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SUPPORT PROJECT FOR HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS IN SENEGAL AND IVORY COAST
OUR SUPPORT IN THIS SECTOR INCLUDES SENDING, IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXTS WHERE WE OPERATE, CONTAINERS FROM ITALY WITH HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND MEDICINES, RECEIVED AS DONATIONS FROM LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES, MEDICAL PRACTICES AND ITALIAN ASSOCIATIONS,
THE FIRST SHIPMENTS STARTED IN 2012 AND CONTINUE TO THIS DAY, SUPPORTED BY OUR RECURRING MISSIONS, WE ALSO ORGANIZE MEDICAL-HEALTH TRAINING COURSES AT CLINICS, HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS, WITH THE AIM OF ENABLING POPULATIONS TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES AND CREATE ADEQUATE CONDITIONS FOR SUBSISTENCE IN THEIR COUNTRIES.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
IN THE RURAL VILLAGES OF SENEGAL AND IVORY COAST, WE PROVIDE TOOLS TO WOMEN'S COOPERATIVES TO DEVELOP INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES. SOMETIMES, WE BUILD WELLS OR SMALL LIVESTOCK STRUCTURES, DONATE SEEDS, AND INSTALL SMALL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS MAINLY USED FOR IRRIGATION.

IT CONSISTS IN TRAINING WOMEN'S COOPERATIVES IN THE USE OF MACHINERY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PALM OIL, IN VILLAGES WITH NATIVE OIL PALM PLANTS
PREMISE
WE PROPOSE OUR PROJECT EXCLUSIVELY IN VILLAGES WHERE THERE IS NO DEFORESTATION OR INTENSIVE PALM OIL CULTIVATION, THE WOMEN'S COOPERATIVES IN THE VILLAGES WE ADDRESS ARE LOCATED IN CONTEXTS WHERE THE PLANTATIONS ARE EXCLUSIVELY NATIVE AND IN ANY CASE, THE OIL PRODUCTION IS MAINLY INTENDED FOR FAMILY CONSUMPTION
ALSO IN SENEGAL (IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY CALLED CASAMANCE) AND IN IVORY COAST, OIL PALMS ARE NATIVE NATURAL RESOURCES ABUNDANTLY PRESENT IN THE TERRITORY. HAVING ASSESSED THE ABOVE CONTEXTS, WE HAVE PROMOTED A SYSTEM DESIGNED BY THE PS 76 ASSOCIATION OF GENOA WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE USE OF PALM FRUITS TO OBTAIN OIL OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.
THE PLANT PROPOSED BY OUR PROJECT PRODUCES OIL IN MORE HYGIENIC CONDITIONS COMPARED TO THAT OBTAINED WITH CURRENT PROCESSING METHODS (TRADITIONAL METHODS) AND OPERATES WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER WATER CONSUMPTION.
THE PLANT PROPOSED BY THE PROJECT ALLOWS FOR GREATER OIL PRODUCTION IN RELATION TO THE SAME QUANTITIES OF FRUIT USED WITH TRADITIONAL METHODS AND IN SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER TIMES.
TO CLARIFY ABOUT PALM OIL...
THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OIL THAT ARE OBTAINED BASED ON THE TYPE OF PROCESSING TO WHICH PALM FRUITS ARE SUBJECTED, SUCH AS:
CRUDE PALM OIL, REFINED PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL
- CRUDE PALM OIL: IS OBTAINED FROM PRESSING THE FRUITS OF THE PALM, RETAINING THEIR CHARACTERISTIC ORANGE-RED COLOR, DUE TO THE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CAROTENOIDS (PRECURSORS OF VITAMIN A). THIS OIL AT ROOM TEMPERATURE HAS A SEMI-SOLID CONSISTENCY, DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNT OF SATURATED FATTY ACIDS, NORMALLY PRESENT IN MEATS AND ANIMAL FATS AND ESSENTIAL FOR THE AFRICAN DIET WHICH IS OTHERWISE LACKING IN THEM, IT ALSO CONTAINS A GOOD DOSE OF ANTIOXIDANTS AND VITAMIN E.
- REFINED PALM OIL WHICH WE MAINLY USE IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, IS A MECHANICALLY BI-FRACTIONATED OIL, IMPORTED INTO EUROPE BY MULTINATIONAL FOOD COMPANIES, THE RESULT OF "BI-FRACTIONATION" (REFINING) ALLOWS THE OIL TO BE CONVERTED INTO A LIQUID AND LIGHT-TRANSPARENT COLOR FORM. DURING THESE TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES, THE OIL LOSES ALL THE ANTIOXIDANTS AND PART OF THE VITAMINS PRESENT IN ITS CRUDE FORM, CONSEQUENTLY, IT LOSES ALL THE BENEFICIAL PART IN FAVOR OF ONLY THE SATURATED FATTY ACIDS, WHICH WE EUROPEANS CONSUME BECAUSE THEY ARE PRESENT IN MANY EVERYDAY PRODUCTS IN OUR SUPERMARKETS.
- PALM KERNEL OIL, IS OBTAINED FROM THE KERNEL INSIDE THE FRUITS, CONTAINS EIGHTY PERCENT SATURATED FATS AND IS USUALLY USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COSMETICS
THE PHOTOS OF THE PROJECTS ARE VISIBLE, IN ORDER OF DATE, IN THESECTION "PROJECT PHOTOS"