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child sponsorship organizationsMediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.comBlogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-59105054311001475482014-07-24T11:13:00.002+02:002014-07-24T11:13:22.571+02:00Glasses around the world.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">In the summer of 2011 I was very lucky to get the chance to travel to Rwanda with my classmates. The first thing we were told was that we would take two 30 kg bags each on the flight and that most of it would be filled up with gifts and essentials for the school we support over there. I immediately though back to Dr. Stoma's huge collection of glasses and managed to take about two hundred pairs with me. I didn't think the school would want them so on our second day in the little town of Gisenyi on the shores of lake Kivu I set out with a classmate to find the nearest hospital. With our poor French we managed to find it and as soon as they knew what we had with us they took us straight to the hospitals manager. It was an incredible experience as they were overwhelmed with the amount of glasses. It was also very lucky we had stumbled upon one of the only hospitals in the area who had a unit specialized in ophthalmology and were able to find out the prescription of the 200 pairs. They were so kind and gave us a tour of the hospital as a thanks, which we were overjoyed by being two aspiring medical students. Being able to make aid from our little island of Mallorca reach so far and wide makes you realize how special an organization Mediterranea is. I will always cherish this eye-opening and heartwarming experience.</span></span><br />
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<br />Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-66097901239885085262014-07-20T11:48:00.000+02:002014-07-20T12:02:20.223+02:00A little big street.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">We are very pleased to inform you the at last the street leading from the main road (west of the Abugida School) and leading in to the neighbourhood has finally been been resurfaced with cobbles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">We started this project over two years ago and it, like many other projects, it has not been easy. This project was done with the cooperation of the local </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">municipality and Mediterranea funded it. One of the important things of projects of this sort is that the benefit to the local community will go on for decades.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">When the rain comes it will wash away the top lair of sand that has been placed on the cobbles and so it will show all the splendour of the road.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">Thank you all for your help. </span></span>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-82126037479684923932014-05-06T23:29:00.000+02:002014-05-06T23:41:27.536+02:00Aids for Rainbow House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have started to design and make low cost, simple, mobility apparatus for handicapped children in Rainbow House. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The idea is to not only produce the instruments that will aid them in their every day life but to then involve the local Handicapped People's association in the production of them for their use by their members.</span><br />
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<br />Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-74750950368185290272014-05-04T23:44:00.002+02:002014-05-04T23:54:26.884+02:00In Mediterranea, right now.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zOKwrRKlSvc/U2a0Fc1KXSI/AAAAAAAABjg/-Xapp4A8gXM/s1600/CYMERA_20140430_1243192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
Some times as we talk about things going on in Mediterranea with members and volunteers, we get a surprised look, followed by a comment like "I did not know we were doing that!". It is not surprising that some people do not know all the different aspects and areas of our work and we ought to make a greater effort to keep people up to date with what is happening in Mediterranea in a given moment. So here we go.<br />
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<b>What is happening in Mediterranea right now?</b><br />
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1)We are handing out over 14000 litres of milk, a month to children in need in Mallorca (4th world). This requires a mighty effort to accumulate the milk and a masterful logistics operation to distribute it.<br />
2)We are making prescription glasses for children in need in Mallorca.<br />
3))We are giving Baby food and clothes for babies in 4th world.<br />
4)We are accumulating used/old computers, repairing them, installing software, and giving them to children in sheltered homes in Mallorca.<br />
5)We provide clothing to hundreds of children on the island.<br />
6)We are working on trying to get businesses, clubs and schools to help us accumulate milk to hand out for children in families going through hard times.<br />
