SELF-HELP INTERIM OBLIGATION REPORT - HARARE

UNCLAS HARARE 000824 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR AF/EPS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON AFIN SUBJECT: SELF-HELP INTERIM OBLIGATION REPORT - HARARE REF: STATE 106757 ¶1. Following is the interim report on project selection of AmEmbassy Harare's FY-05 Self-Help allowance of US $100,000. Post does not anticipate returning any money for re-allocation. Post has focused funding on the following areas based on the current harsh economic climate and the HIV/Aids pandemic: women, children and orphans, HIV/Aids, water development and income generation. IAA-5-613-01 - YOUNG COALITION CENTER - $6,000.00 The organization trains youth for income-generating projects and assists orphans by paying school fees and buying uniforms. A qualified brick-molder machinist currently trains the youths using two-hand molders that results in substandard products. The center is in a position to provide building materials for community members impacted by government destruction of purportedly unauthorized homes. The SSH funds were used for an electric brick-molding machine in order to increase the quantity and quality of production. IAA-5-613-02 - NEW "ERROR" WOMEN'S SEWING PROJECT - $3,000 In 2003 a group of 10 HIV-affected women formed a sewing co-op aiQat training disadvantaged and HIV-positive women and girls in making schQ uniformQor local schools. The group sought SSH funds for the purchase of new sewing machines and an embroidery machine to produce better quality uniforms. IAA-5-613-03 - KUFUNDA LEARNING VILLAGE - $1,000.00 The project assists poor rural communities build easy, cheap compost toilets as an alternative to concrete latrines, which many cannot afford. The toilet provides rich humus fertilizer for crops. Members of the Kufunda Learning Village are working with five communities and have already supplied 100 compost toilets to each community. Kufunda sought to expand the scope of the project to include additional communities. SSH funds are providing funds to purchase material for 65 compost toilet starter kits. IAA-53-613-04 - KAPIRI SECONDARY SCHOOL - $7,000.00 Housed at the Kapiri secondary school, the project sought SSH funds to construct a grinding mill operation. The project is monitored and operated by the school development committee comprised of community members, parents and teachers. It will serve as an income generation tool for the community. The school development committee is providing 25% of the total cost of the project. �A;IAA-53-613-05 - MUKARO GARDENING & CONSERVATION - $6,000.00 With the assistance of the Rural Unity for Development Organization (RUDO),the 259-member Mukaro community gardening project has worked in 39 villages to provide more than 900 orphans with access to community gardens through the purchase of materials and training in organic farming methods. Proceeds from the sale of vegetables, which totaled $214 million ZWD in 2004, have further contributed to the purchase of clothes, food, and education for these orphans. Under RUDO management, SSH funds are being used to provide fencing, start-up materials, and toilets for the completion of an eight-hectare herbal plantation. The sale of produce will increase project income, as well as provide the community with access to herbs associated with the relief HIV/Aids. IAA-5-613-06 - BONDA ART & CRAFT PROJECT - $8,000.00 This thirty women co-op, establish in 1993, produces batik products using various production techniques. The women developed a process to produce batik products using local material such as cotton and sadza. The SSH funds have expanded their sadza-batik production through the purchase of new drying racks, a tin roof, and other materials. IAA-5-613-07 - DZIDZAI FOUNDATION TRUST - $3,000.00 This is a registered community organization, based at Hauna growth point in the Honde valley, which offers training in sewing, knitting, and catering skills to women and youths that are unable to pursue further academic education. Formed in the early 1980's by 13 women, the organization built a training center with financial assistance from Norwegian people's aid. The center used SSH funds to purchase four new electric sewing machines. IAA-5-613-08 - DUMBABWE SANGANO WOMEN CENTER - $9,000.00 The original proposal for this project requested funds to install a borehole to increase water access for herb gardens and other income generation activities. However, before the SSH funds could be allocated, the center acquired funds from elsewhere. Thus, the SSH agreement was never signed and the original proposal has been voided. In order to use these funds, amendments are being submitted on other FY-05 projects that fell short of funds to complete their proposed work. IAA-5-613-09 - LUPOTE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT - $17,000.00 Through a partnership with the Painted Dog Conservation Society, a former USAID partner, the Lupote primary school established a vegetable garden in 2004 to generate income as an alternative to community members' poaching animals for income. The garden, adjacent to the school grounds, is used to train the local community in small garden techniques and sustainable agricultural practices. SSH funds are being used to provide a borehole to increase income-generating activities, promote environmentally sustainable agriculture production, and provide potable water to the primary school. IAA-5-613-10 - MKAUZANENI HORTICULTURAL PROJECT - $11,500 The Mkauzaneni Horticulture project is a small community garden project run by 10 women on the premises of the Mkauzeneni primary school. In FY-02, SSH funds provided piping and a water tank as part of a project to increase production on a 12-hectare plot of land adjacent to the school. However, due to accounting problems with the original contractor, FY-05 resources were needed to provide a pump and piping for the completion of the project. With the borehole pump and water reservoir, the community will be able to diversify and add projects, such as, poultry, pig and rabbit production. IAA-5-613-11 - UKUTHUTHUKA WATER PROJECT - $12,000 Ukuthuthuka Kwempilo is a community-based group that has been in existence for five years. The community currently draws water from a river seven km away. The group is well organized with a water committee of eight members. In FY-02, SSH funds were provided to install a borehole, piping, and water tank. However, problems in locating water required digging multiple boreholes that led to significant cost overruns. The community remains without water. FY-05 funds are being used to complete the project under the original terms of the agreement between the U.S. Embassy and the community. IAA-5-613-12 - YOUNG GENERATION PRESCHOOL - $5,000 This pre-school and nursery is operated by three teachers. Despite the lack of a hard structure, toilets, or furniture, 120 children are cared for daily in the Hatcliffe extension community. SSH funds are being used to construct a temporary structure, toilet, and furniture for the creche, allowing children in the community to learn in a classroom setting for the first time. Any additional resources will be used for the purchase of school supplies. IAA-5-613-13 - GOKWE JOMBO HORTICULTURAL PROJECT - $11,500 This project was initially funded in 2002 to assist a community of 80 families with a borehole for clean drinking water and irrigation for a two-hectare garden plot. The grant was used to pay for a borehole, tank, security fencing and garden tools in order to increase income for members of the mostly HIV positive group. The grant amount was US $13,000. The community provided all the labor for the project. The project did not achieve its goals because of a decrease in the water table and problems with the borehole contractor. FY-05 SSH is providing for additional piping, a diesel pump, and outlet taps to complete the work. The SSH office plans to employ a hydrological consultant to determine the full extent of materials needed to complete the project. DELL