2013 has opened with a new ambitious project, which brings together different organizations, from Brescia and beyond. Headed by Fondazione Sipec, we’ll fly to Haiti to build a community centre and a Marcolini Village in Croix-des-Bouquets, a village in the neighbourhood of Port au Prince, where many displaced people have settled after the earthquake of 2010.
Our project, in line with government policy, responds to the primary right to house but also includes the goals of education, lifelong learning and socialization, with the intention of rebuilding the social fabric that always plays a crucial role in the rebirth of a country.
Project title: Community centre and Marcolini Village in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti
Period: 2013-2015
Partners: Fondazione Sipec (leading), ASCS, Fondazione Museke onlus, Medicus Mundi Italia, Fondazione Tovini, Amare onlus, in collaboration with Mission Saint Charles Borromée of Padri Scalabriniani of Croix-des-Bouquets
Operating partners: Grimm, Centro studi La Famiglia
Water has finally arrived in Ndava!
The project ‘Water for Ndava’, supported by Fondazione Museke, has been successfully implemented! The following pictures show two of the fountains built along the water system path, in some villages and close to a school. Dr Marta Endrizzi, founder of the association 'Una speranza per il Burundi' has been invited by the local community for the opening ceremony.
Scholarships
Fondazione Museke has decided to support the advanced course in Tropical Medicine and International Health , carried out by the University of Studies of Brescia, for the academic year 2012-2013. As stated in the course presentation, Fondazione Museke will allocate:
N. 2 grants of Euro 2.000,00 (net) each, for applicants coming from Italy or EU member states;
N. 1 scholarship of Euro 600,00 (net) plus costs of travel, room and board and medical insurance, for an applicant coming from Burundi.
The announcement is available at the following address http://www.unibs.it/node/5914 and applications must be submitted before the 14/12/2012, 1 pm.
Water for Ndava
Fondazione Museke supports the project “Water for Ndava” implemented by the Italian association Una speranza per il Burundi, based in Trento.
The project’s goal is to supply clean water to communities that live in Ndava area, a hill region in the city of Muhanga. Thanks to an underground water supply system and the installation of 3 water fountains along the way, in the villages of Mbaba, Ceyerezi and Ndava, the intervention will give access to safe drinking water to about 600 families by eliminating the onerous daily task of transporting this precious commodity. The new pipe system will also benefit 600 students of a nearby school and another 800 families living in the neighbourhood of the water columns.
The project sustainability will be ensured by:
the active participation of beneficiaries, who will take part to construction works;
carrying out awareness campaigns providing communities with hygiene advice;
the creation of local committees to manage the new access points so to ensure a proper use of water by residents.
The conclusion of construction works, started in May 2011, is scheduled for the month of August. The water supply system will then be entrusted to the City of Muhanga, local partner of the project.
