What have we done over the years?

Since the beginning of the project and until these days we have:

• Offered training and seminars in skills such as: cooking, sewing, plumbing, handicrafts, small electrical installations, etc.,

• Supported microfinance activities through credits for the mothers that had completed an education with us or were ready to undertake some kind of commercial activity,

• Offered the work and the expertise of AVANZAR‘s professionals: a project manager, a social worker and a psychologist.

• Acquired and coordinated the volunteer work of professionals such as nutritionists and doctors.

• Supported all mothers and children to receive an education by sponsoring the whole or part of the tuition and materials. 

• Offered workshops in:

  • Self-esteem and personal development,

  • Human and Women‘s Rights,

  • first-aid methods and accident prevention,

  • sexual education, pregnancy and contraceptive methods,

  • government organizations and the support they offer to single mothers and their children,

  • improving working conditions.

• Offered psychological support through:

  • weekly group talks

  • personal treatments.

• Offered legal support by solving legal cases such as recognition of paternity, abuse, and pension cases,

• Mediated in order to reintegrate the women and their children into their families, when appropriate,

• Provided information on health, nutrition and sanitation in order to prevent illnesses and their recurrences,

• Enabled people to access all available social assistance and compensation (pensions for the children, bonuses for underprivileged people, etc),

• Contributed to the growth of internal projects such as a Pasta Fabric, an Atelier and a second -hand shop, which gives the mothers the opportunity to learn, work and earn money and gives the home an income,

• Built a new kitchen: new flooring and ceiling, glass-windows, doors, sink, replacement of water pipes, new electrical wiring, new gas pipe, etc.,

• Built a day playroom for the children and furnished it with tables, chairs, beds, rugs, TV, toys, etc.,

• Donated a washing machine,

• Completed a renovation and maintenance of sanitary installations such as the bathroom, showers etc.,

• Shipped fabrics for curtains and bed sheets (donated by Maison Interior from Zürich),

• Made regular donations for food and medicines,

• Made donations of clothing, beds, bed sheets, mattresses, pillows, etc.,

• Made a donation of kitchen aids,

• Created a lavatory next to the kitchen where children and mothers wash themselves before and after meals,

• Constructed and installed a new metal front door for the house,

• Celebrated festivals and included economical support for quarterly leisure activities.