Sponsorship initiatives

Gamesa has selected 4 social projects that, in close collaboration with Fundación CAN and different NGOs.

1. Cooperation for the eartquake in Haiti

Gamesa employees have collected a total of 61,512 euros for the Haiti relief effort, following an in-house donation campaign which drew contributions from 447 employees in 11 countries: Spain, China, USA, Egypt, Portugal, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Denmark and India. The initiative included a commitment by Gamesa to match any donations made by its employees, who contributed 30,756 euros.

 

The funds have been donated to UNICEF and will be used for emergency aid in areas affected by the earthquake that devastated Haiti a few months ago. Specifically, the money will pay for supplies (water tanks, electricity generators, hygiene kits, water purification tablets, vaccines, etc.), the repair of water and sewer pipelines and the creation of safe spaces for children, for the purpose of meeting basic needs such as food, protection, psychological treatment and vaccinations, among other services.

 

More Information: Gratitude letter fron UNICEF; Cooperation report in Haiti at three months; Cooperation report in Haiti at six months 

 

  

 2.Cooperation for the eartquake in China

 An earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale struck southeastern China on May 12, 2008.  It was the most powerful earthquake in the last thirty years. Its epicenter was located in the Wenchuan district and nine provinces were affected. The province of Sichuan suffered most.

 

• More than 46 million people were affected and around 15 million had to be evacuated to safer areas;
• Nineteen districts were severely damaged. Apart from Wenchuan, the other affected areas included: Dujiangyan, Mianxhu, Beichuan, Yaan, Ziang, the autonomous prefecture of Garzen, Pengxian, Mianyang in Sichuan and Ningqiang in the province of Shaanxi;
• On August 11, three months after the quake, the number of deaths reached 69,207, more than 374,176 people were injured and 18,222 were missing;
• 3.46 million homes were destroyed and it is estimated that more than 15 million people became homeless.

A rebuilding plan financed by Oxfam through a donation made by Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica, S.A. in 2008 totaling € 251,835 will last until March of 2012. This plan is focusing on four strategic objectives:

  
• Building a highway in Jiange Township located in the Zhangwang local authority, district of Jiange, province of Sichuan (€ 55,788);
• Repairing a highway in Shengli Township located in the Longtan local authority, district of Guangyuan, province of Sichuan (€ 66,090);
• Repairing a road in the village of Qianfo located in the city of Chaping, district of Anxian, Mianyang, Sichuan (€ 61,741);  
• Building highways in Tangjiahe Village, Anlehe Township and Ningqiang located in the province of Shaanxi (€ 55,410).

 More information: Cooperation report in China

 

3. Biofuel process in Dominican Republic

The objective of the Project is to increase the income generation alternatives of families with scarce means of support in rural communities of the south-west of Dominican Republic, by means of biofuel production and trade. For that purpose, a semi-industrial biofuel processing plant will be implemented in Barahona.

The project will be developed in coordination with Cooperativa de Productores de Banano Orgánico Luis Pérez (COOPROBAOLUPE), association devoted to organic banana crop for export and small subsistence crops. The project aims to strengthen the cooperative and increase it number of members, although peasants from other associations might also benefit.

Seeds and necessary training for the new crop (Jatropha) will be provided. The area where the project will be developed has an arid climate, with a lot of land disuse due to unproductiveness and degradation. Nowadays they are used for extensive livestock breeding or they are abandoned. Jatropha has a exceptional capacity to adapt to arid land, promoting at the same time area’s reforestation.

An annual biofuel production of 70,000 litres is expected.

The project will be 8 months long, it will benefit 150 families and will be developed with Fundación CODESPA.

 

More information: Biodiesel report; Proyect pictures

 

4. Spray irrigation promotion in India

This project aims to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of rural populations in Anantapur district (India), through the installation of spray irrigation systems in order to improve and optimizate water resources use.

The place where the project is developed is an area with rain water scarcity and where the irrigation techniques used are not suitable. This causes rapid water exhaustion and a groundwater decrease. Changing traditional irrigation and agricultural methods for a micro-irrigation system is the only way to achieve a responsible water use and a sustainable agricultural development.

428 acres of land are expected to have spray irrigation systems in Nallamada area, district of Anantapur, and 183 families will benefit from the project. All favoured people belong to the most unfavourable society classes: dalits or untouchables, Scheduled Castes (SC) and Schedules Tribes (ST), as well as Other Backward Castes (OBC) or former sudras.

The project will be 12 months long and it will be developed in collaboration with Fundación Vicente Ferrer.

 

More information: Spray irrigation in India report

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