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.

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