What is happening in our projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America?
What is happening in our social projects in Kenya, Peru or India? What is your situation in the context of the coronavirus? We want to continue sharing the news of the projects with which we collaborate in different countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. To which we are normally connected throughout the year, among other activities, through international volunteering. Although right now we cannot travel nor do we know when we will be able to do so normally again, the solidarity commitment to build a better world is still present in the
Solidarity projects in schools: a transformative experience
Did you know that solidarity projects can also be carried out in educational centers? Schools, secondary schools or vocational training centers may be connected to places as remote as an orphanage in Kenya, a small neighborhood in Cuzco, in Peru, or a town on the banks of the Amazon River. This is the transformative experience that since 2019 Tumaini has had the opportunity to develop with CIFP Ciudad de Zamora. Young people of all ages have been carrying out solidarity activities and events throughout the year with the aim of
Completed the works in the Kenyan orphanage
In recent weeks, the works at the orphanage in Kenya have been completed, in which the volunteers who have collaborated this summer at the center and the children have participated. Diego has worked very hard these months so that these much-needed improvements could be finished and We can already see the boys' room finished, the girls' room improved and new materials that will make life a little easier for all these little ones. The exterior walls of the rooms were decorated with educational murals
Diary of improvements in Kenya: We entered the final phase of the work
We continue to work at the orphanage and school in Kenya to improve the facilities. In the last post we told you how Diego's day to day was being and how his work was going. The children's room was very advanced and the walls had to dry to give the last layers and be able to paint them. The exterior walls have already been painted and the interior ones will be painted these days, the weather has not been very good in recent weeks. It has been raining, which has made it difficult for
Diary of improvements in Kenya: we are starting to see results!
Since the last post we published in Tumaini, Diego has continued working on the improvement works at the Nairobi orphanage and the results are already beginning to be seen! The improvements have started in the children's room with the bioconstruction system. The walls of the children's room are almost ready! On July 7 we finished filling them with mud and straw. Afterwards, we had to wait a bit to apply the plasters (a mixture of earth, lime and straw to smooth the walls completely).
Diary of improvements in Kenya: First impressions
Diego with boys and girls from the orphanageAt the beginning of June, Diego traveled to Nairobi to carry out improvement works at the orphanage and the school with which we collaborate. After we successfully completed the crowdfunding campaign in Tumaini and the Training Express company donated 3,000 euros for these works, we decided to look for a person specialized in bioconstruction to improve the facilities in the most sustainable way possible. Everything in Kenya is very different and this kind of construction is still very