7)We are providing books for school children whose parents can not afford to buy them.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zOKwrRKlSvc/U2a0Fc1KXSI/AAAAAAAABjg/-Xapp4A8gXM/s1600/CYMERA_20140430_1243192.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zOKwrRKlSvc/U2a0Fc1KXSI/AAAAAAAABjg/-Xapp4A8gXM/s1600/CYMERA_20140430_1243192.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><br />
8)We are helping to feed between 200 and 350 roofless people in Palma.<br />
9)We provide Dignipacks for the roofless people once a month.<br />
10)We are accumulating towels for the roofless people.<br />
11)We will soon be repatriating Martha whom we have bought over from Ethiopia 4 times for spinal surgery. She seems to be doing well and is loving her stay in Mallorca.<br />
12)We are feeding over 1200 children in Ethiopia<br />
13)We run a school for 250 very poor children in the Akaki area south of Addis Ababa. It is considered one of the best schools in the country. The children are fed (up to 3 times a day depending on on age group), given uniforms, treated when ill, and are educated in a happy environment.<br />
14)We have a nursery in Akaki<br />
15)We run a day centre for severely handicapped children in Sebeta west of Addis. It is called Rainbow House and it has been a great success.<br />
16)We run a stimulation centre for blind children in the Sebeta Blind Children's school.<br />
17)We, in collaboration with the University of the Balearic Islands, have teams of Physiotherapists and teachers going down to Ghana to the department we set up in the Dangme East Hospital in Ada, and cooperating with the training of Physiotherapists in Ghana.<br />
18)We are sponsoring orphaned children in Akaki.<br />
19)We are teaching women in Akaki to read and write.<br />
20)We do positive discrimination in favour of women and children who are HIV positive in Akaki providing them with jobs and a place in our school.<br />
21)We continue to collect glasses which we send out all over the world.<br />
22)We are collaborating with a sister organization sending clothes, books, and medical supplies to Senegal where we will help them with a medical centre they run.<br />
23)We have helped to equip and refurbish a maternity centre in the north of Senegal.<br />
24)We are designing low cost, no maintenance transport systems for severely handicapped children in Ethiopia.<br />
25)We are developing a Park project for the Akaki municipality. It will be 14000sq.m big and will be the biggest public park in the country. Parks stimulate intelligence.<br />
26)We are finishing a street we have restored in Akaki. Good access is a way of helping the local economy.<br />
27)We are maintaining a centre in Portals Nous, open mornings and afternoons where meetings are held, supplies are stored and things can be dropped of. We need help manning it.<br />
28)We try to keep our friends and members informed through the Facebook, Blog and Web Page. We need help on translations.<br />
29)We have a considerable amount of administrative work and we have been re awarded the "de utilidad Publica" status by the government.<br />
30)We employ over 60 people in Ethiopia. For every person employed it is estimated that 10 others on average are helped in their families. The umbrella is large.<br />
31)We are providing dental treatment to children in need in Mallorca<br />
32)Behind the scenes are a wonderful team of people working hard so that all of this may continue. <br />
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<i>......and we try to create membership and raise funds so that all of these very important projects can keep on going. </i><br />
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<i> You do not know just how much your kind help counts.</i>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-22393503889030236332014-03-30T16:29:00.001+02:002014-03-30T16:42:15.417+02:00I can’t help but be amazed.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every time I think back about how Mediterránea developed into such an effective organization with so few resources, I can’t help but be amazed.<br /><br />There were 6 of us at the outset with just a bit of money that each of us had paid into the account to start things moving, whereas now we are helping more than 2,500 children in 2 continents. It wasn’t easy; at times, as many of you know, it was even dangerous just keeping the programmes going. We had to deal with corruption, mafia-like behavior, blatant threats of physical violence as well as veiled threats and general harassment. Over the years Mediterránea has been supported and helped by scores of wonderful people, some of whom have left the organization as their lives led them in different directions, while others have continued to build and nurture our various programmes.<br /><br />Month after month, in spite of the crisis, we have been able to honour our commitments. The crisis has not stopped us but has hampered us operationally and reduced our ability to expand. It has also given us many a sleepless night. We have on occasions had to adjust this or that programme or sub-programme in order to safeguard their continuity- much to our dislike, but where we had no choice.