FUTURO
In this section, we'll give you a glimpse into our upcoming projects. Discover new initiatives and ongoing developments. Stay tuned for updates and join us as we pursue our goals.
Among the Association's objectives is to continue building community and a sense of belonging, in harmony with the environment, through community work, and to explore new organizational models for the common good. Therefore, support will continue to be provided for management and organizational processes so that the local citizens themselves become the true protagonists of their own development, ultimately achieving self-sufficiency.
The following is a list of projects to be carried out in various areas:
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Development in Education
-Expansion and improvement of the technological environment: provision of computers and projectors.
-Continuity of the Computer Science teacher
-Expansion of the literacy project
-New school in the rural area, Maxinde
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAN JOSE CATOMBE SCHOOL COMPLEX, MALANJE
1.- HISTORY OF THE PARISH: OUR LADY OF FATIMA OF MAXINDE, MALANJE
With the vitality of a group of Spanish and Basque missionaries, and the financial support of the Basque Country, this parish stood out and was a pilot in:
The action of social opening.
Charitable and social action, through the establishment of the Parish Caritas, helps those most in need and analyzes, through a study, the situation of the neighborhood and the city. The parish makes its land available to the community for cultivation, providing seeds and tools to improve the living conditions of the population. This has been the practice for many years.
And, above all, in educational activities. In this field, the work has been immense, since on the 30,000 m2 where the parish was built, a large educational complex was erected: Primary and Secondary Schools, a Vocational Training Center, and the Institute of Religious Sciences for teacher training, which continues to operate with a high degree of acceptance for the quality of its teaching in the Malanjo community.
2-NEED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
It is estimated that Catombe may have a population of over 10,000, as there is no official census. This community is located on the outskirts of the city of Malanje, with houses scattered throughout the countryside. There is only one school, run by the Sacred Heart Sisters, with a capacity for about 200 students. Therefore, children who are able to attend school must travel more than 6 kilometers to reach one of the schools in the city. We can confidently say that more than 50 percent of the children are not enrolled in school. Therefore, it is urgent to address the educational situation in the neighborhood. This is the reason for our project.
3.-PLACE OF CONSTRUCTION AND START OF THE PROCESS
Next to the large chapel of San José, which can accommodate a thousand seated people, there is an area of land of about 3,000 m2, available for the construction of the future Educational Center.
To get some of the work done, the entire site, including the chapel, has been enclosed with a 2.50 m high cement block wall, with the financial help of the parishioners' labor.
With the help of technicians from the Moving Hearts Association, who know the place, a first plan of the Educational Center was drawn up, with all its facilities, adapting to the space available there.
Based on that initial design, a company has completed the entire project for us, including documentation, materials, and corresponding plans, so that the Center can be classified as the San José School Complex, according to the existing regulations in the country.
This project is accompanied by two budgets, prepared by reputable companies in Malanje that, we believe, have the capacity and resources to carry out this important work.
4.-BENEFICIARIES OF THE EDUCATIONAL CENTER
The first beneficiaries would be the hundreds of boys and girls who are not in school in the neighborhood and who wander the streets or the countryside, helping with agricultural tasks or searching in garbage dumps for any useful object to sell or, some even, searching for something to eat.
Parents and families also benefit, since education, besides being a right, helps to raise the level of knowledge, understanding and coexistence in the family and in society.
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Social development
-Continuation of food scholarships for the school cafeteria
-Sponsorship scholarships for children at the Lar Hnas. Mercdecarias. Cahala
-Programs for women's participation in the pursuit of greater gender equality.
FOOD PROJECT BUDGET
1.- Milk and Cookies Glass Project
As a prelude to this goal and with financial support from the Moving Hearts Association of Granada, Spain, for two years, we have been giving a glass of milk and cookies to 400 children at the Center.
Our goal from next year onwards is to provide a meal, with local ingredients, to 300 children, which is the capacity of the dining hall.
