Stowarzyszenie Solidarności z Ubogimi Trzeciego Swiata Maitri
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to help the poorest communities, especially children living in poverty in the countries of the Global South, but also around us. We fulfill our mission through: – charitable activity addressed at ‘real people’ in need – we actually know the names of each person we help, – humanitarian aid – its effectiveness is ensured through cooperation with Polish missionaries who know local reality and needs, – promotional and informative activities aimed at Polish society to increase sensitivity to problems inhabitants of the developing countries are faced with.
About This Cause
Core activities “Have a Heart Adoption” is currently one of the most important schemes run by our organisation. The programme, initiated in 1996 is a long-term, individual or group sponsorship of orphans or just very poor children, living in developing countries of Africa. Donor is provided with the name of the child you decided to sponsor as well as with the information where your money goes. All the funds are passed on to the children through the Polish missionaries or local priests or nuns who in return provide the sponsors with the photos of the children and other details helping to establish the correspondence between them. In Poland, the programme is coordinated by the office in Gdańsk, the initiative is also carried out in the Czech Republic. During more than 25 years of the program, we have managed to help more than 8,000 children, apart from approx. 3,500 children that are receiving the support from us at present. We helped at least 20 young people to become priests and right now we are helping 23 seminary students. Maitri “Have a Heart Adoption” was the first scheme of this kind available in Poland. It became a source of inspiration to many other charity organisations and religious orders. An aid for a health and nutrition centres in Africa We support also missionary health centres who provide food to malnourished children as well as medical assistance. We help a dozen centres on a regular basis. The centres are located in the following countries: Rwanda, DR Congo, Burundi, Cameroun, RCA. Long term support covers as well providing the food to nursery schools within Catholic missionary centres. One-time sponsorships help to finance medicine, medical equipment for missionary health centres, infrastructure development to ensure communities have access to clean drinking water, construction or extension of existing schools and health centres, purchase of the 4×4 vehicles for the missionaries (so far we have purchased 5) etc. Our aid reaches 53 missionary centers i 11 countries led by 23 different religious congregations. We are committed to bringing a help to all the people in need, regardless of their background or beliefs. We understand that solidarity with the people impacted by poverty is reflected through an ultimate respect towards their equality and dignity as the human being and the rights that flow from it.