HEALTH SUPPORT PROJECTS
ASSOCIAZIONE AURORA, TOGETHER WITH THE PROGRAMMA SVILUPPO
76, (PS76) ASSOCIATION OPERATING IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, GENOA UNIVERSITY (DICCA) AND CODEART NGO (BELGIUM), AFTER
A DETAILED SURVEY OF THE SENEGALESE TERRITORY, CONDUCTED BY AURORA ASSOCIATION
BY MEANS OF ITS PARTNER OPERATORS IN THE ASSOCIATION’S SENEGALESE CENTRE AND
AFTER A DETAILED STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVE PROVEN FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT, IN VIEW OF:
THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION, LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURES ALSO LINKED
WITH THE NEED FOR ENERGY, LACK OF WORKING TECHNIQUES AND METHODS, LACK OF
KNOW-HOW IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, BEING THE PRINCIPAL ENGINE TO DRIVE THE
COUNTRY’S ECONOMY AND CONSIDERING THE PRECARIOUS LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE
NUMEROUS, HIGHLY POPULATED VILLAGES IN THE REGION AND GROWING WAVE OF YOUNG
PEOPLE’S MIGRATION,
IT WAS ESTABLISHED:
WITH THE PARTICIPATION AND PROVEN ENTHUSIASM OF NUMEROUS LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHO
HAD PRESSED FOR OUR ASSISTANCE THE PROVEN EXPERIENCE AND SUGGESTIONS FURNISHED BY OUR AGRONOMIST DR. MATTEO
ZUCCHI, A PROFESSIONAL AGRONOMIST RESIDENT IN SENEGAL AND PARTICIPATION OF SEVERAL SENEGALESE AGRARIAN
INSTITUTES WILLING TO COOPERATE, TO REALIZE A PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND TO PRODUCE
ENERGY, AFFORDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO INITIATE AN EFFECTIVE, SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE RURAL
COMMUNITIES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
GENERAL AND SPECIFIC GOALS:
THE PROJECT WAS CAREFULLY DRAWN UP IN DETAIL WITH THE INTENT OF ACHIEVING THE
FOLLOWING GOALS:
· UTILIZATION BY PART OF THE POPULATION OF LAND
LEFT UNCULTIVATED AND ABANDONED, PROVIDING HELPFUL ADVICE
ON HOW TO USE THE LAND CORRECTLY TO GROW CROPS.
· IMPROVE THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS BY DEVELOPING
MARGINAL TRADING ACTIVITIES PERMITTING FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME
SELF-SUFFICIENT, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK AND DISCOURAGING THE GROWING MIGRATORY PHENOMENON.
· ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MALNUTRITION DIRECTLY
AFFECTING HEALTH AND SUBSEQUENT PROBLEMS, ABOUT WHICH ASSOCIAZIONE AURORA IS
ACTIVELY AWARE, ACCOMPLISHING AUXILIARY HEALTH SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITIES.
· PRODUCE POWER AND BIO-FERTILIZER BY GROWING
A MARGINAL QUANTITY OF JATROPHA CURCAS, ESSENTIAL FOR AN EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCE USEFUL BY-PRODUCTS FROM THE WASTE FROM
PRESSING, SUCH AS SOAP, REPLACE WOOD WITH JATROPHA OIL AS FUEL TO
COOK FOOD, AVOIDING THE SEARCH FOR FIREWOOD, A MAJOR, COMPELLING REASON FOR DEFORESTATION
AND THE HARD WORK BORN BY WOMEN AND CHILDREN USE THE OIL FOR LIGHTING UP THE HOMES IN THE EVENING.
·
ENCOURAGE A CULTIVATION PRACTICE THAT USES AS LITTLE WATER AS POSSIBLE TO CONSERVE
THE UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES, USE THE CROP ROTATION TECHNIQUE ENABLING
THE POPULATION TO GROW CROPS AT SUSTAINABLE COSTS AND ELIMINATE INTENSIVE USE OF EXPENSIVE AND NOXIOUS CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS
(NITRATES, PESTICIDES, SULPHATES).
· PROVIDE COMPREHENSIBLE KNOW-HOW AND TECHNIQUES TO
GROW CROPS AND TO DEVELOP THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH THE AIM OF PRODUCING AN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF PROVEN FEASIBILITY; DESCRIBING ALL THIS IN A SPECIAL
BROCHURE WITH ATTACHED EXPLANATORY VIDEO-CD, FOR GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION TO THE
POPULATION.
· FIGHT THE PHENOMENON OF DESERTIFICATION AND
MULTINATIONALS SEIZING LAND EXCLUSIVELY
TO THEIR PERSONAL ADVANTAGE.
PALM OIL PRODUCTION PROJECT
(DEPENDING ON THE
NUMBER OF VEHICLES DISCARDED BUT STILL IN GOOD CONDITION RECEIVED
IN DONATION FROM PUBLIC EMERGENCY FIRST AID ASSOCIATIONS SUBSCRIBING TO THE
PROJECT)
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