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EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

This social enterprise has a triple value: it allows young Mozambicans to learn a new job, it provides a nutritious product to the children of Ressano Garcia at a social price, and, due to its high profitability, it creates a fund for university scholarships for young people who wish to study.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

The Scalabrini Sisters, a partner of AGAPE since 2000, work daily to restore the dignity of young migrants: often minors and alone, the Scalabrini Centre in Ressano Garcia takes care of them when they arrive in the city. Our more than ten years of experience working side by side with the Scalabrini Sisters, led us to develop a different and innovative business idea: to open a solidarity ice cream parlour that, every year, would give several young people the chance to train in a high quality job.

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Impact

TRAINING

The young migrants who arrive in Ressano Garcia almost never manage to finish their studies because they have to start taking care of themselves and their families at a very early age. They are forced to adapt to any kind of work, undeclared, poorly paid and much more like real exploitation. The ice cream parlour allows them to gain real work experience and learn skills that they can employ also in the future.

NUTRITION

Ice cream not only tastes good but it is also a healthy and nutritious food for the children of Ressano Garcia, who often suffer from malnutrition. Indeed: the presence of milk and eggs guarantees a good protein intake; milk also provides a good concentration of minerals (especially calcium and phosphorus) and some vitamins (such as A and some of the B group). Finally, the sugars contained in ice cream are all easily absorbed by our bodies and represent an immediate source of energy.

SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The idea of financing a fund for scholarships or vocational courses from the surplus profits of the ice cream parlour is directly related to the goal of the project. Every year, more and more young people express the desire to attend university. As the country’s economy grows rapidly, so does their wish to improve their own and their family’s situation, but they often do not have the conditions to pay the tuition fee.

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The ice-cream laboratory route

  • 2018 – Sister Carla, Damião and José Maria go to Italy for a month to learn the principles of gelato and pastry making;
  • 2019 – Both the ice cream parlour and the sales point open in Ressano Garcia with the participation of Italian partners. We start activities with great enthusiasm and begin to expand sales in Maputo as well;
  • 2020 – 2021 – With the pandemic, production takes a hit and for many months we are forced to stop, thus moving away from the goal of sustainability;
  • 2022 – We resume production with the aim of increasing sales in Maputo;
  • 2023 – We are looking for a partner in Maputo with the aim of opening a place both for production and sales in the city as well. The aim is to give the trained young people and some new ones the chance to test themselves in a more complex and competitive reality;
  • 2024 – Alberto opened his ice cream shop at the FEIMA in Maputo, where the guys from Ressano work. Come and visit them!
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Partners

A scuola di gusto
Carpigiani Gelato University
Comet
Comune di Anzola dell’Emilia
Fabbri 1905
Fondazione Bruto e Poerio Carpigiani
Gino Fabbri
Ifi
Irmas Missionarias de Sao Carlos Borromeo – Scalabrinianas
Ministério da Juventude e Desporto
Ministério da Indústria e Comércio
Rotary Club Bologna Valle dell’Idice
Rotary Club POLANA
Rotary Distretto 2072 Emilia Romagna Repubblica di San Marino
Rotary Foundation

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Come try ice cream at FEIMA in Maputo

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