e-Newsletter #12
Decembre 2011
Dear friends of Epsilon,
In December we have:
1. helped 9,500 children (500,000 since 2004, through 78 projects)
2. received donations for 29,700 € in cash and 6,200 € in kind (total 1,575,000 € since 2004, 70% in cash, 30% in kind)
3. invested in
Togo, 2,582 € as final payment for the construction of the first phase of the High School.
We are grateful to Old Fashion Café and Castello di Bornato Winery for the party celebrating Epsilon’s seventh anniversary.
Regards,
Please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone who might be interested
Become our friend on Facebook (search "epsilon onlus")
www.epsilon-onlus.org, Onlus with zero general expenses to help children all over the world
ACCOUNT SUMMARY AT END OF MONTH:
balance 2010 93,668 €
donations 2011 115,132 €
projects 2011 166,310 €
balance at end of month 42,490 €
Donations + contributions in kind = 40,000 €
Thanks to
the team: Anna Micossi, Danilo Bernabeo, Francesco Pistocchi, Giovanni Bianchi, Lissette Periche, Lorenzo Serra, Marianna Borga, Paola Parma, Patrizia Binda, Roberta Mascheroni, Silvia Falconetti, Silvia Invrea, Sol Rodriguez, Veronica Raffi, Vincenza Costa
the ambassadors: Stefano Micossi, Daniela Fait, Magda and Rocco Mangia, Felicia and Beppe Tedone, Franco Toni
the founder members: Mario Molinari, Massimo Orlandi, Piero Micossi, Riccardo Bani
Families: Genoan Daddies Group, Giustiniani, Korzilius, Harlan
Enterprises: SELEX, The Herrod Foundation, Fondazione Chiesi, Syngenta, KOS, Residenze Anni Azzurri, Medipass, Redancia, Istituto di Riabilitazione S. Stefano, Value manager, Studio Bianchi Finulli, Studio Palmer, Studio Geloso.
Please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone who might be interested.
How to help us:
- talk to a friend about Epsilon
- finance the projects:
- Friend: up to 120 €
- Subscriber: 120 € (10 €/month)
- Platinum Subscriber: more than 500 € (it’s possible to choose the destination to a specific project)
Wire funds to (Coordinate bancarie):
Banca Popolare di Bergamo, sede di Milano
IBAN IT35 N054 2801 6020 0000 0023 993
BIC BLOPIT22
Conto Corrente Postale 99466310
Send your information to info@epsilon-onlus.org
Please remember to keep a copy of the transfer or cheque for tax purposes
3. donate 5x1000 in your income tax return: CF 97411570159
PROJECTS
2011
1. Burkina Faso, project School vegetable gardens and fields in the town of Nessega. Villages have provided for the land, manpower will be the parents', 10,000 € (sponsor, Orlandi family).
2. Ethiopia, specialist instrumentation within the infantile blindness project, 12,700 € (sponsor The Herrod Foundation).
3. Niger, continuation of the project construction of the nursery school, 10,000€
4. Benin, continuation of the project purchase of powder milk, 7,500€
5. Togo, new amount for the construction of “Piero Micossi” High School, 8,200€ (sponsor, KOS)
6. Madagascar, purchase of flour for bread, 5,000€
7. Rwanda, maintenance of the nutritional centre, 7,500€ (sponsor Genoan Daddies Group)
8. Kenya, construction of a nursery school close to Lake Victoria, 9,000 €
9. Benin, enlargement of the Neonatology Ward of the Hospital, 15,000 €, 2,000 children (Fondazione Chiesi)
10. Togo, continuation of the nutritional programme that guarantees a meal a day for 90 students (age 3-7) in Tchebebé nursery school, built by Epsilon in 2010, 5,500 €.
