CASA ANGELO, CENTER FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN
MANGETTI DUNE, BUSHMANLAND, NAMIBIA
Casa Angelo is a children's center consisting of an orphanage for twenty children raised in respect for tradition and a pre-primary school for about thirty children from 5 to 7 years. We present below the center for children.
BUSHMANLAND
The Bushmanland lies on the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, Southern African countries as large as 20x Switzerland for 1.8 million people. The Bushmanland, covering half of Switzerland, home to 6,000 inhabitants. Before 1960 the area was almost uninhabited except for its eastern part by the Bushmen for over a thousand years. The San tribe is the most ancient people of our planet. Originally nomadic, it was slow with the advent of sedentary civilization during the colonization of Africa. Since 1960, installed in the savannah and bush, it lives by hunting and a few crops (maize, millet, vegetables). It is a labor for government departments located in the district, police station, hospital, schools. The San people, commonly known as Bushmen, living in fifty villages. The district has: eight village primary schools, a hospital, two days- clinics, a research forest, some hunting for tourists and two lodges.
MANGETTI DUNE
Mangetti Dune, a village in central Bushmanland, has a population of 300 inhabitants, 260 Bushmen
CASA ANGELO
No host structure existed for children under 7 years (school age) or for orphans gathered at the hospital for lack of better.
Created on the initiative of the local doctor, Dr. Melitta Bosshart responsible for the health of 6,000 people in the district since 1990, Casa Angelo was inaugurated in April 2002.
A house between hospital and primary school provision by the government, has been renovated with financial support from Rotary Oberer Zuerichsee (Switzerland), Rotary International (USA) and the Rotary Otjiwarongo (Namibia) and as a private donation. The orphanage next to the pre-primary school and the private garden for children. A housekeeper and a cook living with orphans. Two teachers look after the children of the pre-primary school.
MANAGEMENT
The center is run by a committee composed of members of the village community:
Dr. Melitta Bosshart founder of the Casa Angelo. Swiss doctor in charge of health in Namibia since 1989, a doctor with the UN peacekeepers since March 1990 and Medical Director of the Bushmanland mandated Namibian State.
Mr. Isaac Chameja, responsible for social affairs at the hospital.
The traditional chief of the village and two mothers.
PRE-PRIMARY SCHOLL
Children between 5 and 7 years are left to themselves all day.After the morning meal with the family, parents are more concerned with children until the evening. These children have no idea of school life, their parents were not at school, making their integration into the new structure very difficult for them. The pre-primary school prepares to cultural change. A Student learning and an extra meal per day are welcome to these young children.
ORPHANAGE
Twenty orphans form a new family. All are housed in the Casa Angelo. Those from 5 years old go to the pre-primary school, those over 7 years regularly attend school. Since January 2004, the elderly are boarding at the College of Grootfontein, the first city to 250 km west of Mangetti Dune. They are presented below in order of arrival in their new home:
Louisa DIIXAO, Kxoara II'AO, Runguro Haik and his brother Tame, Marengua HAUSHIKU, G / aq 'o KHAN / / AN and his brother / KAEC, Alfredo UTSILE, Absalom MUNDILO, Kouka OZA and her sister Noa, Mapeu FRANCISCO, Julio PAULUS, Xaia OZA and his brother Gamace, Lizzy JOSEPH and her brother Peter, Even BOSSIE, Lucas GARISEB and Jacob ROBERT.
FINANCING
Costs in order to support the center, or CHF 30'000 .- are to be found every year since no subsidy is paid. They are:
CHF 350 .- per year per child to the pre-primary school,
or 1 meal a day, school supplies, a T'shirt and a pants
CHF 1'100 .- per year per child in the orphanage,
including food, clothing and maintenance of a large family in a small house
We invite you to support us with this vital center serving children.The contribution of all is important. Individual donations and sponsorships are being wholly and exclusively for children. Only the salaries of local staff are seen, other caregivers or help make the center as volunteers.
The sponsors of the orphans are kept informed individually if they wish, the activities of their godchildren.
The website is maintained www.casaangelo.org to inform you of developments and activities of the center. You will find some pictures that allow you to learn more about Casa Angelo and its occupants.
Donations are payable:
Postal account on behalf of : Children's Center Mangetti Bosshart
No. 30-178273-7 1700 Fribourg - Switzerland
On behalf of the children of Casa Angelo THANK YOU
For more information please contact
Dr. Melitta Bosshart
P.O. Box 42
Grootfontein – Namibie
Mireille Marty
Chemin du Pont Noir 3
1226 - Thônex tél. 022.342.74.46
Louis Bosshart
Kleinschoenberg 65
1700 – Fribourg tél. 026.481.19.77
Herbert Bosshart
Rosenaustrasse 10
9200 – Gossau tél. 071.385.71.63
January 2012
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