<br /><br />One good thing to have come out of the crisis is the fact that NGOs are now working together more and more, helping one another and sharing material, know-how and volunteers. The role of schools, from nurseries right through to secondary schools, is becoming more important by the day for organizations such as ours. In cooperating with Mediterránea, many of these schools use this as an opportunity to teach their pupils solidarity, organizational skills, team-work and even how to make video spots and other advertising techniques. I know children who have grown up with Mediterránea. They see it as something that is always there ready to help the needy and which is helped in turn by their parents and also by themselves at school. I feel proud to think that we have helped to “normalize” solidarity as an integral part of the daily lives of so many “first world” boys and girls.<br /><br />As is well known, all of us who make up Mediterránea’s driving force are volunteers. All our active members devote the time they can to the organization. Mediterránea pays no salaries in the “first world”, which has allowed us to dedicate all our funds to our programmes but which also has a downside- that of not always having the manpower we needed when we needed it, which meant that at times a huge load was placed on a limited number of shoulders. But even then we were able to keep things moving and now, with greater sensitivity and motivation at large in society as a whole, we are drawing in many marvelous new volunteers to help with our programmes.<br /><br />I should like to thank you all for helping us to realize our dream of human companionship and for giving us the hope that we shall be able to continue growing, helping more and more children. The future belongs to them and the little help we can give them, particularly in their moments of greatest vulnerability and need, will make all the difference.<br /><br /><br />Michael Stoma</span>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-22615786524954684522014-02-28T18:56:00.001+01:002014-02-28T19:34:46.147+01:00THE BENEFITS OF PLAYING GOLF BADLY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Being a member of The Foggies Golf Society based in Mallorca (probably the worst golf society in the world) gives me the opportunity to, not only spoil a nice walk on a Saturday morning, but also to go home and kick the dog after yet another excruciatingly bad round of golf.<br />
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Just occasionally (very occasionally) the gods of golf smile down on you and you get close to a par round. On such days needless to say the dog doesn’t get kicked and I am almost civil to “She Who Must Be Obeyed” instead of the grumpy monosyllabic ogre that normally confronts her.<br />
Deciding that the happier days were obviously much more conducive to a long and happy marriage, I needed to come up with a cunning plan to enjoy (cope) with my Saturday Soirees to the course.<br />
Realizing that the obvious solution of knuckling down and practising more just wasn’t going to happen I eventually came up with the following idea.<br />
If I couldn’t improve my moods by playing better golf I was determined to make my fellow members rounds more painful than mine therefore by comparison making my round almost enjoyable (not great logic I understand, but sometimes you find yourself clutching at straws)<br />
So racking my limited mental capacity to its fullest I came up with the following idea<br />
(Remember at the time I was the society’s captain so I was hopeful of pushing my idea through). Any member with a handicap from scratch (some chance!) to 10 paid €1 for every double bogey achieved on their Saturday round.<br />
Members with handicaps from 11 to 19 paid €1 for every triple bogey achieved per round and the “Buzz Lightyears”(Infinity and Beyond) 20+ of the society had to stump up a €1 for every quadruple achieved.<br />
All monies collected would at the end of the year be donated to the captains charity of choice, in my case Mediterranea.<br />
You can imagine my surprise when the guys voted in my scheme, you should have also seen my surprise when they told me of the one proviso to the scheme they had added.<br />
The reigning captain didn’t have to pay for his bogies (fantastic) but had to match all the members fines each week (not so fantastic)<br />
Realizing that I couldn’t now back down without losing all credibility I accepted the new proposal ( I guess you could say justice had well and truly been done)<br />
On the bright side however, the society eventually raised in the region of €1500 that year which was duly donated to Mediterranea.(as I said probably the worst golf society in the world).<br />
Happily all the proceeding captains have upheld the tradition and we have continued our support of Mediterranea.<br />
The upshot being my fellow members may be bad golfers, but they are all good guys and at least some people are benefiting from our inability to hit that little white ball!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">K&M Maritime </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mallorca</span></span>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-24050189684024342752014-01-16T16:25:00.000+01:002014-01-16T16:25:08.425+01:00HELP FROM THE MOUNTAINS<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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continue to accumulate food for those in need on the island. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">Please keep
