Sanctuary of Our Lady of Peneda
2019 Commissioned by RAD - Reignite Action for Development UK| Peneda Geres, Alto Minho, Portugal
Developing and creating visual contend to be used as grand fund acquisition information for the Diocese of Minho in Portugal for the project - Eyesight 2030, Celebrating the Past, to Evaluate the Present and Design the Future- Breaking the cycle of desertification and poverty involves empowering communities to improve their live hoods for the Rural Sustainable Development in the north of Portugal.
The environment we breathe has the contours of a harsh reality, with social wounds and generalized tiredness, discouraging, which need reconciliation, time, and attention.
The biggest, oldest and best-known Sanctuary of Alto Minho and Galicia.
Breaking the cycle of desertification and poverty involves empowering communities to improve their livelihoods for sustainable development.
We bring a holistic approach to development, working with local communities and their people to develop a long-term strategy that focuses on key areas that provide an effective and sustainable solution.
Mariana Matoso (Founder and CEO of Reignite Action for Development), 2012
The idea is to convert the surroundings of the 18th-century religious temple, which receives an annual average of 50,000 visitors, into a mega-project turned not only to religious tourism, but above all to nature tourism.
Raul Fernandes (Priest and Commissioner of the Bishop), 2011
The Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Peneda lives for the pilgrims, pilgrims and tourists who come to it in search of rest and peace, light and strength for their lives. The ecstatic landscapes, the surrounding forest, the water flowing down the mountain, the services provided and, above all, the temple dedicated to the Virgin Mother of God who, under the invocation of Nossa Senhora da Peneda, welcome everyone as his sons and daughters to offer them that love and protection that his Son Jesus can give.
Anacleto Oliveira (Bishop of Viana do Castelo), 2011