The project was mainly sponsored by a Swiss foundation, which became aware of our initiative during their holiday on Santo Antao and decided to support the financing of the construction in an utmost selfless way. Beside this essential financial support, the project has been assisted by several in-kind donations from Italian and Portuguese companies. Part of the furniture has been donated by a German Tour Operator. In order to making the project successful, an important contribution was made by local people, who offered their manpower voluntarily, without any compensation.