Museke Foundation supports the project "Maison de paix" (House of peace) implemented by S.F.E.R.A. association.
The project aims at the construction of a multipurpose training and human development centre in the Diocese of Kikwit , located 500 km from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The big centre provides the following facilities: classrooms, laboratories and warehouses for vocational training in the agricultural and food sector, a workshop and a carpentry, a training school of sewing, hygiene and home economics , computer science; a home for the local nuns and a meeting room; a first shelter for women and children with an emergency room, a vegetable garden and some land for future agricultural school.
S.F.E.R.A. association can count on the solid support on site of the Franciscan Sisters Angeline , to which the project supervision was entrusted. Focus of the project is the education and training component, with which it aims to restore hope to a population devastated by war, poverty and disease.
The contribution provided by Museke is intended in particular to the implementation of the shelter for women and children and the emergency room.
Radiology arriving at Koupela
The association Ospedali in Burkina has been working for several years in Burkina Faso, at the public hospital of Koupela, alongside the local paramedical staff. Once evaluated the needs of the area, in 2013 they started the construction of a radiology: the new department was built and the X-ray unit was purchased and is now ready for sending. The component of human resources was carefully planned as well: the local ministry has pledged to take two radiology technicians and two assistants for the maintenance of the department, that is to say the essential personnel to make the project work. The association also ensures the availability of Italian radiologists and technicians who will travel to Koupela for training. The project has garnered the favour of Museke, who decided to support it with a contribution.
A well for Ethiopia
In March 2013 Museke Foundation responded positively to a request for financial contribution submitted by VIS (Volunteers for International Development) for the implementation of an project in the Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, affected by recurrent droughts and food insecurity.
The goal of the project is to promote access to safe drinking water by the population of the district of Irob, improving their living conditions through:
the construction of a well with a hand pump in the village of Alitena
the establishment of a management committee for the maintenance of local water point and the spread of good sanitation practices.
The well, completed last October, ensures constant access to safe drinking water to 70 families for a total of about 550 people. The success of the project has been granted by the local presence of VIS and the collaboration with a local NGO, the ADCS (Adigrat Catholic Secretariat).
Promotion of maternal and child health in Mushasha
After having supported other organisations’ projects, Museke is back in Burundi and starts from a health centre, one of the numerous small health realities that daily offer primary health care to hundreds of patients. Our intervention was requested by the HC of Mushasha, owned by the Archdiocese of Gitega: the objective is to improve the health care services supplied to the local community, particularly those aimed at women and children, for a progressive improvement of maternal and child health.
By direct dialogue with our local partner arose the priorities to deal with; thanks to the collaboration with our Italian partner we’ve found the answers, resulting in the following actions:
• Training HC paramedical staff in maternal and child health
• Hiring a doctor to support the existing staff
• Renovating and equipping the Health Centre
• Carrying out an awareness campaign of the local community on issues related to maternal and child health
Project title: Promotion of maternal and child health of the target population of the Health Centre of Mushasha
Period: 2013 - 2016
Partners: Fondazione Museke (leader), Medicus Mundi Italia, ODAG (Organisation for the Development of the Archdiocese de Gitega)
A Marcolini Village in Haiti
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