up the good work and encourage friends to join in. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent">The more we are the
more we can do to help those in need during these hard times.</span></span><br />
<br />Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-47704313205445760142013-12-31T00:41:00.002+01:002013-12-31T00:41:40.601+01:00What we are worth is not what we have but just how much we are willing to do for others. <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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we come to the end of a difficult and cruel year for many, I would like
to thank those marvellous people we call volunteers. It is thanks to
their efforts and dedication that we have been able to help as many
children as we have, both here in Mallorca and in the third world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mediterranea
is not an end in itself, it is a means where by people, mainly
children, get the help they need, firstly to help them survive and
secondly to help them develop and grow as they deserve. We are at
present helping over 2000 children in all our projects. </span></div>
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next few years are going to be very challenging. The way things have
gone in our society makes it very unlikely that families struggling
through great hardship are going to be able to climb easily out of the
pit of misery. We have two options, either we as a society get organized
and help those we can, as best we can, or we just turn our backs on
them and leave them to their destiny. These situations challenge us a
species and as a society. What we are worth is not what we have but just
how much we are willing to do for others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Europe
over the last 400 years has had civil wars, revolutions, social
movements, political unrest, wars and world wars in its struggle to
obtain a better quality of life, social justice, well being, and even
peace. Now with the crisis all of that, that was obtained with so much
sacrifice, is being destroyed bit by bit, plucked like the petals of a
daisy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Society has been tested to see just how much it will tolerate
before erupting and we are sadly becoming accustomed to accepting the
suffering of others. In Mediterranea we feel that as humans we have the
ability and right to decide and we have the chance to get up and work
for a better and more just society. We refuse to stand and watch the
suffering of others and we do not accept injustice as a natural part of
our social make up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It
is an honour to help in a just cause with people who do not take in to
account race, colour, political ideology or creed and who just work for
the love of mankind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So
as to be able to keep up our projects, and even expand them we are
going to need the help of our fortunate, like ourselves, members of our
society. Volunteering or becoming a member, or even better, becoming
both things is a sure way of being able to become a part of the
solution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So
if you too want to help make our society a better place and help give
children a better future then do not hesitate to become a member of
Mediterranea, and if you have some time on your hands then become a
volunteer too. It will help change other peoples lives, and it will very
likely change and enrich yours too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Michael Stoma</span>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-29784090823571664552013-12-25T01:13:00.002+01:002013-12-25T01:13:45.376+01:00Truth. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">These pictures of our programs in
Africa are real. No Photoshop. They might look idyllic but that is
the reality we have in the little microworld we have created. Often
we have been asked if the pictures are touched up. The answer is
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also try to avoid the pictures that
underline the miseries of those in need and that show the
“superiority” of the north. In Mediterranea we strive to better
the quality of life of those we are trying to help, and this is
obtainable. Because of this we do not flaunt pictures of misery and
poverty, there are plenty of those about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also do not want to
build buildings out of bits of wood and call them schools. We do not
believe in giving the minimum and saying that what they now have is
better than what they had before. We believe that all children are
equal and deserve the same opportunities, love and help all over the
world. Children are the future, and how we treat them and how we
