
Kokuro children
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The project is being undertaken and financially managed through the Asociación Nuevos Caminos.
The Asociación Nuevos Caminos is a Non-Governmental Development Organisation (NGDO), declared of Public Interest, and entered in the Register of Associations and Foundations held by Spain’s Ministry of the Interior. It was founded in 1981. Its members are health professionals and people working in several fields in human sciences who on a voluntary basis carry out the association’s activities.
The Asociación Nuevos Caminos is a member of the Spanish Coordinator of Non-Governmental Development Organisations and also belongs to the Catalan Federation of NGDOs, as well as to the Federation of NGDOs of the Community of Madrid.
The association’s mission is to promote the rounded development of the individual, especially in those areas in which social and economic disadvantages are more readily apparent.
Nuevos Caminos is funded by over 6,500 paying members, and receives the support of public bodies, amongst which are the European Union, the Spanish Agency for Cooperation and several autonomous communities in Spain, as well as provincial and local councils.
MADRID
Jorge Juan, 65, 3º
28009 Madrid
Tel. 91 577 68 97
Fax: 91 578 13 58
nuevoscaminos@nuevoscaminos.net
BARCELONA
Sant Nicolau, 9 bajo izquierda
08014 Barcelona
Tel. 93 2310712
Fax; 93 2312350
nouscamins@nuevoscaminos.net
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Missionary Community of St. Peter the Apostle (MCSPA)
This is the flipside in Turkana of the NGO Asociación Nuevos Caminos. The development schemes this NGO funds are always undertaken in the field by members of MCSPA.
This missionary community active in Kenya, as well as in Ethiopia.
The members of this Catholic community have been pursuing development tasks in Turkana, largely involving projects related to water and health, for over 20 years.
The following are some of the schemes undertaken in the past in the Turkana District, the site of this project: Building of more than 103 stone dams, excavation of 75 earth dams, drilling of numerous wells, installation of wind mills, organisation of 43 nursery schools as nutrition centres that ensure one meal a day for children aged 2-6, organisation of several community businesses through food-for-work projects…
Since 1987, members of the St. Peter’s missionary community have been responsible for all the healthcare, nutrition and support for the local population on the western shores of Lake Turkana. From a central clinic in Lowarengak they coordinate the work of six clinics, mobile health facilities and child nutrition centres. Close by is the headquarters of the main mission located in Nariokotome.
The missionaries share their everyday lives with the Turkana people, who turn to them with any problem they might have. In many areas they are the only link with development and they are working to reach even more remote and disadvantaged areas. The MCSPA is responsible for several parishes in Turkana belonging to the Dioceses of Lodwar: St. Augustine’s Cathedral – Lodwar, St. James’ Catholic Mission – Kaikor, St. Mark’s Catholic Mission – Lokitaung, St. Joseph the worker – Lowarengak and Nariokotome Catholic Mission – Nariokotome. They know and love the Turkana, to whom they have dedicated their lives.