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The Polish Foundation for Africa helps

The Po­lish Fo­un­da­tion for Afri­ca helps, whe­re others can­not or are not wil­ling to do so.

We stri­ve for our help to work long-term. We bu­ild and re­no­va­te farms, he­alth cen­tres, wells and scho­ols. We chan­ge the li­ves of the re­si­dents the­re for years to co­me. Ho­we­ver, we al­so help when the ne­ed ar­ri­ves for qu­ick and ef­fec­ti­ve ac­tions. This is true of Ma­da­ga­scar, whe­re chil­dren are sta­rving. In such ca­ses im­me­dia­te help is ne­ces­sa­ry.

We con­ti­nu­ously are lo­oking for in­te­re­sting, con­struc­ti­ve and ne­eded pro­jects in Afri­ca, in which we co­uld en­ga­ge our­se­lves. We mo­stly fo­cus on:

  • Fi­nan­cing the con­struc­tion of scho­ols, wells, wa­ter­works, ho­spi­tals, farms and other bu­il­dings se­rving the lo­cal communities,
  • Sup­por­ting ac­tions, which help the growth of the eco­no­my, in­c­lu­ding the de­ve­lop­ment of the lo­cal corporations,
  • Fun­ding the edu­ca­tion of po­orer re­si­dents of Africa,
  • As­si­sting with edu­ca­tio­nal in­i­tia­ti­ves and tho­se, which ena­ble ac­cess to the scho­oling system.

We thus in­vi­te or­ga­ni­sa­tions ope­ra­ting in Afri­ca to col­la­bo­ra­te with the Po­lish Fo­un­da­tion for Afri­ca. He­re you will find ne­ces­sa­ry do­cu­ments to sub­mit a mo­tion. All com­ple­te forms ma­il to: projekty@pomocafryce.org or to the ad­dress of he­adqu­ar­ters of the Fo­un­da­tion. We ask all the pro­jects to be de­scri­bed, the­ir im­por­tan­ce expla­ined, the lo­ca­tion and be­ne­fi­cia­ries sta­ted, along with the num­ber of pe­ople, who will use it after re­ali­sa­tion of the pro­ject, its cost and the expec­ta­tion of fun­ding from us. We al­so ask you to spre­ad the in­for­ma­tion abo­ut the po­ssi­bi­li­ty of fun­ding by the Fo­un­da­tion of si­mi­lar pro­jects. If you know and pe­ople wor­king in fa­vo­ur of Afri­ca (vo­lun­ta­ries, mis­sio­na­ries, etc.), we wo­uld be gra­te­ful for pas­sing the in­for­ma­tion on­to them.

About the Polish Foundation for Africa

ABOUT THE POLISH FOUNDATION FOR AFRICA

The fo­un­ders of the Fo­un­da­tions is a mar­ried co­uple – Ju­sty­na and Woj­ciech Zięba.

The Po­lish Fo­un­da­tion for Afri­ca ca­me in­to exi­sten­ce in Cra­cow, Po­land on May 1st, 2012.

In De­cem­ber 2013 it be­gan the re­ali­sa­tion of sta­tu­to­ry ob­jec­ti­ves. The aim of the Fo­un­da­tion is the pro­tec­tion of he­alth of in­ha­bi­tants of Afri­ca and im­pro­ve­ment of the­ir li­ving standards.

Be­twe­en 2013 and 2026 the Fo­un­da­tion ac­com­pli­shed over 500 pro­jects in 20 co­un­tries, fo­cu­sing on fun­ding the con­struc­tion or re­no­va­tion of scho­ols, wells, con­struc­tion or equ­ip­ping of cli­nics, la­bo­ra­to­ries and ho­spi­tals. The Fo­un­da­tion is most eager to fi­nan­ce pro­jects, which gi­ve the po­ssi­bi­li­ty of the lo­cal or­ga­ni­sa­tion, hel­ping the com­mu­ni­ty be­co­ming self- ‑suf­fi­cient (fo­od or fi­nan­cial-wi­se — eg. a mill in He­lo­ta in To­go or a farm for an or­pha­na­ge in Mam­pi­ko­ny in Ma­da­ga­scar). The Fo­un­da­tion al­so funds emer­gen­cy pro­jects (eg. fe­eding du­ring fa­mi­ne in Burundia).

