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Somewhere to turn to.
Ever since the foundation was launched in 1991 the array of activities has expanded.
First of all Ulla-Brita started collecting clothes and money to help the women and children who lived at the dump outside Quito.
Rather soon she got her vision of help to self-help. However, there had to be some basic conditions fulfilled. The primary issue was to help the children by building a nursery where they could stay instead of having the dump as a playground. The nursery, containing a kindergarten and a department for newborn babies, has room for one hundred children.
The next step was to create sewing facilities for the women.
There were three ambitions connected with this plan:
To provide the women with an education to enable them to earn a living away from the dump.
To provide the women with a possibility to earn a living from their own work.
The produce from the sewing should in the long-term help finance the teaching by getting commissions from outside.
In the year 2001 the medical centre was finally finished. Living at the dump and from garbage entails a health threat. Many women and children are also exposed to violence from men.
The Centre was built through financial support from Rotary Göteborg (Sweden) and Rotary International with a Matching Grant. .
The centre now also proudly houses a dental care service.
Ulla-Brita has a vision of helping the women to better living standards in regular houses.
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