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Addhu’s
Activities Report 2007
Since its
beginning as an NGO, in March 2007, ADDHU has developed in particular
projects of Cooperation with developing countries. In the field of Education
for Development there are already projects being prepared for 2008.
Cooperation with developing countries
Projects already accomplished:
- Nepal (Chitwan rural areas)
It has been
developed a programme in Chitwan rural areas, in Nepal, where prevails
poverty and a weak social and economical development, thickened by political
instability, consequence from a recent civil war. The war is now over, but
the guarantees of political, social and economical rights that exist aren’t
yet enough. This programme, still on course, has the following primary
goals:
a) Improve
the population living conditions;
b) Promote
the rural zones development;
c)
Contribute to reduce poverty and asymmetries between South and North.
In
cooperation with the NGO Rural Community Development Program (RCDP), whose
head office is in Nepal, ADDHU performs the following activities:
1.
Support the children of the Asna Orphanage in Rampur, Chitwan.
ADDHU’s mission has given them scholar equipment, medicines, clothes and bed
covers. The orphanage has received also a refrigerator given by ADDHU.
2.
Reconstruction of the Karki’s house in a small village near Rampur.
ADDHU has given a new home for Prakash Karki and is family of 7.
Projects in progress:
- Nepal (Chitwan
rural areas)
1.
Selection of other families who live in extreme poverty conditions in order
to provide them with new houses.
2.
Starting a micro-credit programme.
3.
Training and selecting volunteers with different academic formations to give
assistance to the children of the Asna Orphanage, beginning in January
2008.
- kenya
1. Last
October 2007, Laura Vasconcellos, ADDHU’s President, went to Kenya to report
the urgent needs and choose the target areas on witch humanitarian aid was
most needed. The Kenyan NGO Capital Youth Association (CYCA) asked for
ADDHU’s assistance in this matter and became
Cooperative Partner.
2. The
report about the current situation in Kenya, sent from CYCA to ADDHU,
considers that the most important action fields were:
a) Provide
food and urgent primary goods, mainly in poor neighbourhoods and orphanages;
b) Sent
volunteers to the areas like orphanages, schools and medical day care
centres
c)
Organizing prevention campaigns and information about diseases like
HIV/Aids, malaria and campaigns against drug use;
d) Provide
feminine hygiene products to girls of the most problematic areas, awakening
to the importance of the hygiene cares;
e) Study
the possibilities of using the natural resources in a sustainable way,
specially water, a scarce resource in several areas.
3.
During the trip, sanitary-pads were given to slums young women. These
sanitary-pads were granted by the Renova company and trough campaigns near
the Portuguese community in supermarkets Pingo Doce.
4. The
ADDHU/CYCA Center for Orphaned Children is being created, near Nairobi. This
orphanage will host orphan children from Nairobi’s slums, and many of them
are HIV/Aids infected. The Centre’s first rent has been paid and the CYCA’s
staff is preparing the building to open as soon as possible
5. A
partnership with Foundation for Orphaned Children (FOC) was established,
which will allow the development of a sponsor program to several children
from the Nairobi’s slums. Trough monthly donations, anyone can be engaged in
the development of an orphan. There will be also the possibility of
sponsoring the children who live in Orphanage.
6.
The fundraising programme “Gifts of Hope” aims to improve the living
conditions of these children. Trough this programme, it will be possible to
contribute to provide the ADDHU/CYCA Centre for Orphaned Children with
necessary materials and support the children. Each contribution has a
specific destination (health products, education materials…), chosen by the
donor.
National Projects:
- Project on Foreigner Social Integration in Portugal
1. This
Project has as target-group the foreigners living in the area of Lisbon
2. The
goals of the Project are the following:
a)
General Goal: the main goal of this Project is to provide a better
integration of the foreign population living in Portugal.
b)
Specific Goals:
-
Dissemination on Portuguese History, Language, Culture and Literature to the
foreign population, in the adequate facilities of local Juntas de
Freguesia or associations;
-
Development of awareness seminars on the Immigration theme;
-
Psychological following to adults;
-
Psychological evaluation and following to children;
- Work on
relational skills;
- Juridical
support.
3. Activities to develop:
a) Sessions
about the History of Portugal;
b) Sessions
about Portuguese Language and Literature;
c) Sessions
about Portuguese Culture;
d)
Elaboration of awareness actions on the Immigration theme;
e)
Psychological following to adults;
f)
Psychological evaluation and following to children;
g) Group
and individual sessions to promote the development of relational skills;
h) Sessions
to promote the enlightenment of doubts related to juridical counselling and
support.
