Humanitarian mission - we change the world from the island of Soga!
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Humanitarian mission - we change the world from the island of Soga!

We develop humanitarian projects in Guinea-Bissau, on the island of Soga we provide support in health, education and sustainability! The island of Soga needs us! 4 missionaries ...

  • 2220

    raised

    111% of 2 000€

    87 backers

  • 22/06/2017

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  • Completed

    This project has been successfully funded

We develop humanitarian projects in Guinea-Bissau, on the island of Soga we provide support in health, education and sustainability! The island of Soga needs us! 4 missionaries will go to the island in August to continue the project!

The SOGA association is born of a group of believing volunteers in the possibility of giving the inhabitants of the island of Soga a more dignified standard of living. The main fields of intervention are: education, health, water and food. The island receives our volunteers once or twice a year, and these, in cooperation with the population, diagnose shortages, evaluate them and find the most feasible solutions.

Some of the projects under development by the Association:

1. Kindergarten - The building is completed. We have a kindergarten teacher trained through one of our scholarships. We are working on the educational project to open nursery even in 2017.

 

Construção do Jardim de Infância

2. Container - With some ease we can arrange donations such as equipment for the health center, kindergarten and school, medicines, bicycles, used computers, clothes etc. We recently managed to fund a container through a collaboration protocol with the CPLP Union Exporters.

3. Cashew shelling machine - Creation of a cooperative and marketing of cashew on the island of Soga. Acquisition of a cashew shelling machine, training in the areas of production / shelling and commercialization of cashew. In order to monetize the large cashew production on the island in favor of the Association's humanitarian projects on the island of SOGA.

4. Boat - Every year people die in Noose, especially in the risky pregnancy situation, for lack of emergency boat. Through a partnership we have already got a boat, we will take the Boat-ambulance in August.

5. Vocational training - The objective is to make the island of Soga autonomous, a process of many years that has to go through the professional training and establishment of small cooperatives of the inhabitants of the island, as well as a professional workshop.

6. Sanitation - Basic sanitation is almost non-existent on Soga Island. Our collaborators on the island of Soga were formed in the construction of latrines, still in 2017 we want to implement basic sanitation in all the districts of the five villages of the island.

7. Water - There is no drinking water on the island. An adequate solution is under study and will go beyond the possibility of disinfecting existing wells (with chemically improper waters) by rainwater filtration systems. An intermediate step may be the acquisition of filters.

Os poços que contêm agua imprópria para consumo

For all this to be possible, support is needed to help volunteers meet the costs of the mission. Thus, with this campaign, we intend to finance travel (the highest expenditure in the humanitarian mission of August 2017).

About the author

S.O.G.A - Serving Other People with Love - is a non-profit association of social solidarity, whose main objective is to support and promote the development of the island of Soga, in the isles of Guinea Bissau. We are 4 volunteers from the sustainability department of S.O.G.A. In articulation with the health and education groups, we have been promoting the same on the island!

  Michael Georg Görne, 53, married, 3 children, graduated in Catholic Theology from the University of Bonn, professor of Moral and Religious Education in Cernache / Coimbra, President of SOGA, missionary on Soga Island since 2011, volunteer In the orientation of groups of young people and in the accompaniment of the elderly, dedicated to gardening and reading.
  Diogo Morais, native of Coimbra, Portugal. Student of Dental Medicine, Volunteer Firefighter in Mira, Swimmer Salvador, Christian-Catholic, Sportsman, in several sports, among which rugby, in which I am federated to 15 years, I also practice soccer, bodyboard, swimming, Founder of the SOGA Association, where I am currently an intern.
  Henrique Pinhel, a native of Bolama, Guinea-Bissau. Graduated in Law from the University of Coimbra, human rights activist, member of Amnesty International, Coimbra section. Poet, writer and blogger. Member of the SOGA association. Relegious, Christian-Catholic, catechist, member of the mystic choir of the Coimbra University. I play soccer, futsal and handball. Commentator of Kussundé radio (On line) with studies in São Paulo (Brazil) and Lisbon (Portugal).
  Catarina Quadros, from Figueira da Foz. I am a Master's student in Developmental Psychology, I am doing my internship  at Colegio de S.José in Coimbra. I am the General Coordinator of Civic Intervention of the Student's Association of University of Coimbra, in which I develop many projects related to citizenship and social solidarity. I have been a member of the SOGA Association since this year.

Budget and due dates

The purpose of the campaign is to guarantee the financing of air travel for the 4 travelers. Each trip is 475 euros, so travel for the 4 will cost 1900 eurs (475x4). We have 100 euros to pay the campaign fees.

We need to know in time if we can get the support for the trips, so we outline the deadline for the campaign on July 15, and the trip will be on August 10, 2017.

  • Invest with
    1€ or more

    If you contribute with at least 1 euro, you will change the world with us! Every smile of the inhabitants of that island will have a little of itself. Is there any greater reward?

    23 backers

  • Invest with
    10€ or more

    Drawing by children living on the island (sent via email) Expected date: September (after our return)

    24 backers

  • Invest with
    20€ or more

    Turttle

    A piece of Guinean craftsmanship, made by the scholarship students we funded on the island! Estimated delivery date: September 2017 (after our return) (does not include shipping)

    26 backers

  • Invest with
    40€ or more

    Little house

    A piece of Guinean craftsmanship made by the students that we financed on the island, which represents their home! (Delivery not included) Delivery time: September 2017 (after our return)

    12 backers

  • Invest with
    60€ or more

    Statue

    Representative Statue of the Family, craftsmanship done by the island's fellow scholars! (Does not include shipping) Estimated date: September 2017

    8 backers

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Payout completed

The raised funds have been transferred to the campaign owner

22/06/2017

Campaign ended

The campaign successfully raised the initial target

Campaign launched

24/04/2017

87 members of the PPL community
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  • 38
    new backers

  • 49
    recurrent backers

  • 38
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Meet the people helping this dream come true

  • Anonymous

    13/06/2017 - 12:25

    Bem hajam as pessoas de coração grande!

  • Anonymous

    12/06/2017 - 16:57

  • Anonymous

    12/06/2017 - 11:19

  • Filipa Santos

    12/06/2017 - 10:38

  • Anonymous

    11/06/2017 - 16:43

    sem palavras

  • João Damasceno

    11/06/2017 - 15:42

  • Sérgio Guerra Moedas

    10/06/2017 - 16:40

  • Isabel Passos Sousa

    10/06/2017 - 12:49

    O maior sucesso nesta vossa missão! Um abraço fraterno às gentes da Ilha de Soga.

  • Maria da Luz Fialho

    09/06/2017 - 23:15

    Uma gota de água a juntar ao mar que a S.O.G. A. leva à ilha de Soga

  • Ana Cristina Marques Figueiredo

    09/06/2017 - 21:18

  • Alberto Roque

    09/06/2017 - 21:09

  • Susana Cotovio

    09/06/2017 - 15:47

  • Teresa Antunes

    09/06/2017 - 12:35

    Mais um tijolo para o Vosso projecto... e muitos risos!

  • Anonymous

    09/06/2017 - 11:21

  • Anonymous

    09/06/2017 - 11:18

  • Anonymous

    09/06/2017 - 11:03

  • Anonymous

    09/06/2017 - 09:45

  • Anonymous

    09/06/2017 - 09:44

  • Jorge Carvalho Silva

    09/06/2017 - 09:35

  • Adelina caravela

    09/06/2017 - 08:44

    É uma bênção o que fazem pelos outros, obrigada :)