The CET (Centro Educaçao e Trabalho) of Cachoeira de Pajeù is one of the most important educational projects activated by Come Noi in Brazil. It was founded in 1992 as an afterschool for a few girls and boys and was based in a small building on the suburbs: the old deconsecrated catholic church of Cachoeira, where there was a small vegetable garden also attended by boys and the embroidery school for girls. Over the past 20 years, the CET has seen many relevant transformations in structures and functions: new IT rooms, a new hall for school meals and organized …
Category: Active Projects
Active Projects
ITALY Cultural integration –“Turin my home town” project
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]Since 2000, we co-finance the project promoted by MEIC (Ecclesial Movement of Cultural Commitment) and “Mondi in città” for facilitating the integration of immigrant women from North African countries of Islamic culture, through Italian language courses and citizenship education paths. Women can bring their preschoolers, attended by a baby-sitting service during lessons. The initiative is unique in Italy for the high participation of Arab-Islamic women and involves more than 250 women and 100 children every year. This is a precious opportunity for North African women to regularly attend lessons, with the approval of their husbands and …
SENEGAL medical examinations in the villages
The project started in 2012: a specialized medical team reached some disadvantaged locations without medical assistance centers nearby. Between 2013 and 2023, approximately 120 villages were reached, with multiple missions during each year, in the regions of Tambaconda, Diorbel, Louga, Kedougou, Tamba, Kaolack, Thies and in the distant Casamance. Around 5,000 people have been examined and treated and more than 20,000 euros of medicines and medical supplies, have been distributed. Come Noi supports the visits with contributions for doctors, transport, general expenses (petrol, food and accommodation) and medical supplies. The project has a very positive impact on communities and local …
SENEGAL Health in the schools of Mbour Ngaparou and Somone
The school health project was born in 2017 and integrates the health culture project activated between 2007 and 2014. In Senegal some chronic diseases are present in schools: asthma, nutritional, infectious, cardiological, neurological and hematological diseases. It is difficult to have access to specialist doctors so diseases are diagnosed late and followed irregularly. This, in addition to the increase in infant mortality, creates absenteeism and poor school performance. The program planned the visit of about 1000 students from the following schools: Jamm la Paix and the high school in La Somone, the boarding school and the high school in Ngaparou. …
SENEGAL Digging wells in the villages near Mbour
For years the activity of building water wells has continued, initially with the support of the non-profit organization Un puit pour la vie and subsequently with the One Love association. The objective is to improve the quality of life in many villages and involve local communities in the management, maintenance and control of water resources. In Senegal, water scarcity is still a cause of infant mortality and gastrointestinal diseases, and creates difficulties for agricultural cultivation and all domestic uses. Near the rapidly expanding city of Mbour there are still settlements with little access to clean water, persons have to go …
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 …
