The project was born from the need to provide the dispensary of the Somone library with medical technical equipment and ensure the presence of a paediatrician once a month. The dispensary serves an area with more than 10.000 inhabitants, where 35 children per month are born. Dr Niang and dr Bassene, our medical doctors on site, continue to work for free at the dispensary, continuing a collaboration born with the project and consolidated over time. With the contribution of Come Noi, the dispensary has been significantly enhanced and qualified, becoming a point of reference for an increasingly populated territory. To …
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Cultivation of vegetables at a secondary school
The project involves the cultivation of vegetables in the area of a secondary school attended by about 150 students. The vegetable garden measures 25 by 15 meters, is located near the school, fenced and and has easy access to water. The first crop has been sold and the income used for administration expenses of the small school. The garden is managed by the students, looked aftert by a teacher and with clear educational aims: it is very important that children learn how to cultivate the land. The acquired knowledge will help them to support their families and themselves in the …
RWANDA School canteen at Gituza
The project was started in 2017, when we accepted the request of the parish priest of Gituza to contribute to the creation of a school canteen for 120 nursery and primary school pupils. Malnourished children, orphans or from poor families. It provides for a gradual involvement of the population, in order to bring the canteen to self-sufficiency, through the cultivation of vegetables, and the breeding of animals by the work of the local people. In the first year of support, we made available the amount needed to pay the salary of two cooks and to buy the food for the …
