We ask people to sponsor if possible for at least one year, so that we have sufficient time to set up a plan of support for the child: the only obligation that comes with child sponsoring is a moral one. You may be part of...
It is quite feasible to take part in the sponsoring programme from within a group of friends, acquaintances, colleagues or class fellows. However, only one person can act as a reference point for sending information and news about the adopted child....
Every Christmas you will receive a recent photograph of the sponsored child together with a letter giving all the news about events and initiatives at the mission. Whosoever wishes to obtain more detailed information may contact the Association secretariat, who will forward any further news...
There do exist situations where it becomes necessary to substitute a sponsored child with another, as in the following cases: Once the child has completed his/her regular school studies; If the family achieves self-sufficiency because one or the other parent has found work that...
We usually discourage the sending of gifts due to the high customs duties, and the risk that they may stir up envy in the other children. It is, however, possible to send additional contributions, which will be used for all the children....
No. In the first place, this could harm a child because it entails a dramatic uprooting from their own culture into a completely different world. It would nurture hopes that cannot be fulfilled, other than the desperate dream of a clandestine immigrant to return to...
Wherever possible, it is preferable that a child grows up in its own surroundings. The mission at Adwa is now in a position to offer very high quality teaching, and this fact reinforces the idea that a child should not have to be taken away...
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The mission is primarily dedicated to education, meaning the integral formation of the person, starting from the very first years of life through adulthood. Infants are looked after for the first three years by a volunteer nurse, who teaches the mothers and monitors growth....
The Salesian mission in Adwa works in the spirit of Don Bosco and Mother Mazzarello, following their charisma in educating. From its foundation, the goals have been to: Evangelise, educating through the school and introduction into the workforce. Defend life in all its forms....