"Feeding the Spirit" is a humanitarian project conducted by four engineering students from the INSA Rouen, which aims to help the Literacy Senegalese women.
We have always had all the four great desire to make ourselves useful and help people South.
"Give a man a fish and you feed HIM for a day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed HIM for a lifetime."
We named our project "Feeding the Spirit" because we strongly believe that through the education , by enriching the mind, that countries such as Senegal, will be able to develop and " feed " their entire population.
We work in cooperation with the Senegalese Association FIPA (International Forum on Peace in Africa) who works for the rights of children and women.
The aim of this project is the construction of classrooms that will accommodate seventy Senegalese women. This project is an opportunity for these women to access the education, a right which should be universal.
Why this project?
The figures show, women who are educated tend to have fewer children and they are healthier . They have more chance of being school and stay longer in school. Very often women who are responsible for the education of children in Senegal, thus by being literate, they will have a good influence on their offspring.
Using the knowledge and skills acquired through education, they will have more chance to play an active role in decisions within their families and their community.
In summary, education women initiates a positive gear.
Directed
We visited the area last April to buy furniture, school supplies and textbooks. Thus, we were able to meet Senegalese women and equip classrooms with them. The courses have now started and more than seventy women can now learn to read and write.
We do not want to do a humanitarian point but put it in the long term. Indeed, we believe it is important after literacy, to develop this type of action and why not, if everything works well, continue in this direction in other regions. In addition, we mainly focused on women, but many activities are also to carry children for and infrastructure facilities.
We are therefore now looking for students who would be motivated to continue in this direction that we have already achieved. In our case, we expect to continue working with FIPA, our goal is that more women have access to education, they can be masters of their future and contribute to development their p ays.For more information about our project, please visit our blog:
http://nourrirsonesprit.fiftiz.fr/blog/
President Contact: aminata.anne @ insa-rouen.fr
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