Presentation

Juan Sevilla Sevilla

Hello everyone.

My name is Juan Sevilla, I’m 29 years “young” and I’m from Ulldecona (Tarragona). I’m Sports Teacher and Development Instructor for the Third World.

After my experience of 6 months of volunteering at Children’s Town (February-August 2010) in Maputo and the satisfaction and personal growth I experienced during that time, I decided to embark on this adventure, this time in Angola, through ADPP Angola.

I am currently responsible of one of the projects of ADPP in Lucala -Kwanza Norte province-: the “Escola Polivalente Profissional” (Professional Education) working with youth from 7th to 9th Grade.

Africa includes some of the poorest countries in the world.

Facts:

About 120,000 African children are participating in armed conflicts. Some are as young as 7 years old. (source: Africa Children’s Charter)
Children account for half of all civilian casualties in wars in Africa. (source: Africa 2015)
One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: Africa 2015)
Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF)
In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: UNICEF)
Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank/UNICEF)
Nearly 2 million children under 14 years old are HIV positive. (source: UNICEF)
43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF)
64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF)
Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school. (source: Africa 2015)
For every 100 boys there are only 83 girls enrolled at primary school. (source: World Bank/UNICEF)
200,000 child slaves are sold every year in Africa. There are an estimated 8,000 girl-slaves in West Africa alone. (sources: BBC 5 October, 2001 & Anti-Slavery Society)

The intention here is that everyone feels a part of this project. With the donations and auctioning off items belonging to known sports athletes -some of whom work directly with the project as Adam Raga (6 Times Trial Indoor&Outdoor Champion) or Oriol Romeu (FC Barcelona and Spanish Football Team player) – we may help these children and the community where is located the school to improve their living standards.

From this website and with Joan Grau’s help from Ulldecona, you’ll be informed periodically about the work done and where and how we spend the donations .

Before finishing, I would like to say thanks all those people and companies involved in this project. I would like to extend the most sincere thanks for their cooperation and support.