11. Rwanda, enlargement of the agricultural programme started by Epsilon in 2008, 10,000 € (sponsor Syngenta).
12. Madagascar, bread production for 3,000 students, 5,000 € (sponsor Pellegrini).
13. Togo, purchase of 3 PCs for educational purposes for Tchebebé school, 1,170 €.
14. Rwanda, nutritional centre of Rutongo, 7,500, 200 children/year (continuation)
15. Togo, second block of three classrooms for the professional school in Tchebebé, 10.576 €, 100 students (sponsor Fondazione BNL)
16. Kenya, construction of a nursery school close to Lake Victoria, 9,000 € (continuation)
17. Burkina Fasu, medical dispensary in Bingo to, 16,800 € (first amount), 2,000 children
18. Benin, 6 neonatal craddles for Tanguieta Hospital, where we have been working for years, 2,900 €
2010
Raised 272,000 € + donations in kind for 53,000 € = 325,000 €
1. Togo, construction of a water well, 10,000 €, 500 children (sponsor Tedone Family)
Clean water solves many medical problems as well as problems of time, since children can study instead of going to rivers or far away wells to get the water.
2. Dominican Republic, construction of a medical dispensary in Pedernales, 5,000 €, 300 children
Pedernales is a poor town, far from the tourist destinations and with a lack of adequate health facilities. Our contribution will help to complete the construction of a medical dispensary and to begin a collaboration with Italians doctors that will provide service.
3. Niger, Foyer Mabrouka Tanout, 10,000 €, 45 children for one year (continuation)
The children in the foyer have become 45 in 2009; all the new ones are 4 to 6 years old. The children go to elementary and middle school. The nursery school was already opened in the school year 2008/2009. So small children attend the nursery school while the others attend school.
4. Rwanda, nutritional centre of Rutongo, 7,000€, 200 children/year (continuation)
This is the last amount to complete the construction of the centre, which started in 2009.
5. Togo, microcredit, 3,500 €, 300 children (sponsor Herrod Foundation, CH)
Thanks to Herrod Foundation, this month Epsilon has begun a microcredit project for 50 women. The activities carried out by these women are:
- Production and sale of honey
- Production and sale of home-made cheese
- Preparation and sale of dry beans to the students of the schools
- Sale of corn, spaghetti or rice to the students of the schools
- Trade of corn, beans, millet and yams
6. Madagascar, 5,000 for bread for the children at schools and 5,000 for material and medicine for the medical dispensary of the school of Andasibe.
7. Benin, purchase of medical material for the Tanguieta Hospital, 6,000€, 150 children: we have adopted a nutritional centre where we assist newborns who often suffer from malnutrition or severe malnutrition.
8. Togo, construction of Piero Micossi High School (sponsor, Istituto di Riabilitazione S.Stefano) in Tchebebé, Togo, 12,500 €, 200 youngsters. High school in Togo lasts three years and two sections will be offered each year, scientific and classical studies. The building, with 6 classrooms, the headmaster's office and 2 bathrooms, will cost about 50,000 euros.