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Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-68545419394462456112013-10-06T22:20:00.000+02:002013-10-06T22:20:20.298+02:00FUTURE VISION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lnK0C9U63y8/UlHFkmRD7AI/AAAAAAAABhw/32X13kWJ1YA/s1600/glasses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lnK0C9U63y8/UlHFkmRD7AI/AAAAAAAABhw/32X13kWJ1YA/s320/glasses.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">FUTURE VISION IN CONJUNCTION WITH MULTIOPTICAS<br /><br />The visual health programme we set up this summer is gradually taking shape, thanks to the help of the optometrist Margarita Canyellas and- through her- the company she works for, Multiopticas.<br />So far 16 people from Sa Pobla have had their eyes tested under the coordination of volunteer Maria Dolores Aguiló. 7 of them needed glasses, which were donated by the Multiopticas Foundation.<br />We are sure you’ll agree that actions like this, however small they might seem, have a tremendous effect on people whose financial situation determines something as basic as their eyesight. It was when the son of an elderly lady told us about his mother that we started thinking about whether the people we are supplying with food and clothing can see the blackboard at school or the television properly or whether they can read a book without the letters or pictures jumping all over the place. His account of how she never went out because of her poor eyesight which meant that she was afraid of tripping over and breaking something, being old and frail, was a real eye-opener for us and subsequently for volunteers and professionals in the eye care sector. Now there are still one or two links missing to complete the chain of solidarity: someone prepared to drive those next in line to have their eyes tested from Sa Pobla to Palma, since none of them drives or has a car. We would also need funding to cover the volunteer’s petrol and parking expenses. Any suggestions or contributions would be welcome.<br />Before signing off, however, we should like to once again thank Marga and Multiopticas for their generous help, little gestures that go a long way to make our world a better place.</span><br />
<br />Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-34064471720178507172013-10-06T22:12:00.004+02:002013-10-06T22:12:49.695+02:00RAINBOW HOUSE<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">In Rainbow we have children and young people with cerebral palsy,
serious undiagnosed mental retardation, behavioural problems, two deaf
children not admitted to the village school but who are having a great
time at Rainbow, where they are being taught to read and write and can
thus make headway even though they are not receiving a regular
education. We also have a girl with congeni<span class="text_exposed_show">tal
hydrocephalus who even if she can be operated on still cannot even sit
down because her head is too big…we carried out a brain scan on her and
on a severely mentally and physically handicapped boy…but we couldn’t
with another boy because although they sedated him with Diazepam it had
no effect on him..however, we did manage to carry out an
electroencephalogram on him, because he suffers from epilepsy as well as
cerebral palsy, and we’re now waiting to see the results.</span></span></span>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-35199304795280022472013-10-06T22:12:00.000+02:002013-10-06T22:12:14.140+02:00IMAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent"><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Do you remember Eman or Iman, the
little girl who was operated on for spina bifida? WELL, DURING THIS TRIP
I WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE HER WALKING! Her chances of walking were not
rated at all high, but there she is demonstrating that in medicine like
in maths 2 plus 2 doesn’t always make 4. We embarked on the scanning
trail with her too, a bit like the Santiago trail but a lot less fun.
She needed a cranial scan to check that she didn’t have hydrocephalus
plus a lumbar scan<span class="text_exposed_show">. She went first to
the centre where the Rainbow children went but they didn’t want to
sedate her (as they had with the others). Instead they gave her a shower
saying that this would help her go to sleep???? but of course that made
her even more lively, they then told her mother to get her to sleep as
if that were easy with a super-active child just two and a half years
old (the terrible twos)- in short, a wasted trip. We were told that
Enmanuel hospital did scans, so off we set, but nothing doing..it’s a
psychiatric hospital just keeping its head above water; we then went to a
higher clinic that’s got everything, they gave her Diazepam orally
which seemed to perk her up rather than make her sleepy, they tried to
inject it intravenously but again to no avail, poor thing- all this
lasting 7 hours. The radiologist then told us to take her to Bethel
hospital where there are anesthetists who can sedate her, so off we go:
And she fell asleep! They put her in the tube, completed the cranial
scan and were just about to start the lumbar scan when the little rascal
woke up! Oh dear! So they’ll have to go back and do it when she’s
sleeping..But Eman is walking!! That’ll change her life..everything else
