PRINCIPAL PROJECTS PROGRAMMED AND FINALIZED
I BAOBAB
(PERMANENT PROJECT)
AID AND REHABILITATION OF VILLAGE DOCTORS’ SURGERIES
SENEGAL – IVORY COAST
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND MEDICINES RECEIVED IN DONATION FROM ASL HEALTH UNITS AND ITALIAN NPO ASSOCIATIONS, SENT BY US AND PERSONALLY DISTRIBUTED TO DISTRICT HEALTH CENTRES AND VILLAGES.
THE PROJECT, BEGUN IN 2012, CONTINUES WITH REGULAR MISSIONS TO CONSIGN SUNDRY MEDICAL ITEMS, INSTRUMENTS FOR DOCTOR’S SURGERIES AND OUTPATIENTS’ UNITS, MAKE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN VILLAGES
AND TO CONSIGN MEDICINES BY ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS IN
COUNTRIES WHERE IT OPERATES (MAINLY IN SENEGAL AND THE IVORY COAST)
SEE THE WEBSITE PHOTO SECTION FOR PHOTOS OF WHAT WE DO...
A SEED FOR LIFE
- SENEGAL -
(PERMANENT PROJECT)
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
(AGRICULTURE AND ENERGY PRODUCTION TO IRRIGATE CULTIVATIONS)
PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE SEEDS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES TO CREATE FOOD AND ECONOMIC SUSTENANCE
AND PRODUCE RENEWABLE ENERGY
(a ps 76 Association project together with Genoa University (D.I.C. C. A.)
OTHER PICTURES IN THE WEBSITE PHOTO SECTION...
A SEED FOR LIFE
- IVORY COAST -
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
( AGRICULTURE + USE OF ARTISINAL SYSTEM PROJECT TO EXTRACT PALM OIL)
OIL EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND GENERATOR PRODUCED BY THE PS 76 ASSOCIATION UNDER OUR PROJECT
USING PALM OIL AS FUEL FOR THE GENERATOR AND SUBSQUENT ENERGY TO HELP IRRIGATE CULTIVATIONS
PROJECT CURRENTLY BEING PROCESSED
TOGETHER FOR LIFE
SENEGAL – IVORY COAST
PROJECT TO LEND MEDICAL AID TO THE DISTRICT HEALTH CENTRES (OUTPATIENTS CLINICS, DOCTOR’S SURGERIES IN THE HINTERLAND)
AMBULANCES SENT (depending on the number of vehicles discarded but still in good condition received
in donation from public emergency first aid associations subscribing to the project)
IN AID OF DISTRICT HEALTH CENTRES IN DIFFICULTY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SENGALESE
AND IVORY COAST TERRITORY OTHER PICTURES IN THE WEBSITE PHOTO SECTION...
SOLIDARITY PROJECT
PROGRAMMED AT THE SOKONE RECOVERY AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE IN SENEGAL, IT COVERS THE PURCHASE OF MATTRESSES AND MOSQUITO NETS FOR DISTRESSED CHILDREN RECOVERED IN THE INSTITUTE
THE PROJECT COVERS THE PURCHASE OF A FURTHER 100 MATTRESSES AND MOSQUITO NETS TO REPLACE THOSE CURRENTLY USED FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SLEEPING AT THE INSTITUTE
THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE CENTRE PROVIDING GRATUITOUS BOARD AND LODGING, SCHOLASTIC AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES, ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE MEANS AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO RECOVER THESE CHILDREN FROM THE STREETS OR FROM DISTRESSED FAMILIES, FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY KIND OF AID.
IN 2014 WE REPLACED SOME OF THE MATTRESSES, PAINTED THE DORMITORIES ON THE OUTSIDE AND SEVERAL OF THE ROOMS INSIDE THE INSTITUTE WHERE THESE CHILDREN PASS THE BEST PART OF THEIR DAY.
WITH THESE ADDITIONAL MATTRESSES AND MOSQUITO NETS WE WILL SUCCEED IN COMPLETING THE WORK OF REHABILITATION, ENABLING THESE YOUNG PUPILS (BOTH PRESENT AND FUTURE) TO LODGE IN THE CENTRE
IN DIGNIFIED CONDITIONS
MOBILITY AND EDUCATION PROJECT FOR DISABLED BOY
(2011/2015) SENEGAL
WE MET CHEIKH TIAO IN 2011 IN A VILLAGE IN THE SENAGALESE HINTERLAND DURING A MISSION
TO CONSIGN MEDICINES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN THE VILLAGE OF NAFFAR ON BEHALF
OF AN ITALIAN NGO ORGANIZATION
A TEACHER AT THE VILLAGE SCHOOL TOLD US ABOUT CHEIKH’S DRAMATIC SITUATION
AND FROM THAT DAY IN SEPTEMBER 2011, WHEN CHEIKH WAS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD, ON WE UNDERTOOK THE COMMITMENT TO FIND A WAY FOR HIM TO GO TO SCHOOL AND OUT INTO THE COURTYARD OF HIS HOME, IMMEDIATELY GIVING HIM A MANUAL WHEELCHAIR, PADS FOR DISABLED AND SCHOOL MATERIAL
PROJECT FINALIZED IN MAY 2015 BY CONSIGNING THE ELECTRIC WHEELCAIR. CURRENTLY IN THE MONITORING AND ASSISTANCE STAGE FOR STARTING SCHOOL IN OCTOBER 2015
Dearest Cheikh, you came into our lives quite by chance and it was love
at first sight ... you gave us strength and courage, and you made us feel better people in helping you and in learning that you had become the second best in your class at school and had succeeded in gaining an average of eight and a half in your marks, then yesterday (08/05/2016) all of a sudden we heard that you had gone, leaving us in total desperation, and for a minute we tried to find an answer to all this but in vain.
