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South Africa |
In this amazing
mixture of cultures and ethnic groups, we were called for a variety
of tasks: to offer religious assistance to Italian and Portuguese
speaking migrants and to seafarers, to help displaced people and
refugees fleeing from neighboring nations. We have encountered the
sad heritage of apartheid and all the conflicting situations of the
immense African continent.
On-going projects
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Welcoming Programme
The Welcoming Programme every Wednesday from 8.30am to 11.30am at 5 The
Avenue in Woodstock, is as a support structure for newly
arrived refugees. Food rations, clothes, blankets are
distributed bi-monthly and assistance in finding
accommodation is offered. Refugees also receive legal advice
on procedure required by the Department of Home Affairs. An
English school offering 3 levels of English training runs
daily for refugees from French or Portuguese speaking
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Lawrence House
The
Lawrence House, established in April 2005, is a
double-storey 12 bed-roomed home, in Woodstock, Cape Town
for orphaned refugee children This project educates and
cares for 24 children.
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The Children of the
ARK
The Children of the Ark is
a shelter for the homeless in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Most
of the children now living at Lawrence House came from this
shelter. Still living at the ARK are a number of older
teenagers and 20 new children between 10 months and 10 years
old. This project offers support to these children in form
of counseling, food parcels, clothes and blankets and
financial support for vocational training on completion of
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Ale's House
The Ale's
House is a new home specifically for teenagers, where they
can develop a life-style reflecting to their own needs and
dreams. The home aims to allow age appropriate daily
routines and support to develop a strategy for their future
in society.
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KIlema
Kllema is
a disabled support group, giving the members an opportunity
to develop their skills through training and networking with
other local NGOs working with South African disabled, thus
enabling and enhancing a smooth integration into the local
communities.
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IT and Life Skills
Training Course
The IT
and Life Skills Training Course offers training and life
plan support to 240 unemployed over a period of 12 months
with the ultimate goal of placement into learner ships or
assistance in developing sustainable livelihoods for at
least 30% of participants.
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Voyage Ensemble
The
Voyage Ensemble is a traveling visual art exhibition and a
film documentary showcasing the work of twelve artists (six
refugees and six South Africans) with the specific aim of
integrating the displaced refugees into the South African
arts network and working against xenophobia. |
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Percussion Academy
The
Percussion Academy enters disadvantaged schools teaching
marimba building and drum making. These instruments are then
given to the school as well as offering a 9 week intensive
music training with professional musicians for both students
and the teacher. The ultimate aim of the project is to
foster a Schools Percussion Festival or Eisteddfod for the
Western Cape.
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Migration Resource
Centre (MRC)
Migration
Resource Centre focuses on the SADC region and in the
sending countries such as DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Burundi.
The Centre will have a two-pronged approach, joining theory
and practice, dealing with both the academic and the popular
aspects of Migration, while the Legal Desk will join
research and practice. |
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Mozambique |
The Scalabrinian presence in Mozambique started in Maratane (Nampula Province) on October 2005 with the presence of Father Arcangelo Maira, Scalabrinian Missionary and Pierre Baracyetse, a Scalabrinian lay, expert of project cycle management. Maratane is a refugee camp established immediately after the civil wars in the Great Lake Region to host refugees from that area. It is located where a colonial leprosarium was and offers assistance to nearly 5000 people who fled RDC, Burundi and Rwanda.
On-going projects
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Spiritual and Material Assistance to Refugees
During the course of year 2006, the Mission, beyond managing extended pastoral care at Camp and neighbours level, shall initiate a development cooperation program consisting in a series of synergic initiatives to be consolidated the following year thanks to an increase of human resource and funding.
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Education to Peace
The Scalabrinian presence aims at promoting a genuine “education to peace”, at the prevention and management of conflicts, the intercultural dialogue, the pacific co-existence. Promoting cooperation helping refugees and local people to feel and live like citizens of the same land, actors and leaders of a durable culture of peace and a sustainable development.
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