is just incidental..</span></span></span>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-59262017421860615712013-09-27T23:43:00.001+02:002013-09-27T23:47:21.759+02:00Our milk program continues to grow in response to the demand.<span style="font-size: large;">We have started operating in another area of Palma. In this case we are colaborating with the " Asociación de
vecinos de Sa Gerreria", they form part of the Aliments
en Xarxa solidarity network . Every Friday they are sent families in need from the Palma Social Services. At present they are helping to feed 80 children between the ages of 2 and 14. These children will be, as from now, receiving 15 litres of milk a month from the milk we buy or are donated by kind folk from around Mallorca.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to collaborate please do not doubt in getting in touch with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the photo you can see Alejandra an Carmen collecting the first 500 litres from our centre in Portals Nous</span><br />
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<br />Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-4880080819601734032013-08-17T23:18:00.001+02:002013-08-17T23:19:04.837+02:00Wonderful news from Addis Ababa<span style="font-size: large;">We are very proud to inform that we have been legalized by the Ethiopian Government.</span><br />
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<br />Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-12823363481656537702013-08-15T12:18:00.002+02:002013-08-15T12:20:03.348+02:00 Even in a crisis, we can make a difference<br />
<b>What is happening in Mediterranea right now?</b><br />
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<b>1)</b>We are handing out near to 10000 litres of milk a month to children in 4th World (Mallorca)<br />
<b>2)</b>We are making prescription glasses for children in 4th world<br />
<b>3)</b>We are giving Baby food and clothes for children in 4th world<br />
<b>4)</b>Refurbished computers are being accumulated, repaired and software installed for children in sheltered homes,<br />
<b>5)</b>Teenagers are training with us to be able to teach computer skills to the children who will use the computers.<br />
<b>6)</b>We are running and expanding a milk program in order to get businesses, clubs and schools to help us accumulate milk to hand out for children in families going through hard times.<br />
<b>7)</b>We are providing books for school children whose parents can not afford to buy them.<br />
<b>8)</b>We are helping to feed between 200 and 300 roofless people in Palma.<br />
<b>9)</b>We provide Dignipacks for the roofless people once a month.<br />
<b>10)</b>We are accumulating towels for the roofless people.<br />
<b>11)</b>We are preparing the legal documents and handling the red tape, so as to bring two children form Africa to be operated in Son Espasas.<br />
<b>12)</b>We re feeding near to 1000 children in Ethiopia<br />
<b>13)</b>We run a school for 250 very poor children in the Akaki area south of Addis Ababa. It is considered one of the best school in the country.<br />
<b>14)</b>We have a nursery in Akaki<br />
<b>15)</b>We have just inaugurated a day centre for severely handicapped children in Sebeta west of Addis. It is called Rainbow House.<br />
<b>16)</b>We run a stimulation centre for blind children in the Sebeta Blind Children's school.<br />
<b>17)</b>We, in collaboration with the University of the Balearic Islands, have teams of Physiotherapists and teachers going down to Ghana to the department we set up in the Dangme East Hospital in Ada.<br />
<b>18)</b>We are sponsoring orphaned children in Akaki.<br />
<b>19)</b>We are teaching women in Akaki to read and write.<br />
<b>20)</b>We do positive discrimination in favour of women and children who are HIV positive in Akaki.<br />
<b>21)</b>We continue to collect glasses which we send out to the third world.<br />
<b>22)</b>We ara collaborating with a sister organisation sending clothes, books, and medical supplies to Senegal where we will help them with a medical centre they run.<br />
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We are very please to be able to inform you that the Royal Mallorca (football) Foundation has joined us in our Milk for Kids program "Esto es la Leche". <a href="http://www.fundacioreialmallorca.org/2013/07/esto-es-la-leche/"> More....</a>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-57615690189001426932013-07-10T12:06:00.001+02:002013-07-10T12:06:55.045+02:00The Academy School's donation of milk<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> On the 6th of July the volunteers from the Academy School handed over 153 litres of milk to Maria Dolores which was the final load of milk accumulated in the school over the last few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We wish to thank the staff, parents, volunteers and the children from the Academy that helped in this program in aid of children in need.</span></div>
