Humanitarian Projects take work: Here are the projects we have initiated so far, and since Europe shuts down for the summer, there should only be maintenance on these existing projects. We have enjoyed very much getting to know these organizations, how they help the refugees, the people that make the organizations flow, and all the good they are accomplishing. Many have websites that are chock full of information and very interesting reading. MEDU and INTERSOS we feel very connected to. We know the directors well and communicate regularly with them. Baobab is the group we took a 5 day trip with to the frontier cities and met their connections, all good hearted souls, each and every one of them. It's been a privilege to be involved with each of these organizations.
To provide medicine to eight refugee centers located in the Milan East, especially for women and children.
Purchase monthly metro tickets @35 euros per month for the refugees attending school as well as processing their documents.
Rent two soccer fields for 2 months. The fields will be rented at the same time each week for the refugees to count on and look forward to. Soccer is the universal language
Purchase a total of 30 sleeping bags and 20 tents.
Buy 100 liters of gasoline. Purchased as needed by CasaScalabrini. Purchase pots and pans, cleaning supplies: detergents, paper rolls, brooms, mops, etc. Purchase chicken, rice, vegetables and cakes in bulk supply.
30 mobile containers/homes to replace temporary tents, installed with a heat pump air inverter.
Provide office space where legal counsel and medical/psychological counsel can be administered by key groups offering these services rather than on the street which is presently the case. The office space will also be used by other organizations in the area: Melting Pot and WeWorld, Medici senza Frontieri, as they collaborate their efforts with Progetto 20K
The office space is a room plus a garage. The garage will be used to store donated goods from the community such as clothes and hygiene kits. The office will also serve as a place for internet access and phone charging for the refugees.
Projects that were started by others and updated/visited by us:
Firenze Stake and CARITAS Carpentry Lab for Refugees: provide carpentry tools and supplies for volunteer carpenter to teach skills to refugees.
There are organizations we have a relationship with and projects are still on the drawing board:
Church projects that have been completed in March and April 2017:
Pescara hygiene kits: Italian Red Cross (diapers, hygiene kits and rain ponchos) and Civil Protection (blankets, clothes, and first aid kits). This is the activity where the kits were assembled.
Florence hygiene kits: 300 kits and 300 mattress covers, all to combat scabies disease that is rampant in some of the camps.
Pending projects:
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MEDU Psyche Center, Rome Florence MEDU Mobile Clinic-Florence Italy Medu Hygiene Kits- Rome Italy
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FLORENCE: Add additional staff - a Territorial Coordinator and a Clinic Mobile Coordinator. Six camps monitored by the mobile clinic.
Hire one cultural mediator (translator) who can help the patients and the doctors communicate. Estimated 500 refugees assisted and informed in a one year period.
Hire a psychologist to work in the MEDU medical mobile clinic, who will give special attention to the female population. (an estimate of 70 females in a one year period). A total of 450 patients will be assisted and 600 visits can be made in a one year period.
The added staff will train camp operators and volunteers (in 4 training sessions) to recognize and treat mental problems.
ROME Hygiene kits: purchase 100 hygiene kits for women to include: hygiene pads, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, mini towel, hygiene wipes, comb, paper tissues, underwear. purchase 500 hygiene kits for men to include: soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, mini towel, hygiene wipes, comb, paper tissues, underwear.
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| Milan East Refugee Medicine Donations II |
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| Opera San Francesco Hospital (one of the 8 recipients ) |
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| ARCA, private group housing women and minors (another of the recipients) |
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| Formal ceremony of Banco Farmaceutico with Church leaders and BF leaders |
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Rent two soccer fields for 2 months. The fields will be rented at the same time each week for the refugees to count on and look forward to. Soccer is the universal language
Purchase a total of 30 sleeping bags and 20 tents.
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Purchase Kitchen cabinets. Purchased and installed by CasaScalabrini   |
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Plus an additional 8 units for sanitary services, one unit for the infirmary, one unit for the staff, and one unit for the canteen services.
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| INTERSOS Centre Rome T28- Rome Italy Operational costs for three intercultural mediators, two professional educators, and one psychologist working at the T28 center.in Rome. Also one van for the camp. The staff will physically bring in the children from the urban territory of Rome In addition the staff we will fund, in coordination with other stakeholders involved, will begin a program to implement individual Family Reunification for USAC with family already located in Europe in an expedited manner. The staff funded under this project will be in charge of this program.   |
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The office space is a room plus a garage. The garage will be used to store donated goods from the community such as clothes and hygiene kits. The office will also serve as a place for internet access and phone charging for the refugees.
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Pay for 70% of the legal operator fees for a 4 month duration.
Provide a private place for Terre des homme legal staff to counsel with the refugees residing in the San Antonio camp in Ventimiglia.    |
The following two projects we initiated and got approved, but when the Scovilles, the other Senior Missionary couple serving in Italy, arrived in Sicily we turned these projects over to them:
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Pozollo Medical and Psychological Support- Pozollo, Sicily, Italy
MEDU will recruit a team of one medical doctor, one psychologist, and two cultural mediators. This team will be at the dock/port as the refugees embark from the boats. They will work at the dock in tents as well as in the Hotspot center (the two areas of intervention) The money will provide for the team, for the office and equipment of the team, and the logistical costs of the team. It will also provide basic medicines for the refugees
Lampedusa Hotspot- Clothing for newly arrived refugees- Lampedusa, Italy
To provide clothing for men arriving from the sea in Lampedusa. To provide personal grooming items for the men as they arrive from the sea in Lampedusa.
Projects that were started by others and updated/visited by us:
Firenze Stake and CARITAS Carpentry Lab for Refugees: provide carpentry tools and supplies for volunteer carpenter to teach skills to refugees.
There are organizations we have a relationship with and projects are still on the drawing board:
Church projects that have been completed in March and April 2017:
Pescara hygiene kits: Italian Red Cross (diapers, hygiene kits and rain ponchos) and Civil Protection (blankets, clothes, and first aid kits). This is the activity where the kits were assembled.
Florence hygiene kits: 300 kits and 300 mattress covers, all to combat scabies disease that is rampant in some of the camps.
Pending projects:
- Milan East Stake Helping Hands Hygiene kits- Milan East Italy
- CARITAS Florence- Music and Sport Workshops- Florence Italy
wow! Seems so much is getting done! I know it's a drop in the bucket but when you list it all out it's quite impressive!
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ReplyDeleteWow! That's amazing work. And some big stuff to come! Well done.
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