South America Region
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Colombia,
Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Project Profiles
Please choose one of the links below for more detailed information on the range and variety of development work that some of the missionaries we provide support for are involved in.
- Urban Community Development: El Sueno de un Pueblo, South America, Peru
- Urban Community Development: Fr. Eamon McMahon, Spiritans, South America, Brazil
- Urban Community Development: Fr. Jim Crowe, South America, Brazil
- Primary Healthcare: Fr. Brian O'Sullivan, South America, Brazil
- Income Generation: Fergus Roche, South America, Colombia
- Capacity Building: Sr Margaret Hosty, South America, Brazil
- Basic Education: Sr. Kate Nolan, South America, Brazil
- Basic Education: Manuel Duato, South America, Peru
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Samples of the regional range and variety of development work of missionaries
Argentina
(Urban Community Development)
Provision of community assistance centre and programme in which
children, adolescents and their parents can drop in, receive
education and health care from professionals. This addresses the
following difficulties - school desertion, adolescent pregnancy,
sexually transmitted illnesses, HIV/AIDS, drug and alcohol
addiction, abuse and violence, and conflict with the police.
Chile
(Urban Community Development)
Provision of community centre services in Santa Emilia including
educational support for young people in the community with learning
difficulties, training development of women and support in setting
up micro-enterprises, provision of alternative educational services,
counselling, training for independent living, personal support
services, providing health education and hygiene, basic medical
treatment, relaxation techniques and an holistic approach to living.
Peru
(Primary Healthcare)
Provision of a drug rehabilitation programme to aid 105 youths and
adult males and their families whose lives have been devastated as a
result of addiction. A core aim is to increase the number of youth
and men in the detoxification phase of drug rehabilitation to 60,
and the end goal being vocational training and reunification with
families.
Brazil
(Human Rights)
Continued work with youth - male and female 18-25 years old and
women groups primarily African Brazilians, descendants of the slave
trade in Brazil. Promotion of personal development of African
Brazilian women by raising the self esteem of this marginalised
group. This is supported by campaigning against domestic violence,
teaching problem solving techniques and conflict resolution, and
raising awareness of their human rights.
Colombia
(Basic Education)
Implementing a programme for the continual training for
self-employment of women, aged 12 - 60 years with special needs and
their mothers from over 80 families. The skills acquired in
jewellery making, handcrafts and computer servicing will enable them
to be self employed, thus achieving betterment of their situation of
poverty and social marginalisation.