2009
Raised 374,638 € + donations in kind for 81,500 €
1. Rwanda, aid for agricultural development (co-sponsor: Syngenta), 26,000€
2. Togo, construction of a nursery school (co-sponsor HSS), 24,000 € + 1,800 €, 120 children
3. Niger, contribution to run the Foyer Mabrouka for Children in Tanout, 8,400 €, 50 children
4. Benin, purchase of medical material for the Tanguieta Hospital, 15,090 € + 6,088 €, 150 children
5. Rwanda, construction of a new Foyer –Home-, 40,000 €, 200 children
6. Ethiopia, continuation of the infantile blindness project (co-sponsor The Herrod Foundation, CH), 17,900 €, 1,200 children
7. Burkina, agricultural project (co-sponsor 50 years F. Toni), 5,900 €, 100 children
8. Madagascar, enlargement of the medical dispensary of Andasibe, 8,000 €, 1,200 children
9. Togo, construction of the operating theatre of Afagnan Hospital (sponsor Selex), 253,120 €, 2,000 children
10. Togo, nutritional programme in the nursery school in Tchebebé, 4,020 €
11. Rwanda, agricultural project (sponsor Syngenta), 3,000 €
12. Madagascar, flour, rice and beans for the students of different schools, 5,000 €, 3,000 students
13. Madagascar, purchase of medicine for the dispensary of Mandabe (sponsor M Giustiniani), 5,000 €
14. Kenya, continuation of the school project, 2,000 €
15. Benin, purchase of powder milk for Tanguieta Hospital, 10,000€, 200 children (continuation)
2008
Raised 112.273€ + donations in kind for 110.000 €
1. Ethiopia, infantile blindness project, 13,000 €, 1,200 children
2. Haiti, purchase of food for a nutritional centre, 13,000 €, 200 children
3. Togo, construction of a school, 21,850 + 12,000 + 3,600 €, 150 youngsters
4. Madagascar, construction of a professional laboratory, 15,000 €, 150 young
5. Benin, purchase of medical material, 5,200 + 9,775 €, 150 babies
6. Rwanda, purchase of materials, 1,500 €, 150 children
7. Niger, Foyer –Home– for abandoned children, 7,500 €, 100 kids
8. Rwanda, support to a nutritional centre, 10,000 + 5,000 €, 100 children
9. Togo, continuation of the project Afagnan Hospital, 7,500 €, 100 children
10. Kenya, construction of a nursery school, 13,000 €, 200 children
11. Kenya, purchase of educational material, 2,000 €, 340 children
2007
Raised 111,022 € + donations in kind for 55,618 €
1. Benin, purchase of medical material for the Tanguieta Hospital, 7,710+9,760€
2. Togo, construction of a school in Solimdé, 19,972 €, 160 children/year
3. Niger, purchase of agricultural material and livestock, 5,019 €, 100 children
4. Togo, purchase of medical material, 5,000 + 4,000 €, 100 children
5. Rwanda, construction of an aqueduct, 6,000 €, 10,000 children
6. Madagascar, construction of a dispensary, 6,000 €, 1,400 children
7. Kenya, purchase of educational material, 2,000 €, 340 children
8. Rwanda, purchase of essential goods, 12,000 €, 150 children
2006
Raised 77,760€ + donations in kind for 57,750 €
1. Kenya, purchase of educational material, 1,995 €, 340 children
2. Niger, construction of a water well, 6,200 €, 300 families
3. Benin, purchase of powder milk and medicine, 6,200 + 5,363 + 2,500 € in kind, 300 children
4. Niger, construction of a classroom, 8,055 €, 40 children /year
5. Nicaragua, construction of a water well, 6,745 €, 150 families
6. Mozambico, purchase of milk for children with HIV-positive mothers, 7,500 €, 50 children
7. Ethiopia, purchase of an autorefractometer for the infantile blindness project, 12,600€, 1,200 children /month
8. Rwanda, purchase of essential goods, 12,300 €, 150 children
9. Haiti, nutritional programme in Foyer for poor children, 6,500 €, 100 children
10. Bolivia, purchase of food for a children and mothers hosting centre, 4,965 €, 425 children
2005
Raised 60,000€ + donations in kind for 55,000 €
1. Ethiopia, upgrade of some medical centres for infantile blindness, 12,500 €, 1.200 children /month
2. Benin, purchase of milk for children, 5,000 €, 120 children
3. Kenya, purchase of desks, chairs and educational material for the elementary school of Kopala, 10,950 €, 340 children
4. Rwanda, support to the nutritional centre of Rutongo through the purchase of mattresses, sheets, blankets, powder milk and other essential goods, 6,000 €, 150 children
5. Burkina Faso, restructuring of a Pouponnière (neonatal nutritional centre), 6,000 €, 50 families
6. Somaliland (Somalia), construction of a water well, 6,250 €, 300 families
7. Sierra Leone, adoption of young girls victims of violence and their children, 2,700 €, 10 families
8. Ciad, enlargement of nutritional centres, 3,000 €, 300 children