2. Project for a meal for 300 children
Based on the above and, above all, the economic experience of the Children's Home, where we provide local foods and meals, such as cassava, corn, and peanuts, we have adjusted this budget to feed 300 students every school day for 9 months of the school year:
Cost of food per child: €0.25. For 300 children, that's €75 per day. For a 22-day school month, that's €1,650. And for a 9-month school year, that's €14,850 per year.
3. Additional expenses
The following people and costs are needed for proper functioning:
Project Manager (planning purchases, meals, etc.). This would include a nun, cook, assistants, security guard, and maintenance staff.
Responsible party, 4 euros per day x 22 days = 88 euros x 9 months ………. 792 euros
Cook 3 euros per day x 22 days = 66 euros per month x 9 months ……… 594 “
Kitchen assistant at 2 euros per day x 22 = 44 euros x 9 months ………. 396 “
2 kitchen helpers at 2 euros per day x 22 = 22 euros x 9 months ……… 396 “
Annual maintenance of kitchen/dining room (water, electricity, etc.) ……….. 500 “
2 Security Guards at 2 euros each per day for 30 days and 12 months… 1,440
Total annual cost ……………………………… 4,118 euros
4.-TOTAL EXPENSES: 14,850 + 4,118: €18,938
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Economic development: agriculture and livestock
-Support for the Mercedarian Sisters' farm
-Acquisition of more goats and chickens for the villages.
-construction of guardhouses to protect crops from theft
-purchase of agricultural tractor
-fencing of farms
--agricultural project “the art of cultivating our environment” and opening of wells, to be applied in the villages in a communal way.
Regarding agriculture in Pasajen and Cahunje, two surveys and the construction of two wells will be carried out: one for the Pasajen farm and another for the Cahunje farm.
WELL FOR PASSAGE COMMUNITY, MALANJE (ANGOLA)
1.- PROBLEMA COCRETO QUE PRETENDE ABORDAR EL PROYECTO
A medida que hemos ido colaborando en la agricultura y conociendo su realidad, los vecinos y vecinas de Passage, y el mismo Soba, nos plantearon su necesidad más apremiante: la perforación de un pozo para no tener que desplazarse cuatro kilómetros para conseguirla.
Ante la petición de los vecinos, nuestra Asociación, consciente también de ese gran bien, desea colaborar, pero el presupuesto rebasa nuestra posibilidad.
Creemos es de justicia mejorar las condiciones de vida de las familias que allí viven, abrir el pozo y realizar todas las instalaciones necesarias para que, al menos, en este sentido, puedan tener el agua cerca y no desplazarse, los cuatro kilómetros hasta el río, cada día, a por ella.
El agua es un bien esencial y es justo y necesario resolver este problema con la perforación de un pozo. Por todo ello está más que justificado el proyecto
2.- RESUMEN DEL PROYECTO
Se trata de conseguir que los vecinos de este pueblo tengan agua mediante la apertura de dicho pozo con su correspondiente motobomba, tanque, placas solares y canalización de un pilar comunitario.
3.- RECURSOS NECESARIOS TANTO HUMANOS COMO MATERIALES
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Recursos humanos
Se necesitan técnicos en la materia. Gracias a Dios contamos con un ingeniero amigo que nos ha hecho un estudio del lugar y de la profundidad de las capas freáticas. E igualmente con una zahorí que ha localizado dichas capas.
Y como hemos expuesto anteriormente, nuestra Asociación viene colaborando desde hace varios años con esta aldea y sobre todo en su organización del trabajo.
Disponemos por tanto de una población, recursos humanos, con cierta experiencia comunitaria y una aptitud muy positiva.
Y estamos seguros que, a la hora de colaborar en el proyecto, con su mano de obra, lo harán con mucho gusto y placer `para conseguir su objetivo.
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Recursos materiales
Ofrecemos un proyecto que incluya máquina perforadora de pozos hasta una profundidad de 110 m.