About the Polish Foundation for Africa
Otwarcie Szpitala Polskiego w Mampikony na Madagaskarze – informacja prasowa

So far, our big­gest pro­ject is the con­struc­tion of a Po­lish Ho­spi­tal (140 beds) in Mam­pi­ko­ny in Ma­da­ga­scar.
The list of ope­ra­ting ho­spi­tal wards in­c­lu­de: ER, gy­na­eco­lo­gy and OB, ge­ne­ral cli­nic, pa­edia­trics, la­bo­ra­to­ry, oph­thal­mo­lo­gy and in­ter­nal me­di­ci­ne. The next sta­ge is ope­ning ra­dio­lo­gy and sur­ge­ry wards. The ho­spi­tal was bu­ild with re­gards to the hi­ghest norms – it has do­uble ro­oms, each with a se­pa­ra­te to­ilet and sho­wer.
We be­gun wor­king with the Ma­ha­jan­ga Uni­ver­si­ty, which will be sen­ding its stu­dents for prac­ti­ces at our ho­spi­tal. The ho­spi­tal staff are all Ma­la­ga­sy pe­ople, who we­re tra­ined on si­te. The ro­le of the sub­stan­ti­ve su­per­vi­sor is held by do­ctor Ly­dia Sto­py­ra, who was the le­ader of 7 me­di­cal mis­sions of the Fo­un­da­tion and was in­vo­lved in co­un­tless con­sul­ta­tions, fun­dra­isers and tra­ining ses­sions. She is the chief of the De­part­ment of In­fec­tio­us Di­se­ases and Pe­dia­trics at Że­rom­sky Ho­spi­tal in Cra­cow and a scien­tist at A. Frycz Mo­drzew­ski Uni­ver­si­ty. Both in­sti­tu­tions will work with the Fo­un­da­tion to exchan­ge know­led­ge, or­ga­ni­se con­sul­ta­tions and me­di­cal mis­sions.
“Our ho­spi­tal will be sup­por­ted by small fe­es from the pa­tients, who can af­ford them. Our most in ne­ed pa­tients will re­ce­ive free he­al­th­ca­re. The go­al is: no one will be de­nied help and me­di­ca­tions” – says Lan­dry Ma­ha­va­no­na, Hospital’s chief.

Ove­rall, the fo­un­da­tion has al­re­ady car­ried out ni­ne me­di­cal mis­sions, in­c­lu­ding in Ca­me­ro­on, the Cen­tral Afri­can Re­pu­blic (CAR), Tan­za­nia, and Madagascar. 

7 doctors performed over 400 paediatric consultations

Ka­bu­la Nka­lan­go Ma­san­ja — an ac­ti­vist for the ri­ghts of pe­ople suf­fe­ring from al­bi­nism. It tells how, after a bru­tal at­tack, she left the ro­le of a vic­tim be­hind and be­gan to chan­ge the world for the bet­ter.
You must li­sten to this ama­zing young wo­man! The Fo­un­da­tion fun­ded ho­me fur­ni­shings for chil­dren with al­bi­nism in Mwan­za, Tan­za­nia, whe­re Ka­bu­la lives.

The construction of wells

The con­struc­tion of wells oc­cu­pies a spe­cial pla­ce among the com­ple­ted pro­jects. The Fo­un­da­tion has so far im­ple­men­ted over 250 such in­ve­st­ments, in­c­lu­ding both de­ep wells and dug wells, and in so­me ca­ses al­so ne­ces­sa­ry in­fra­struc­tu­re. A si­gni­fi­cant part of the­se wells was bu­ilt in Madagascar.

VIP pro­gram – ha­ve your well! It is po­ssi­ble to fund an en­ti­re well in Ma­da­ga­scar. Abo­ve all, it is the sa­tis­fac­tion of ha­ving fun­ded an en­ti­re pro­ject that chan­ges the li­ves of hun­dreds of pe­ople. It has be­co­me a cu­stom that the Do­nor cho­oses the na­me or pa­tron of the well. After the well is bu­ilt, the Spon­sor re­ce­ives pho­tos do­cu­men­ting its ope­ning or use. The cost of bu­il­ding one de­ep well is abo­ut 3000–9000 eu­ro de­pen­ding on the depth.

OUR OPERATIONS — COUNTRIES, WHERE THE FOUNDATION REALISED AID PROJECTS:

An­go­la, Bur­ki­na Fa­so, Bu­run­di, Chad, Ethio­pia, Gha­na, Ca­me­ro­on, Ke­nya, De­mo­cra­tic Re­pu­blic of the Con­go, Ma­da­ga­scar, Se­ne­gal, So­uth Afri­ca, Cen­tral Afri­can Re­pu­blic, Rwan­da, Tan­za­nia, To­go, Ugan­da, Ivo­ry Co­ast, Za­mbia, Be­nin, Ga­bon, Gam­bia, Li­be­ria, Ma­la­wi, Nigeria

Our or­ga­ni­sa­tion al­so acts in Po­land, by con­duc­ting edu­ca­tio­nal ac­tions (exhi­bi­tions in scho­ols, youth work­shops, fun­ding con­fe­ren­ces for me­di­cal stu­dents). The sum of do­na­tions in re­cent years trans­fer­red by the Po­lish Fo­un­da­tion for Afri­ca to hel­ping Africa:

2025 – 3 352 839 eu­ro
2024 – 3 160 956 eu­ro
2023 – 2 272 665 eu­ro
2022 – 2 331 024 eu­ro
2021 – 1 794 921 eu­ro
2020 – 1 198 065 eu­ro
2019 – 820 000 eu­ro
2018 – 680 000 euro

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