Sunday 23/9/12 Garage Sale

We hope to see you all on Sunday at the Garage Sale !

RECREATION AND SPORTS GROUND

THE FUTURE RECREATION AND SPORTS GROUND IN AKAKI
Click on the link to see the location of the plot of land the Akaki authorities have given us permission to use for the creation of a recreation and sports ground for local children and young people. The land is so much better than we thought it would be!!


Click here to see the plot of land.


The authorities of Akaki consider this to be an extremely important project and they are being very obliging, making it as easy as possible for us to create the park since nothing else like it exists in the local area.
Akaki is the poorest sub-city of Addis, so much so that it is situated in one of the areas of the country which receives help from other areas.  

If you are interested in finding out more you can visit the website of Marc who is developing his ideas here which he will then put into practice over there. The more ideas we have the better!

Click here to see Marc's web

Mark stars his trip on Tuesday.  He will be on his own initially but in October Arturo from Son Ferrer will be joining him to help out. Arturo hopes to take a few friends of his with him, the more the better, the quicker things will be done.

If you would like to help do not doubt in getting in touch with us.

Back to Cuba

MEDITERRÁNEA RETURNS TO CUBA

Mediterránea was founded in the year 1999 so that we could continue with our projects in Cuba, which we had previously been working on in collaboration with other NGOs.
Cuba was a large part of our lives from 1997 up until 2007. Bureaucratic complications then forced us to put our collaboration on “stand by” after we sent out a container in 2009. In Cuba we were collaborating primarily in the health sector, supplying medication and medical equipment to various hospitals, mainly the Pediatrics department at the Institute of Oncology in Havana and in 10 de Octubre, although we also collaborated with schools and day centres for the elderly.
Over the last few years Cuba has always remained close to our heart and in our thoughts. If everything goes to plan we will travel out in December to try to resume our collaboration and we really hope it works out.
We thought you would like to see this video from Havana featuring two of our favorite people: Jordi Évole from the TV programme "Salvados" who is always interesting to watch and Yotuel Romero, for obvious reasons. We hope you enjoy the trip around Havana with Yotuel and Jordi : (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivJ2iqIRQL4&feature=related)
Mediterránea does not get involved in political judgments in any of the countries where we work. Our commitment is to the people.
The lady in the photo was lucky to get some bifocal glasses from amongst the 400 pairs we took out. They were just perfect for her and she was virtually groping her way around before!

Mikias update.

Mikias Dejene is one of the Ethiopian children  we have brought over to be operated by Dr.Sanpera. He spent more than a year here and he needed many operations till his arm, and life was saved. During that time he lived with a few wonderful and generous families who took him in as one of their own. The Baleares International College kindly had him, free of charge, as a student at the school , where he made many friends and kept up with his academic obligations.  Since his return to Ethiopia Mikias has been going to one of the best schools in Addis Ababa thanks to the students, their parents and the staff from the Baleares International College  who fund his schooling.
Here are his last term reports.

Thank you all for your help.
A better world is possible.

CHAPTER 5. FITAWARARI SCHOOL

CHAPTER 5. FITAWARARI SCHOOL, AKAKI, ETHIOPIA

At this school we have been running a dining room since 2010 for 174 primary children selected from amongst the poorest, orphans or those with HIV.  
These children have breakfast and lunch, just as we provide breakfast for the 290 pre-school children. Breakfast for all the children is made up of bread and milk. 

We have kept the dining room going this summer. Unfortunately due to some irregularities with the accounts at the present time we have had to stop sending the money we had been sending since our last visit. We hope to resume this in September when the accounts are sorted out. 

Photos: some of the children who attend the summer dining room

CHAPTER 4 : BIRU TESFA

BIRU TESFA, PRESCHOOL BUILDING

At the end of 2010, as part of our "Schools in Akaki" project we started providing breakfast of bread and milk to 190 infant pupils aged 3 to 7, which we continue to do throughout the summer to ensure the children are better fed (our summer is their cold and wet season).
We had a meeting with the management and requested them to give us better information on the accounts. We believe that this has been a case of neglect and slackness rather than bad intention, in addition they were buying the milk from small local farmers to save money but the farmers didn’t always provide the right amount and they kept changing the price. From now on they will buy the milk from the local dairy cooperative which will mean better quality and control of the milk. 
As far as everything else is concened the Biru school is like the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona – we’d never get round to finishing the repair works to the building. There is a complete lack of maintenance and lots of neglect even though some of things could be sorted out easily. But we can’t assume responsibility for everything so we will concentrate on the breakfasts and paying the wages of the kitchen staff.