3. The
partnership agreements with the associations Espaço Jovem, located in the
Neighbourhood of Sta. Filomena, in Amadora city, and Khapaz, in Arrentela,
Seixal city, are being completed so that the activities start as soon as
possible.
- Street information campaings:
1. ADDHU
has developed street campaigns to inform the Portuguese population about
Human Rights violations and poverty in the world. Through the divulgation of
ADDHU’s work, we also try to aware the population for the opportunity they
have to directly help the ones who live in difficult conditions. At the
moment, several actions were realized:
a)
August 10,
17 and 18, from 14h to 18.30h: information campaign, in Largo Visconde da
Luz, in Cascais.
b)
November 7, 8, 9 and 10, from 10h to 22h: information and funds gathering
for the Kenya project campaign, in Armazéns do Chiado Commercial Centre.
c)
December 17, 18, fundraising for Kenyan Children at El Corte Inglês
department store in Lisbon.
d)
December 8, peaceful concentration in Lisbon protesting and informing people
about human rights violations in Zimbabwe at the occasion of the EU/AU
Summit.
- The Project “Arte ao Serviço dos Direitos Humanos” (Art for Human Rights)
is now beginning. This project puts together a theatre play written by Laura
Vasconcellos, about the drama lived by youth and children in Cambodja,
Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam and Burma, victims of sexual exploitation and human
beings traffic. It is ADDHU’s wish to invite Somaly Mam, founder of the NGO
AFESIP to be present on the play premiere in Lisbon, occasion in which she
will be able to address some words concerning this cruel reality of her
country. The author rights of the play will be totally given to AFESIP
through ADDHU, and we also hope to have the audience and theatre
professionals support. The play will also allow informing people about the
sexual exploitation and human beings traffic in several Asian countries
problems.
- Organization of photography exhibitions, by Laura
Vasconcellos, in order to raise funds and to inform about the Human Rights
violations in the world.
Beyond the announced projects, ADDHU doesn’t forget that Human Rights
violations are constant. Therefore, ADDHU will also develop other actions in
order to identify these violations and to try to prevent or eradicate them.
These actions include preparatory visits to developing countries, namely
Asian, as one of the reasons ADDHU was born was to support the Aung Sun Suu
Kyi cause in Burma, in order to develop humanitarian help projects.
ADDHU believes living conditions, as bad as they can be, can
also be changed and dignified, if we act together with the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
PROJECTS FOR 2008
Nacional projects
Project for the Social Integration of the Foreigner in Portugal
The main
goal of this project is to improve the foreign population integration in
Portugal, through the cooperation with local authorities and Immigrants
Associations. The following activities will be developed:
1. Sessions
about the History of Portugal;
2. Sessions
about Portuguese Language and Literature;
3. Sessions
about Portuguese Culture;
4.
Elaboration of awareness actions on the Immigration theme;
5.
Psychological following to adults;
6.
Psychological evaluation and following to children;
7. Group
and individual sessions to promote the development of relational skills;
8. Sessions
to promote the enlightenment of doubts related to juridical counselling and
support;
9. Sessions
of Taekwondo and Capoeira;
10. Visits
to monument and historic places.
Art at the service of Human Rights
Following
the action developed in the end of 2007, ADDHU intents to do these
activities:
a)
Photography expositions, by Laura Vasconcellos, so that ADDHU’s activities
are well-known, as well as human rights violations in the world and also to
raise funds;
b) Theatre
play elaboration, by Laura Vasconcellos, “Inocente Silêncio”, written
to inform about the problems of sexual exploitation of under aged youth in
Asia.
Internacional Projects
Nepal Project
ADDHU will
continue to support the action developed in 2007, which consisted
essentially in the support to the Orphanage of Asna and in houses
reconstruction in Rampur. Besides, the following activities will take place:
a)
Sending of Portuguese volunteers, to support the Orphanage of Asna and the
local community, in January;
b)
Development of a Micro credit Programme to support local communities;
Kenya Project
ADDHU will
continue in 2008 the action foreseen to Kenya in 2007, in partnership with
the local NGO Capital Youth Caucus Association (CYCA):
a)
ADDHU/CYCA Centre for Orphaned Children construction, located in Ongata
Rongai, near Nairobi. The main goal is to protect until 40 children,
providing health care and scholar support;
b)
Sending of volunteers, specialized in several fields of knowledge, to
support the Orphanage;
c)
Collecting sanitary-pads, near the Portuguese population and national
enterprises, to be sent to Kenyan women;
d)
Studying of other needs identified when ADDHU went to Kenya, in October
2007, such as water structures and the reconstruction of a rural
Dispensary.
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