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 Since
years many organizations and thousands of volunteers have been
operating in Africa, what we up here use to call "the south
of the world". Many initiatives have been spooled in the
areas of health, nutrition and education, in support of social
and economical development, in defence of the rights of the
population, very often focusing on children. It's all about
actions of solidarity towards people and regions, those forgotten
areas where war and poverty are just a daily matter.
Mother Teresa used to say :
"What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if
that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be
less because of that missing drop. "
Then come these photos, my passion, this initiative that
is just a drop in the immensity of the oceans....
All of you wishing to join this ocean of human solidarity,
be with a small offer or a more important participation, you
have to know that any single coin will be invested into a
concrete project, managed by an organization that has just
one single objective : help and support Africa.
I sincerely want to mention and pass a special thanks to Sergio
Sarra, the president of the CRA ACEA, who has warmly welcome,
supported and made this initiative possible. The CRA ACEA
committee operates with several humanitarian associations
and is currently supporting 10 projects.
Three of them have already received the funds:
- the construction of a hydro system in Morocco, in cooperation
with "Rotary International".
- The installation of a photovoltaic system in a hospital
in Madagascar, in cooperation with "Associazione nel
cuore dei bambini".
- The realization of a water pot-hole by the St Joseph school
of Majungu - Kenya, in cooperation with "Luce Universale
Onlus".
With "12 shots for Africa" we are now engaging towards
the building of a school for the children of Dakla, in the
Sahara desert. This is a project initiated by the "AUSER
RisorAnziani ONLUS", an association helping senior
citizens express their full potential as active members of
society. For further details you may want to refer to the
following URL:www.auser.it
Specifically this project is about a school of 16 classrooms
that will host about 600 children, aged from 5 to 12. There
will be dedicated areas for teachers, a library, a play area,
all the standard sanitary services and a specific space dedicated
to the Education of Health and Nutrition.
Named after "Carlo Giuliani" the school has actually
already been built in the area of Tindouf Algery, in the Sahara
desert, where the Saharawi people live. But it necessitates
important interventions to the sanitary and hydro systems,
an electricity generator and a water purification system
It's right there that we will pour our drop of water, to irrigate
and to make things grow....
The people wishing to contribute can keep this calendar that
encompasses my passion for the sea and photography. Alternatively
this calendar can be a gift for a friend. Who knows, many
more drop of waters may join this ocean of solidarity that
seems so difficult to imagine up here....
To conclude I would like to mention that the company where
I work and that promotes this initiative, the ACEA SPA, has
committed to double the income generated by the sale of the
calendars. We have printed 1500 copies that we are selling
at a price of 10 Euros/copy.
All the money and offers can be made available via a bank
transfer to the following account: CRA
Acea pro Africa denomination: "Iniziative umanitarie
- 12 scatti per l'Africa" Banca di Roma, n. 6251/32
- ABI: 3002 - CAB: 5188
Thanks for your support and with my best regards,
Stefano Calcabrini
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