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05HARARE98
2005-01-19 08:50:00
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Embassy Harare
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ZIMBABWE,S AMBASSADOR,S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HARARE 000098 

SIPDIS

AF/S FOR BNEULING, AF/EPS, NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR

C. COURVELLE D. TEITELBAUM, USDOC FOR ROBERT TELCHIN,
TREASURY FOR OREN WYCHE-SHAW, PASS USTR FOR FLORIZELLE
LISER, STATE PASS USAID WASHDC FOR AFR/DP, STATE PASS USAID
WASHDC FOR AFR/SA, STATE PASS USAID FOR MARJORIE COPSON,
NAIROBI FOR REDSO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID XA ZI KPRP
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE,S AMBASSADOR,S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM
FINAL REPORT FOR FY2004 AND FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY 2005FY
2005

REF: STATE 06604

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HARARE 000098

SIPDIS

AF/S FOR BNEULING, AF/EPS, NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR

C. COURVELLE D. TEITELBAUM, USDOC FOR ROBERT TELCHIN,
TREASURY FOR OREN WYCHE-SHAW, PASS USTR FOR FLORIZELLE
LISER, STATE PASS USAID WASHDC FOR AFR/DP, STATE PASS USAID
WASHDC FOR AFR/SA, STATE PASS USAID FOR MARJORIE COPSON,
NAIROBI FOR REDSO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID XA ZI KPRP
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE,S AMBASSADOR,S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM
FINAL REPORT FOR FY2004 AND FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY 2005FY
2005

REF: STATE 06604


1. (U) Post does not anticipate returning any of its USD
89,100 FY 2004 Self-Help Allowance for re-allocation. Funds
were obligated on September 30, 2004 as outlined in
paragraphs 3, and 4 below.


2. (U) For FY 2005, post requests Self-Help funding be
restored to the FY 2003 level of USD 110,000. The continuing
socio-economic crises in Zimbabwe show no sign of subsiding
and the need for assistance continues to increase. Chronic
hyper-inflation eats away at funding before it can be used.
In this environment, stagnant funding levels would reduce
post,s ability to assist those in need. A decrease in
funding would magnify this effect even more. The Self-Help
Program represents one of the best remaining channels for the
USG to foster good relations with the people of Zimbabwe.
Self-Help projects not only create goodwill among Self-Help
beneficiaries, but the GOZ-controlled media also runs
positive stories on these projects.


3. (U) Due to funding cuts and triple-digit inflation, post
only funded 10 projects in FY 2004 compared to 16 projects in
FY 2003. Post funded 2 water projects; 3 income generation
projects, 2 school construction projects, 2 medical clinics,
and 1 training facility.

Project Number Project Name
Amount Funded
Description

IAA-04-613-01 Youth Ahead Zimbabwe
Allocation: USD 5,000.00
The grant provides sewing machines and an over locking
machine to assist this vocational training center in its
dressmaking, knitting, and welding classes.

IAA-04-613-02 Chinyadzo Clinic
Allocation: USD 9,000.00
The grant will provide this community-based clinic with roof
caps, doors, windows, beds, mattresses, and lockers to finish
constructing and furnishing the facility.

IAA-04-613-03 Mudavanhu School Project
Allocation: USD 8,500.00
The grant will provide a grinding mill to this school for
children with disabilities in order to help the school
generate income.

IAA-04-613-04 Munemo Clinic
Allocation: USD 16,000.00
The grant will help the local community build a new rural
health clinic for four hundred households in eight local
villages. The community submitted a proposal four years ago
but have only ramped up their efforts in the past year by
making bricks, bringing sand and gravel to the site,
trenching for the foundation, and making a reservoir for
water.

IAA-04-613-05 Nembuzia Primary School
Allocation: USD 6,000.00
The grant will provide piping to link the school with a
municipal water supply 2.5 km away. The school,s 672
students otherwise share dug wells with cattle. The school
has formed a water committee and the community will dig the
trench.

IAA-04-613-06 Nyachura Secondary School
Allocation: USD 15,000.00
The grant will provide classrooms and teacher housing, with
classrooms as the first priority in case the money runs out.
The 271 students and 12 teachers grow and sell vegetables
from the school garden to generate income for the school. The
school will provide skilled and unskilled labor for the
building project.

IAA-04-613-07 Makumbi Sewing Co-Op
Allocation: USD 4,500.00
The grant will purchase and over locking machine, fabric,
buttons and snaps, and other miscellaneous sewing items for
this 10-woman co-operative. These supplies will enable the
women to boost their production of girl,s uniforms for the
local Makumbi Mission School, which also provides the women
with a room to do their work.

IAA-04-613-08 Chinove Secondary School
Allocation: USD 11,000.00
The grant will enable the community to complete a new
2-classroom block, which they built with their own resources,
by providing roofing, window and doorframes, plastering, and
other hardware.

IAA-04-613-09 Musvovi Primary School
Allocation: USD 10,000.00
The grant will pay for new pipes, a water tank, and a
windmill pump for the school borehole.

IAA-04-613-10 Kushinga Nyangambe Paper Makers Co-Op
Allocation: USD 4,100.00
The grant will provide electricity and electrical outlets to
complete this 2001 Self-Help project. The Ministry of Youth
Development, Gender, and Employment Creation reneged on its
2001 promise to provide electricity to the site and the
women,s co-operative has since been unable to make use of
the electric paper-making machinery we provided.
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