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Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-92029757488050833422013-07-02T17:47:00.000+02:002013-07-02T17:47:15.606+02:00Container for Senegal<span style="font-size: large;">Last week we loaded up another van full of school supplies, clothes and medical supplies which will be sent to Senegal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-69992052032417701652013-06-11T00:10:00.000+02:002013-06-11T00:10:00.189+02:00Hopefully through Mediterranea we can open peoples eyes......<div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new';">A big hello from the Dignipac team to all the Mediterranea contributors. Tonight we drove into Zaquero for our monthly distribution with Angel, who is the beating heart of this soup kitchen in Palma. Armed with 200 Dignipacs, 150 for the men and 50 for the women, a table, a banner and loads of smiles.... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new';">What strikes me about these homeless folk is how grateful they are, but also how humbled, and how embarrassed some of them are. Many will look us with a grin on their face and give thanks to us and God. Others, shyly come forward, accept the Dignipac, eyes downcast and hurry off. Many want to tell us their stories, one man tonight had tears in his eyes as he spoke of the sadness of his situation ´I have no home, no family, no friends`. Another </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new';"> wizened old lady, received her bag and returned shortly after with photos to show us. Photos of her children and a black and white one of herself as a child of about 10 years old dressed in a flamenco outfit. She was so happy to share this with us and told us that she was 71 and had lived in Palma for over 50 years. I think that there is so much loneliness out there and my heart goes out to them, times are tough enough financially and economically - but they also feel deeply the absence of friends and family. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new';">Two young men approached the table, they must have been only in their early 20´s. Both looked really dreadful - I hate to admit. Undernourished, so thin and wasted. When we asked Angel about them he told us that one was ´mal en la cabeza` but had extremely wealthy parents living on the island. Drugs? We asked, and Angel replied, si y no, this boy has serious problems - `una pena´. His companion could hardly open his Dignipac.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new';">I was so happy to have our regular clown let me take his photo - I have seen him many times busking in Palma´s streets riding a tricycle. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new';">We were lucky enough to have received a large donation from a boat of small bottles of shampoo, conditioner, body lotion and soap which is fantastic for the coffers of Mediterranea - we try to give a lot whilst being very aware of the cost to our Mediterranea members. But we have had endless giggles over the 150 odd bottles of donated bath salts. Something for your more up market roofless person maybe? But most appreciated! I also have to add a huge thank you to the Hotel Porixol who donates all their spa flip flops every year. We handed out probably 150 pairs of them tonight amidst great excitement. Nicky has really missed her career opportunity as a shoe saleswoman - she was just brilliant. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'courier new';">So, again, we get our monthly dose of reality on this beautiful, rich island that we are so lucky to live on. It is very easy to focus on the amazing beaches, the superyachts moored in the wealthy marinas, designer shops in uptown Palma and not feel the malaise that insidiously is creeping though our society in the form of poverty and despair. Hopefully through Mediterranea we can open peoples eyes, help people of all nationalities, and make a difference. </span></span></div>
Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-26264985901959671542013-06-09T23:01:00.000+02:002013-06-09T23:01:03.431+02:00Ways of being disabled.<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">WAYS OF BEING DISABLED.<br /> <br /> There are a lot of ways of being disabled… yet the only dangerous one is to have no heart.<br /> <br /> · Blessed are those who understand my rare walk and my clumsy hands.<br /> <br /> · Blessed are those who know that my ears must make an effort to hear what they hear.<br /> <br /> · Blessed are those who understand that although my eyes shine, my mind is slow.<br /> <br /><span class="text_exposed_show"> · Blessed are those who look but do not see the food that I let fall off the plate.<br /> <br /> · Blessed are those who, with a smile upon their faces, encourage me to try again.<br /> <br /> · Blessed are those who never remind me that I asked them twice.<br /> <br /> · Blessed are those who understand that it is hard for me to express my thoughts as words.<br /> <br /> · Blessed are those who know what my heart feels, although I cannot express it.<br /> <br /> · Blessed are those who respect me and love me as I am, just as I am, and not as they would wish me to be.</span></span>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-27888906452787199332013-06-09T22:56:00.002+02:002013-06-09T22:59:40.689+02:00Because they derserve it.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span>We want to inaugurate the new centre for people with multiple disabilities on the upcoming 12th of July. We would like it to be a very special centre. We are extremely lucky to have the all the human help necessary but we would also like to provide it with the right kind and amount of equipment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is nothing like this centre in the area, and it is very important that it acts as a role model, <span>not only because all eyes will be upon it, but because it is a way of vindicating the dignity of those disabled in a country where having a disability is still considered to be a divine chastisement. </span></span><br />
