The works to build a water tower for the “Notre Dame du Refuge” center in Kominguea started and are well launched.
"We do not celebrate the past, we remember a story that still continues today, that of Balbo and the GMM", che continua ancora oggi": that's how Roberto Vivarelli, the GMM president, summed up the significance of the photographic exhibition "40 years for Africa", inaugurated today at Merano's Pavillon des Fleurs.
A photo exhibition at Pavillon de Fleurs (9 to 20 May 2012, Meeting Room 1 - Passeggiata Lungo Passirio), Merano, tells the story of Balbo's forty years of work and solidarity for Africa.
Italian tax law allows people to give the 5‰ to NGOs and non-profitmaking associations, like Merano Missionary Group.
The well built with the contribution of the Merano "Alpini" was built and inaugurated. It is located in a village named Pam Pam and it was inaugurated in the presence of the GMM project manager Fabrizio Arigossi.
Nine children of the second grade of the San Martino in Badia School, together with their teacher, saved some money for two distance supports in the GMM centers in Benin.
The well and water tower of the "Hibiscus" kindergarten (managed by the Parakou "Notre Dame des Apotres" nuns) have been completed.
The construction of ten new wells and two water towers started in Atacora (Norther Benin) in cooperation with Natitingou Caritas.
African tales
Febbraio 2002 - Febbraio 2012
20.2.2012 - Sono passati dieci anni da quel giorno di gennaio in cui Alpidio Balbo, mio marito Graziano ed io salimmo a Parigi sull’aereo che ci avrebbe portato in Benin.
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