computerlessons

Since the last storm in February electricity and communications have been bad. After a month of having no electricity at all, we have been struggling to arrange electricity for the orphanage since that time to start computer lessons. So far all installations have been done, but the final stage of the Electricity Company connecting the orphanage to the grid.... that is taking to so long. Every 2 weeks the teacher of the computerlessons, who is dying to start, goes up to Mossuril to talk to the Electricity Company, but so far.... no luck. We keep hoping to start the lessons after the summer holidays.... but bureaucracy....

Mosques

Together with the money for Ramadan, the community received money to rehabilitate the four mosques in the village. The rehabilitation of the first one will start next month and before the end of this year all will shine of full glory.

Primary school

The primary school had sufferd during the storm in February and till now they are using one of the classes of the orphanage. Next month finally the rehabilitation of the school will finish and all children will be able to use the primary school again in its full glory.

Pre-school

Since more children started at the pre-school this year, we also added made more funiture for the pre-school. No we have enough space to sit down 50 children.

Also have started with some nice uniforms for the teachers and the children. They we be distributed the coming month aswell.

Hopefully all will contribute to teach the children younger then 6 years some Portuguese, before they start at the primary school. This hopefully will help them learn to read and write faster then the previous generations.

Houses & beds of the orphans

Since we started the orphan project we have rehabilitated the houses of 6 childeren and started with the 7th one. All 39 orphaned children will receive a rehabilitated house in the coming year, to make sure that during the day they are taken care of at school and the pre-school, with hot healty lunches, but when arriving back at their families they have a secure house to life in.
Also like we informed earlier, 15 of the 35 ophans have received a mattress to sleep on, but the coming month the rest of the orphans will also receive this, so that they not only have a good house, but also a good place to sleep.

 before the rehabilitation of the house of  Sofito

and when it was almost finished; a iron roof and all new poles and constructions

Ramadan

Again this year the people of Cabaceira received a donation for the 100 poorest of the village to have a meal during the month of Ramadan and a donation to celebrate the end.

Like every year it was a great success. At the end of every day during the break of the fast, all people who were lacking food at their house, would have the possibility to break the fast in one of the mosques. 

The mostly elderly people were very happy to contribute to their families with the given donation and to find a good purpose for it. Being it to contribute to the celebrations at the end of Ramadan or to improve their houses.

They are all 100 very grateful for receiving another year this nice contribution.