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Foundawtion
Organización sin ánimo de lucro dedicada a la cooperación, la ayuda al desarrollo y la acción socialdesarrollando proyectos de arquitectura, educación y diseño.
Basic Spanish Communication Workshop for Welcoming Visitors in Thionk Essyl
Basic Spanish Communication Workshop for Welcoming Visitors in Thionk Essyl
Volunteers Silvia Padrón Revillaand Pinja Ratilainenled a Basic Spanish Communication Workshop for people who regularly interact with visitors to Thionk Essyl, including international volunteers and tourists.
Over the course of four days, participants worked on practical communication skills for tourism-related situations, focusing on vocabulary and expressions commonly used in accommodation, restaurants, and transportation.
The workshop brought together a highly motivated and fairly homogeneous group of participants who were eager to learn or improve their Spanish in order to communicate more effectively with visitors to the community.
The workshop followed a participatory approach. Dialogues and practical expressions were studied in Spanish and French before being translated into Diola to support understanding and learning. Participants also recorded the dialogues as audio files, which were shared through a WhatsApp group created specifically for the workshop, allowing them to continue practicing outside the classroom.In addition to the practical communication activities, participants worked on basic grammar topics, including numbers and adverbs of time and place.
As part of the initiative, Spanish language teaching materials were donated to support continued learning: two books were given to the teacher at the Thionk Essyl Social Centre and four books were donated to the volunteer camps. During their stay, the volunteers also held a meeting with Galibour, a local traders’ association made up mainly of women and young people working to strengthen local commerce in Thionk Essyl.
The session included an introduction to basic project management concepts to support the association’s current initiative to import fabrics from Ziguinchor and sell them during peak commercial periods such as Ramadan and Christmas.
This workshop helped strengthen the community’s communication skills, improving its capacity to welcome international visitors while also supporting local initiatives for economic development.
Campus Basket 2026 organized by QBasket
Campus Basket 2026 organized by QBasket
Qbasket strengthened its commitment to solidarity with Thionck Essyl (Senegal) this June through a new edition of its basketball camp, held from 20 to 27 June. Seven club volunteers worked alongside the coaches of Thionck Basket Club (TBC) to provide basketball training to nearly 50 children and young people, promoting values such as respect, commitment and teamwork.During the visit, basketballs, team kits and sports shoes were donated, basketball hoops were repaired, and support was provided to local schools to encourage the practice of basketball throughout the year.The project, carried out in collaboration with the Foundawtion Foundation, further strengthens the partnership between the two organisations and reaffirms Qbasket’s commitment to promotingthe growth of basketball as a tool for education and social cohesion, with plans already underwayfor a fifth edition in 2
Transparency Report 2025
Check out our Transparency Report 2025
* In the interest of transparency, every year we publish our annual activity report, where you can learn about our work in detail.
DEAR FRIENDS:
We close 2025 with the feeling of having lived through an especially intense year for Foundawtion. A year in which we have continued working in Senegal and Namibia at the same time—two very different realities that have challenged us greatly as a team, but have also confirmed that the effort is worthwhile when it is transformed into tangible opportunities for children, young people, and communities.
In Namibia, we reached the end of a complex project, carried out far from our usual base of operations and with all the challenges involved in working in a new context for a small foundation like ours. Being able to bring it to completion with promising prospects for the future is a tremendous source of satisfaction and encourages us to continue believing in this way of working: prudent, close to the people we serve, and committed.
In Senegal, the Bajankusoor Vocational Training Center has continued to progress, not only as a construction project but also as a place of learning. The workshops and training sessions carried out throughout the construction process remind us of something that has always been essential for Foundawtion: building also means educating, sharing knowledge, and strengthening local capacities. We would especially like to highlight the participation and training of women, which deeply moves us and reconnects us with the spirit of “building a school” that began with the CEM Kamanar secondary school.
We are also very proud to see how Eno Kaoussou, our site manager at Bajankusoor, has successfully organized teams, trained workers, and strengthened an increasingly rigorous local construction company
Florencia Cairo, visual artist and Women’s ambassador for Foundawtion
Florència Cairo és artista plàstica i Ambaixadora de les Dones per a Foundawtion, des d’on impulsa espais d’intercanvi, visibilització i valorització dels sabers femenins a Casamance.
Travel Memoir and Documentation by Jordi Garcia and Eva Morey
During the years 2025 and 2026, Jordi Garcia and Eva Morey made two trips to the community of Tionck Essyl, in Senegal, with the aim of documenting different aspects of community life and the evolution of the projects promoted by the foundation in the region.
Drawing and emotions workshop
From March 30 to April 3, 2026, Rodrigo Parrón Yuste and Amanda Recio González taught a drawing and emotions workshop aimed at primary school students at the Thionk Essyl school.
Drawing, creativity, and t-shirt design workshop
Eloi Rocamora and Lola Royo, with the assistance of Pinja Ratilainen, taught a creative drawing and second-hand clothing customization workshop at the primary school in Thionck Essyl, aimed at about 80 children between 6 and 12 years old.
Drawing and animation workshop for children
Drawing and animation workshop for children
From March 30 to April 3, 2026, María Pulido Aguza and Silvia Padrón Revilla led a drawing and animation workshop aimed at introducing children aged 9 to 11 to the world of audiovisual animation in a creative, practical, and accessible way, using simple and easily reproducible resources. A group of primary school students from the Thionck Essyl school participated.
The training team was composed of:
Maria Pulido, animation art director and main person responsible for the technical and artistic content of the workshop.
Silvia Padrón Revilla, support for coordination, pedagogical support and dynamization of activities.
Mr. Abdou, teacher at the center, in charge of support in group management, daily support and linguistic and cultural mediation.
The workshop allowed not only to teach an artistic technique, but also to open a space for expression, play and creativity for children, reinforcing their ability to imagine, tell stories and work in a team.
Animation was a very powerful pedagogical tool, especially for its ability to combine art, narrative, technology and active participation.
Namaqua Kalahari Children’s Hope Inauguration
On January 20th, the Namaqua Kalahari Children’s Hope shelter was officially inaugurated in Gochas…