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Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-36798568559650839672013-04-28T22:49:00.002+02:002013-04-28T22:49:50.766+02:00SailAid<br />
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<a href="http://sailaid.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/rocky2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image" class=" wp-image alignright" height="389" id="i-11" src="http://sailaid.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/rocky2.jpg?w=292&h=389" width="292" /></a>On Saturday 6<sup>th</sup> of July 2013, Nick Mason (15) and
Sebastian Page Franklin (16) aim to set sail in their open dinghy,
Rocky, and circumnavigate Mallorca to raise money for the charity
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The trip of 160 nautical miles is expected to take us between 10 to
14 days. At night we will either attempt to sleep in the bottom of the
boat, or on a beach.<br />
Every morning we will get a weather forecast and, if we are unable to
sail, we will spend the day cleaning local beaches and telling people
about our trip in the hope of securing a few last minute sponsors.<br />
Mediterranea runs programmes on Mallorca and in Africa. Here they are
instrumental in providing books and milk for junior school children and
have organised a number of food stations throughout the island during
the time of Spain’s economic crisis.<br />
Whilst on our voyage we will......<a href="http://sailaid.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/sailaid-the-idea/">CONT.</a></div>
Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-33091410017215479412013-04-24T20:32:00.003+02:002013-04-24T20:32:45.535+02:00Mediterranea's tentacles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We were given a defibrillator from a large yacht in Palma, and we have passed it on to a sister organisation that also works in Africa called <a href="http://www.resurgeafrica.org/index.html">Resurge Africa</a> and is specialized in re constructive surgery. We are please to inform our friends in the nautical world that the help get to where it has to and to where it is most needed. Thank you all for your solidarity and compassion.<br />
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<br />Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-6865279611297764252013-04-15T00:25:00.001+02:002013-04-15T00:25:19.284+02:00Milk program<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our milk program for children in Mallorca is growing.<br /><br />Last week we sent 600 litres of milk to the handout point in Palmanova and on Tuesday over 400 will be delivered to Santa Maria, aside from that the 505 children in Sa Pobla will be getting their 15 litres a month as recommended by the world health authorities. Needless to say, the roofless people we help in Palma, over 330, also will be getting their supplies as usual.<br />Thank you all for your support. We hope to continue growing and helping more and more people, and specially children, going through difficult times.</span>Mediterranea NGO Reg.IB 3818 CIF G07982028http://www.blogger.com/profile/13312933665270080398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577815111191794795.post-34285465943587147292013-04-13T17:18:00.002+02:002013-04-13T17:18:23.064+02:00Educational program for Sa Pobla<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The objective of the program is to reduce the academic failure in the children that are receiving help from Mediterranea NGO, so that they may finish their compulsory education and so as to encourage them to carry on studying with the aim to get higher qualifications and training. This will help them to have a better future when they become adults. The crisis has shown us that people with qualifications are four times more likely to get a job than those without.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Our objective is to strengthen their maths, reading and writing skills in the two official languages. This will make the studying of other subjects easier for them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We also intend to stimulate the habit of reading by creating a lending library with books for children and teenagers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We are also trying to convince the parents about the importance of studying and completing the basic educational requirements. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We will give a total of one and a half hours tuition a week and the kids will get a snack after the lessons.</span><br />
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