Completed Projects and those still under Construction

The well and the laundry room. Many women can do their own washing (...including their children!) or earn a living by doing the washing for others.
Our "youth hostel" is now completed. There is space for eight young people, whom we are striving to motivate to attend the state run evening school so that they can graduate.
Ivoneide and Francisca have got their own sewing machines! Their dream become reality thanks to a very generous donor from Aachen, who has yet donated four sewing machines all together!
The construction of our new playschool has been finished in February 2008. The furniture is still missing. 20 children are anxiously waiting for the inauguration, that shall take place in the beginning of June.

Appeals for Donations for 2008

Our visit to Fundação Pavel in March 2008 showed up that there still is much work to do. Therefore we need your support. We are urgently appealing for donations towards furnishing and running the playschool and the newly built kindergarten!

Future Projects

Our weaving room should not stay a dream:
A little house, which needs renovation, has been donated to us recently. We are planning to set up two to four looms. This would make it possible for us to start up our own production of hammocks (95% of the people in the Northeast use to sleep in hammocks) and to create new jobs. The costs of the looms are approximately EUR 8,500. Renovating the building requires approximately EUR 10,000.
All existing social activities need to be expanded and financed.
Basic training for youth in a variety of trades (carpentry, plumbing, mechanics).
A well boring machine.
The building of a shelter for the elderly who have been abandoned by their families.