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Project WORKSHOP FOR WOOD AND METALPROCESSING - THIÈS
Where?
REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL
In the west of Senegal, 70 km from the capital city Dakar, THIÈS is situated, capital of the region with the same name. This region Thiès is, after Dakar, the second densely populated area of Senegal. The landscape of the region consists of a savanna, varied with agriculture ground and there dominates a steppe climate.
In Senegal 33.4% of the population live under the poverty line. Unemployment is high and many youngsters are victim of it. They are upset because their attempts to build a future, are an unfruitful effort. The Blessed Sacrament Fathers, who work in the parish of Koudiadiène, decided to setup a project to provide work to the young people so that they can take their future in own hands and to get out from the spiral of poverty.
Who?
The project 'workshop for wood and metalprocessing' started November 2007. The community
of the fathers of the Holy Sacrament and members of the parish St Pierre-Julien Eymard became
the project' promotor.
The economic council of the project consists of laymen. All collaborators have the
Senegalese nationality. P. Raphaël Diop became projectleader.
What?
Construction and the equipment of a workshop for wood and metalprocessing where
unemployed young people can start learning a job and thus leave the framework of unemployment
in which they live now.
Aim?
Give young people a chance to incorporate themself in the labour circuit by supplying
material and financial resources.
Why?
Social aspect:
a solution to help the many youngsters to get out of the framework of unemployment. Social
stability.
Lots of young people are willing to leave everything behind to get a job even if they
have to use clandistine emigration.
Economical aspect:
there is employment in building houses, woodprocessing and metalprocessing. In vicinity of
the city small car mechanics companys are needed. This project is set up to implement new
techniques, to protect and to improve the quality of the environment and to ensure the income
of the youngsters by creating employment.
Educational aspect:
after installation of the equipment and the material, the project' promotor will adjust
his intervention to the sense of responsibility of the yougsters. At the end the young people
will integrate little by little.
Urgent solutions for:
- Unemployment
- Clandestine emigration
State of affairs in August 2009:
- a building site of 964 m2 was bought in the city Thiès. The area is easy to reach. There is a well not too deep with a lot of water.
- the building plan and specifications have been made.
- a brick security fence was build. The costs were estimated at: € 8.631,00.
To realise in the near future:
- building a hangar of 20m by 10m for housing the workshop and a warehouse for storing the materials.
Urgently needed?
An amount of € 10.000,00
