1988

Ulla-Brita visits the metropolis Quito for the first time and works at a radio station for three months. She saw many poor Indians and Mestizos in the streets, and wanted to get an impression of how the people at the bottom of society lived.

Friends warned her of the risks to visit the slums and of walking the streets of the city on her own. She took the warning and returned home to Sweden without having seen the living conditions of the poor.

1990

Ulla-Brita returned to Quito just to do all what her friends had advised her against.

She starts collecting clothes and money and provides for a female doctor to examine the children. For instance, she bought fifty pairs of boots in order for the women to protect their feet from the crushed glass and metal scrap while foraging at the dump.

1991

On the International Woman’s Day, the Swedish newspaper “Göteborgs-Posten”publishes an article about the project at the dump.
So many people contacted Ulla-Brita offering donations that she decided to set up the Foundation Dump.

1992

In February the first sod was turned for the Centre, and four months later it was ready for inauguration.

1995

Sewing facilities for the women were set up.

Ulla-Brita received a scholarship from the Soroptimists to attend the International Women’s Conference in Beijing, China.

1996

Ulla-Brita is awarded with the Golden Letter Prize by the Swedish Postal Services for letters written to her financial supporters.

1997

Appointed “Woman of the Year” by SWEA International.

Given the “Paul Harris Fellow Award” by Rotary.

1998

Invited by Rotary to lecture about the Dump Project at Rotary International Assembly in Los Angeles.

1999

Invited to Rotary in Australia to lecture at their District Conferences in Sydney, Brisbane, Caloundra and Port Macquarie.

2001

The Health Centre is launched with a Head Physician, Gynaecologist, Pediatrician, Laboratory Doctor, a nurse and a dentist.

2002

Ulla-Brita receives the Big Soroptimist Prize.