€
Construction and equipment of Kikaya Uganda
With Babies Uganda Association
With Babies Uganda Association
In 2018, we supported the construction of Kikaya School in the Wakiso area in partnership with the association Babies Uganda. The school opened in 2019 with 164 children enrolled, 34 of whom were boarders. By 2020, the new school year began with 300 pupils, 120 of them boarding students. Due to the school’s success, this led to the construction of a new dormitory. The demand for places at Kikaya School was so high that we continued supporting the work of the association to expand the school with a new building housing four classrooms, creating space for an additional 300 pupils and thereby doubling its capacity. Construction began at the end of 2021 and was completed in January 2023. Education is the most powerful tool in the fight against poverty and inequality, which is why it is essential to equip the school with the best possible resources. The growing number of students must be matched by an expansion of both facilities and teaching staff in order to provide quality education to as many vulnerable children as possible.
Contribution 1st phase 2021: 4.850€ + 2nd phase 2022: 19.404€
Food and nutrition programme of Kikaya Uganda
With Babies Uganda Association
With Babies Uganda Association
The association Babies Uganda works to address the harsh reality faced by thousands of Ugandan children, due to broken families, abandonment, the death of their parents, abuse or illness. In addition, they support the progress and development of the wider community, especially in the areas of education and healthcare. Kikaya House is an orphanage currently home to 30 children, cared for by 6 full-time carers who look after them 24 hours a day. The household also includes 3 staff members responsible for maintenance and security across the premises. In recent months, and largely due to the war in Ukraine, inflation in Uganda has caused the price of some food items to double. This new project will ensure complete nutritional support for the 30 children and 9 staff members for an entire year.
Contribution: 4.662,50€ + 2nd phase 2023: 4.662,50€
CEVIC School, a Ray of Light in the Darkness in Uganda
With Babies Uganda Association
Uganda is a developing country where disability remains a controversial topic for much of the population. There are no social support services, no public awareness campaigns, no access to proper treatments, and no adaptations made in the home. The Centre for Children with Visual Impairments in Uganda (CEVIC) was founded in 2009 by an Ugandan couple and welcomes all children with this disability, offering them the best possible education. Most of the teachers at the school are themselves blind. The school is a boarding facility, which means all the children live on site. Most of them come from remote areas, and staying at the school provides them not only with emotional stability but also the security of regular, nutritious meals. Babies Uganda has built a new school in the Kikaya area, which will open at the end of January 2023. This new facility has three times the capacity and has been designed to meet all the children’s needs. Lessons and hands-on workshops will be offered to foster greater independence. The Nuria García Foundation, with the support of Tailored Perfumes, will fund the school fees for 50 children during the 2023 academic year (from February to December). This includes all costs related to tuition, boarding, meals and medical care.
Contribution: 10.400€ + 2nd phase 2023: 20.800€
Construction of a Nursery School in Soussoutou
With Guné Foundation
With Guné Foundation
The Guné Foundation is dedicated to supporting processes of integrated development in Senegal. Its aim is to help build a fairer and more compassionate world by facilitating access to basic rights such as food, education and healthcare for the most vulnerable. Since 2016, we have been collaborating with the Guné Foundation to improve the quality of life for thousands of vulnerable children in Senegal. The population of the village of Soussoutou lives in a savannah region, far from urban centres, surrounded by grazing land and lacking a road network that would allow residents to travel easily to health or education services. The nearest town is 40 kilometres away. With our support, four classrooms have already been built in Senegal. Two of them, along with toilet facilities, were built at the Soussoutou school since 2020. However, the remaining classrooms are still made from straw and reeds. This year, we are once again funding the construction of a new cement classroom in this village to improve the learning conditions for 229 children.
Contribution: 15.950€ + 2nd phase 2023: 7.000€
Improving the Gambasse school in Guinea-Bissau
With SILO Association
With SILO Association
Guinea-Bissau is one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world. Life expectancy at birth is just 48 years, and child mortality reaches 150 per 1,000 before the age of five. The SILO Association has been working with the people of Guinea-Bissau for 18 years, promoting the development of rural communities and carrying out initiatives to improve education, healthcare access and nutrition. This year, we are once again collaborating with SILO to improve the education of more than 900 children. Our support will contribute to the salaries of 30 teachers, provide scholarships for 10 children, fund the purchase of 250 books and 420 children’s exercise books, and cover the acquisition of two computers for the audiovisual room we helped equip in 2021. In addition, we will support the annual funding of a nurse for the tabancas, where some of the most isolated communities live, and contribute to the maintenance of the medical dispensary and nursing assistants in Gambasse, helping to improve the precarious health conditions faced by the child population.
Contribution: 7.535€ + 2nd phase 2023: 4.035€
Fight against maternal and child malnutrion in Mozambique
With IBO Foundation
With IBO Foundation