Today we realize that it was you who had given us that hope and strength to do something for others as well and not just for ourselves, and we want to carry on doing so with others, also in your name, to start with by donating your equipment to someone else and committing ourselves to help still more people ...
Thank you Cheikh for we have now understood your message ... But we shall miss you; now that you’re a little angel please watch over us from heaven above and help us along our path, together ...
PROJECT TO DEVELOP COOPERATION BETWEEN ASSOCIATIONS
UP AND SET AND SERVICES AN ASSOCIATION CENTRE PROVIDED
WITH ACCOMODATION
CLINIC WITH ACCOMODATION AND SERVICES FOR ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS AND AFRICAN ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE AIM OF FINDING MORE RESOURCES
THE PROJECT IS FOR SETTING UP AN OUTPATIENTS AND PERSONNEL WORKING IN COOPERATION
INCREASING SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS ITALIAN ES AND SKILLS IN AID OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS, WITH EDUCATION
AND TRAINING COURSES CONDUCTED BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL AND WITH THE COOPERATION
OF LOCAL HOSPITAL UNITS, SCHOOLS, COOPS AND COMMNUITIES
HELP FOR FAMILIES IN AFGHANISTAN (2014)
PROJECT IN SUPPORT OF 200 FAMILIES IN KABUL
8 PALLETS WITH DOUBLE BED DUVETS AND CLOTHING SHIPPED TOGETHER WITH VOLUNTEERS ASSOCIATION AND THANKS TO THE PRECIOUS COOPERATION OF THE 46th AIR FORCE BRIGADE STATIONED IN PISA, FOR RELEVANT TRANSPORTATION
CONSIGNED IN NOVEMBER 2014 BY VOLUNTEERS PERSONNEL
A FEW PROJECTS REALIZED BY ASSOCIAZIONE
"SOCIETA' PROMOTRICE DI BELLE ARTI DELLA LIGURIA"
(BEFORE BECOMING PART OF AURORA...)
GRAN BASSAM HOSPITAL
IVORY COAST
GRAN Bassam is the ancient capital of the Ivory Coast, now transferred to Abidjan, standing on the delta of River Comoe in an area where malaria is endemic. The fine colonial style buildings are evidence of its past wealth but also of its rapid decline and abandon. Luxuriant vegetation sprouts out from empty windows and collapsed roofs, with walls worn by time and its hospital, reduced to practically a little more than a poorly equipped medical unit, had not escaped from the general decline.
And yet it should have served a district with 300,000 people and approximately 2,500 newborn babies. Around 30% of childbirths in Africa have complications, with the mothers accused of being responsible for these abnormalities, likely to have been partly resolved by transporting the patients to hospitals in Abidjan.
Pressed by the mayor Jean Michel Moulod, we started to reconstruct the hospital, working on the old block to build a new gynaecological ward and equipping it, thanks to the help of GALLIERA HOSPITAL and IST in Genoa, with modern equipment, an ambulance and The initial commitment was followed up by numerous shipments and today the hospital has a general ward with 30 beds, a gynaecological medicin
es.
ward with 15 beds, an operating theatre, analysis laboratoryand casualty ward and finally ... (2012) a second ambulance to complete the fleet of vehicles...
PHOTOS IN THE WEBSITE PHOTO SECTION
FEMALE ORPHANAGE IN GRAND BASSAM
IVORY COAST
Our commitments in Gran Bassam also included a female orphanage
which we equipped with a modern infirmary.
GRAND BASSAM VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE CENTRE
IVORY COAST
We had a workshop built and purchased tools for setting up a carpentry course
BUT HOWEVER THE SPONSOR’S COMMITTMENT DID NOT STOP AT THIS SMALL TOWN WITH WHICH
WE HAVE CLOSE TIES OF FRIENDSHIP TO THE POINT OF PROMOTING THE IDEA OF TWINNING
WITH THE CITY OF GENOA
OTHER SOLIDARITY VENTURES ACCOMPLISHED BY US:
A 250 kW generating set shipped to the Ivory Coast for the "CENTRE POUR LA LUTTE CONTRE LE SIDA" (centre for the fight against aids)
Two large containers shipped with clothing, toys, bicycles and 15,000 complete school sets for the
CHILDREN OF AFRICA Association
Medical equipment sent to ONLUS HAISED, ABIDJAN
Medical equipment sent to LIONS CLUB SAVONA HOST for a hospital in CONGO
Medical equipment shipped to CENTRAL AFRICA with the Messina Lines
BESIDES THESE HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS WE ALSO DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS
TO PROMOTE CULTURAL EXCHANGE:
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Sculpturing workshop set up in the NATIONAL COSTUME MUSEUM IN GRAN BASSAM
where 25 Ivory Coast artists created 40 great sculptures, under the tutorship of the sculptor Maurizio Nazzareto, afterwards exhibited in Abidjan and then in Genoa at PORTO ANTICO and PALAZZO DUCALE.
Exhibition held in LOGGIA BANCHI, Genoa "UNDERSTAND AFRICA "
Exhibition held in CASTELLO DE ALBERTIS, Genoa " GOLDEN ARTIFACTS OF THE ARKAN"
Exhibition on the significance of "AFRICAN HAIRSTYLES AND SYMBOLS OF POWER"
held in Galleria San Donato, Genoa
"FOR A MUSEUM" with Italian and African works donated by the arti Exhibition "A MUSEUM sts and displayed at "MUSEO GALATA MUMA" and "COMMENDA DI PRE" in aid of restoration works on "MUSEE DES CIVILISATIONS DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE" together with "L'AURORA"