MAMMADU' NO-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

Mammadu’is a non-profit organisation, founded in Namibia in 2008 on a volunteer basis by a group of professionals, aimed at implementing emergency health care and socially useful programs for children from Namibian disadvantaged and poor families and orphanages.

Mammadu' Trust in Namibia

Mammadu’ Trust is a non-profit organisation which was established and registered in Namibia in 2008 with the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services (according to the Section 19 of the National Welfare Act 12 of 1979).

The primary objective of the Mammadù Trust is to care for and support orphans, children and minors who are living in extremely vulnerable conditions, as well as other needy members of the community, by providing basic health care, nutritious meals and meeting other basic requirements.

Mammadù Trust is based in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.

Mammadu' Non Profit Association in Italy

Mammadu’ Italia ONLUS was founded in Italy in 2010 to provide financial assistance for projects carried out by the Mammadu’ Trust in Namibia, to promote and raise the profile of the Mammadu’ Trust in Italy and to support the activities of the Mammadu’ Trust in the daily efforts in all its projects with activities of volunteering or in any other activity that could be socially useful or necessary.

The Statute and Regulations of Mammadù Italy Onlus are available upon request.

The headquarters of the organisation is in Milan.

Mammadù's Objectives

Acting in accordance with the Namibian culture, Mammadù aims to help, in a concrete manner, minors living in situations of hardship and degradation through the implementation of projects aimed at:

1. Improving the living conditions of orphans and children living in situations of social exclusion at the Community Day Service Centre in Windhoek which offers various services;
2. Ensuring adequate formal education providing basic needs, such as school fees, school supplies (notebook, pencils, etc.) and suitable clothing and shoes for going to school (each school has its own uniform);
3. Comparing our organisation with other Italian and local organisations or associations for a constructive exchange of information, experience and projects;
4. Promoting activities in Namibia and abroad to raise funds in order to fulfill the objectives that the organisation aims towards;
5. Promoting and organising trips for volunteers who can support, with their professionalism, the activities of the organisation;
6. Arranging summer internships with Clown Therapy volunteers to offer children carefree play time and growth.

Why Namibia

With just over 2 million people, one third of which live below the poverty line, Namibia has more than 155,000 orphans and 195,000 children living in extremely precarious conditions (source: Namibia Demographic Health Survey 2006): the mortality rate under 5 years is 48% and the average life expectancy of 62 years (source: UNICEF Namibia 2009 Statistics).

Data on income inequality, published in 2005, showed that 56% of Namibia's population live on two dollars a day, therefore, below the poverty line, and 35% of the population only live on one dollar a day (source: UNDP - Human Development Report).

Furthermore, HIV/AIDS is a critical public health problem: Namibia is among the countries with the highest rate of infection in the world and, over the past few years, it has also been the main cause of death. About 17% of children and teenagers under 18 years are orphans to one parent, so that for years, the Namibian social health care system has not been able to meet the real requirements for the facilities needed like schools, institutions and orphanages.

The World Health Organisation (source: OMS Namibia) estimates that within the year 2021, one third of the children in Namibia under the age of 15 will become orphaned because of HIV/AIDS.