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: Our challenges
Our challenges
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 …
Somone Library – educational and cultural activities
The educational and cultural activities are carried out in courses organized at the library of Ngarapau Somone, located in a high school with more than 1000 students, which is still the operational center of our activities, under the control of the untiring and professional Ibou Diouf. The courses range from malaria prevention and personal hygiene to Islam-Christianity dialogue. Every year a program of courses is open to students and to the entire population. Since 2014, the training activity has been focused on computer courses, involving every year about 20 school teachers and 150 students, coordinated by three trainers. Come Noi …
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 …
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 …
