Financial contributions for projects in countries eligible for Official Development Assistance were today presented to non-governmental organisations by the Foreign Ministry.
The funding is part of the overall expenditure Malta dedicates towards development and humanitarian projects each year.
This year a total of €247,775 will go towards the co-financing of 20 projects in recipient countries situated mostly in Africa, but also in Asia and Latin America. These projects will be carried out by Maltese civil society organisations with the assistance of dedicated volunteers and through their own sources of funding.
Foreign Minister George Vella praised local non-governmental development organisations for their work and dedication to those most in need in developing countries.
Applications received by the ministry were evaluated by a selection board and applicants were interviewed by the board and their projects assessed on a specific set of criteria in relation to the priorities of Malta’s Official Development Policy.
Most addressed the educational sector. They include the construction of a new school in Uganda; the extension of a school in Ethiopia; the construction of school accommodation facilities in Chad and India; educational material for a youth training centre in Togo and an educational care centre in Kenya. Youth and sports are also being addressed through two projects in Guatemala and India with the construction of recreational facilities.
Two projects - in Morocco and Kenya - deal with capacity building and women empowerment. They aim to provide women with the necessary equipment and training to assist them to pursue their education and acquire specific skills.
Another project is the construction of a residential facility in Madagascar with the capacity to house a number of children from vulnerable and at-risk families.
The health care sector is reflected in the financing of two projects in Tanzania and Guatemala and the wellbeing of the elderly in the setting up of a residential home for women who have been abandoned by their relatives in the Amazon rainforest.
A project on water and sanitation will assist rural communities by providing them with access to clean drinkable water in Ethiopia.
A project in Pakistan focuses on the installation of a solar power back-up to provide a power supply system for a girls’ school.
Thefull list of projects follows:
1. Living Waters Mission Team
‘Water Supply Project Ganchore Town’
A water supply project which will provide clean and drinkable water to an impoverished community in Ganchore, Ethiopia.
2. Signum Fidei Malta
‘Improving living and learning conditions for boys attending the St. Joseph’s Technical School Hostel located in Kelo, Chad ’
This project consists of the extension and restructuring of a hostel for the boys attending the St. Joseph Technical School in Chad. The project aims to improve the living and learning conditions of these boys.
3. Mission Fund
‘Equal Opportunities and Gender Equality through Education’
The project consists of the construction of an additional floor of a hostel to accommodate tribal girls attending the St. Xavier College in India.
4. St. Jeanne Antide Foundation
‘A home for abandoned elderly women in the Amazon Rainforest’
The project involves the setting up of a residential care for homeless elderly women who can no longer look after themselves. The home will accommodate these elderly women and will provide them with basic health and care facilities.
5. KOPIN
‘Access to quality education and early childcare in the Akaki Kality sub-city, Addis Ababa’ PR 140641 Page: 3 of 4 DIPARTIMENT TAL-INFORMAZZJONI – DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MALTA
This project consists of the construction and refurbishment of classrooms and the purchasing of educational material for children attending the Early Child Care Education centre in Addis Ababa.
6. Kull Bniedem Ħija
‘Giving Secondary Education and Empowering Children to Raise Chicken and Goats to 20 Orphans and Vulnerable (Disabled) Children
The aim of this project is to continue to provide educational and financial support for orphans and disabled children by letting them attend their last year of secondary education.
7. Integra Foundation
‘Emergency Health Care for the Disabled Extreme Poor in Rural Guatemala (Phase 3)’
The project will continue to provide assistance to disabled people by giving them access to emergency health care. It will ease medical costs and improve the quality of their health care.
8. The Moroccan Community in Malta
‘SEW – Sewing Equipment for Women (Victims of Rape)’
This project addresses women empowerment, targeting single mothers and rape victims who live in the Association Solidarité Féminine Centre in Casablanca, Morocco. The funding is for the purchasing of sewing equipment that can help them to sustain their accommodation.
9. Keralaid Trust
‘Construction and Renovation of Houses for the Marginalised Families of Kerala, India’
The project involves providing housing for marginalised families in Kerala, India.
10. YMCA Valletta
‘Provide a library/IT room for CAFAP, the youth Training Centre in rural education and human capacity building in Togo’
This project aims to construct a library and computer room for youths attending the agricultural education and human capacity building training centre in Togo. This will enable the students to engage in further research and strengthen their capacities.
11. ĊAM Youths (Philippines)
‘The Construction and Setting up of a Multi-Purpose Hall’
The project involves the construction and setting up of a multi-purpose hall, which will provide facilities for students attending the music and trade school of Jose Depiro Formation Centre (JDFC) in Bataan, Philippines.
12. Inizjamed
‘The expansion of the Uwezo Girls Centre’
The project aims to provide support and empower young women and single mothers to develop professional skills in order to become self-reliant and independent at the Uwezo Girls Centre in Kibera, Kenya PR 140641 Page: 4 of 4 DIPARTIMENT TAL-INFORMAZZJONI – DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MALTA
13. Rotary Club Malta
‘SSESE Island Kids School’
The project will seek to construct a primary school on Lake Victoria, Uganda.
14. SOS Malta
‘Youth Engage: Building Skills and Creating Opportunities for Young People in Njeru, Buikwe District, Uganda’
The project targets capacity building and training of skills for young people living in squalid conditions. This training will help them to improve their quality of life and in finding better opportunities. The training programme will focus on agriculture and crafts skills.
15. The Arnaud Guesry Foundation
‘Building of a centre to act as a residential facility and community centre’
The project consists of the building of a residential facility to accommodate children from impoverished families by providing them with suitable accommodation, food, medical care and education, in the Diana region of Madagascar.
16. GuateMalta Foundation
‘Completion of a recreational facility in Guatemala’
This project targets the youth and sports with the construction of recreational facilities in an impoverished locality in Guatemala.
17. Inservi Foundation (Maltese Jesuit Foundation)
‘Construction of a recreational facility at the newly established St. Xavier’s University College, Maharo, Dumka, India in the Santal Mission of the Maltese Jesuits’
A construction of a recreational facility at the St. Xavier’s University College in India.
18. ĊAM Youths (Pakistan)
‘Installation of a Solar Power back-up System at Joseph de Piro Middle School for Girls in Asif Town II, Lahore, Pakistan’
The project entails the installation of a solar power array that will ensure constant and regular power supply at the Joseph De Piro Middle School for Girls in Asif Town II, Lahore.
19. FACES
‘FACES and Cardinal Rugambwa Hospital collaborative capacity-building project (Phase 2)’
This project aims to improve the medical standards of the “Cardinal Rugambwa Hospital” in Tanzania. The funding will be allocated for the purchase of medical equipment, a generator and medical training.
20. KIDS – Kids Initiative for Development Sustainability
‘Greener Child Care in the Slums of Kibera, Kenya’
The aim of the project is to provide good quality day care services to small children. This will allow their mothers to have time to continue their studies and work.