Entubado y colocación de motobomba con sus correspondientes mangueras
Plataforma de 6 m de alta para colocar placas solares y un tanque de 5.000 litros
Construcción de un pilar en el centro de la aldea para servicio de la comunidad
Canalización de tubería hasta dicho pilar.
8.- PRESUPUESTO
Coste perforación y entubado pozo hasta los 110 m ……………… 9.000,00 euros
Kit solar de 4KW con bomba sumergible, paneles solares,
controlador y cableado………………………………………………………....….. 2 .200,00 “
Plataforma metálica de 4 m para tanque y placas ………………….... 1.400,00 “
Tanque con capacidad para 5.000 litros …………………………….……. 1.000,00 “
Construcción de muro protección del pozo y cierre………………… 2.300,00 “
Construcción de pilar con dos salidas agua y mangueras…..…... 1.600,00 “
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Suma……………………...........................................................................…… 17.500,00 €
AGRICULTURAL PROJECT: TRACTOR
PURPOSE OF THE AGRICULTURAL PROJECT
To put the 40 hectares of land to full production to produce all kinds of traditional Angolan products such as cassava, corn, peanuts, beans, cauliflower... also all kinds of vegetables, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, onions, garlic, etc.
This production will go towards the upkeep of the Our Lady of Mercy Children's Home, which cares for 70 children aged 1 to 18. It will also support the school cafeteria at the Irma Ana Rivas Educational Center, which has a capacity for 1,100 students, in the marginalized neighborhood of Cahala, Malanje, where they provide daily meals to 400 students in two shifts. The cafeteria is run by the Mercedarian Sisters of Charity.
And finally, to the group of older people (from 30 to 50), who come to the Casa de las Mercedarias every day to receive products from the farm, depending on the season.
If there are surpluses, they are sold to buy other food products that are not produced on the farm, such as oil, rice, sugar, biscuits, etc.
To cultivate the farm of the Mercedarian Sisters we need a tractor capable of handling the following tools: brush cutter, plow, leveler and trailer.
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Health development
-Completion of the construction of a health center in Siete Sobas
-Provision of medical supplies and furniture for the medical post
Medical Post in the Village of Siete Sobas. Malanje (Angola)
MEDICAL STAFF
Blood pressure monitor: OMRON brand, €30-90
Stethoscope: Littman classic brand: €100-€105
Pulse oximeter: Nonin Onyx Vantage: €150-200; Nonin 7500 (tabletop) €1,500-2,000
Mechanical scale with altimeter: ADE, Barys Plus Basic, Astra: €200-300
Digital scale with altimeter: Cosmomédica ORT21812C: €500
Mechanical children's scale: ADE: €220, Seca: €450
Digital children's scale: Quirumed €75, Seca 354: €290
Otoscope: E-scope Riester: €65, DIMED Moretti Ibérica Spain: €85
Diagnostic flashlight: Luxamed White LED: €25
Reflex hammer: Riester Queens: €15, Babinski black 2-position: €25
IV stand: two supports, Ortoprime: €35, Kinefis four hangers: €105
Defibrillator: Rescui SAM: €1,095, IPAD CU-SP: €1,800
Adjustable treatment table: Quirumed: €450-550
Treatment trolley: two wooden drawers and metal frame Quirumed: €160
For instruments, with tray, shelves and two bins for disposable material: €400
Cabinet for medical supplies: From €200 to €2,000
Clinical stool: Quirumed with white upholstered backrest, five wheels: €65
Without backrest, €45
Clinical screen: Diemer, two enameled bodies: €185
Diemer three-body stainless steel: €275
Herbitas sharps container, 1 liter: €2
ENGELS hospital container 10 liters (400x330x540 mm): €10
Thermometer: OMRON Temp basic digital for babies and adults: €15
OMRON digital earbuds: €35
ACOFAR thermometer with mercury-free galinstan: €10
