SPECIAL SELF-HELP FY-07 ANNUAL REPORT

UNCLAS KINSHASA 001234 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/EPS, AF/DP/PAB SSH COORDINATOR - CAROLE TRIMBLE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KDEM EAID CG SUBJECT: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FY-07 ANNUAL REPORT STATUS OF SSH FY 2006 -------------- ¶1. All 2006 activities have been completed and all funds liquidated. All projects prior to 2006 have been completed and closed out. STATUS OF SSH FY 2007 -------------- ¶2. Twelve projects were selected with the $100,000.00 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa FY 2007. Post greatly appreciates the increase in funding from FY 2006. The Charge obligated the full allocation October 23 at a Special Self Help signing ceremony. ¶3. Status of all 12 projects: Contracts signed and grantees working to provide pro-formas. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-01 Kasai Oriental Project Name: Lycee Okako Awoto Amount: $7,500 Description: Lycee Okako Awoto is a girls' secondary school. It was partially destroyed during the civil war. Funds will be used to rebuild three classrooms. Beneficiaries: Approximately 1,200 schoolgirls annually Local Input: Labor involved in rebuilding classrooms Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-02 Kinshasa Project Name: Inst. & E.P. Mayele Na Bomoi I Amount: $10,000 Description: Primary and secondary school with a student population of over 1,200 and no clean water source. The location is ONE of the poorest in Kinshasa, serving three low-income districts. Funds will provide benches and a clean water supply for the students. For many students the school is the only place they may access clean water. School is well-run with a good track record of project completion. Beneficiaries: Approximately 1,200 students annually. Local Input: They completed a ten-stall bathroom facility this year worth $6,000 Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-03 Katanga Project Name: Mukabe-Kasari Puits Amount: $10,000 Description: Provide potable water for the community of Mukabe-Kasari, near Kolwezi by digging a well and providing holding tanks. Water will also be used in community medical center/hospital, reducing the prevalence of water-borne diseases in the community. Beneficiaries: Approximately 13,700 persons. Local Input: $3,000 towards the project. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-04 Kinshasa Project Name: Hope Clinic Amount: $11,000 Description: Dr. Tudiabioko runs a very active clinic located in ONE of the poorer districts of Kinshasa. This group's newest addition, a nine-bed maternity ward, is already filled and staff has resorted to placing two mothers in each bed. It is very difficult to pay staff and maintain the clinic on the low hospital fees they charge. Electricity in their neighborhood is unstable and often off for days at a time. Funds will purchase beds and a generator for the clinic. Beneficiaries: Approximately 14,000 annually. Local Input: The group owns and maintains the property and pays staff Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-05 Katanga Project Name: Club UNESCO Ntcheko Amount: $4,000 Description: Club UNESCO provides literacy and simple livelihood training to impoverished women in Kalemie, a city economically devastated by war and loss of productive industry. The project teaches women and girls literacy, including topics such as HIV/AIDS, nutrition, hygiene, family planning, and basic money management. They will use the funds to purchase sewing machines which will enable them to teach the women how to sew. Beneficiaries: About 500 women and young mothers. Local Input: They cover salaries of staff and women provide their own supplies Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-06 Equateur Project Name: Forum des Parlementaires pour le Developpement en Milieu Rural Amount: $8,000 Description: Fifty years ago the medical center of Boso Gba was established to provide medical aid for the sector of Gombalo. The health center, which serves 20 villages, desperately needs new medical equipment and a new roof. Grant funds will purchase medical equipment, roofing tin and a water tank. Beneficiaries: The clinic serves a community of about 100,000 people Local Input: The community will provide labor and boards for the roof Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-07 Kasai Oriental Project Name: Ameka Congo, ASBL Amount: $7,500 Description: Ameka will aid the Dimumbe village farmers' cooperative by providing them with the tools necessary to harvest and process rubber. These farmers have 58 hectares of old trees and 75 hectares of new trees. With the growing demand for rubber they are anxious to maintain and improve their plantations; however they lack funds to purchase the most basic tools necessary for maintaining and harvesting latex from the trees. Funds will purchase necessary tools and equipment. A number of companies in Kinshasa are anxious to buy rubber including VIP in Limite which makes sandals, and NOCAFEX. The project will reinvest some of the rubber revenue to extend the project to 73 additional villages. Beneficiaries: 100 farmers and their families initially, up to 3,000 farmers eventually Local Input: Labor Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-08 Mahagi, Orientale Project Name: Centre Universitaire de Mahagi Amount: $13,000 Description: The University of Mahagi began as an effort to provide higher education for the youth of Mahagi and surrounding area. Officially recognized by the government in July 2000, it offers degrees in arts and letters, law, psychology, and education. The small university has many needs: ONE of the most pressing is a library. Funds will purchase books, chairs, tables and bookshelves. Beneficiaries: Sixty-four students Local Input: They maintain the University Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-09 Bandundu Project Name: Developpement Durable et Communautaire (DDC) Amount: $9,500 Description: DDC will refurbish a 35- meter metal bridge located in an agricultural region. The bridge was originally surfaced with boards, which have since rotted away. The group will surface the bridge with metal, making it more resistant to weather and wear and tear. Refurbishing the bridge will decrease the expense of transporting agricultural produce, and will aid travelers by providing a shorter route from Mokamo to Bulungu, and from Kilunda to Kinshasa through Mokamo. Beneficiaries: 10,000-plus people annually Local Input: DDC will cover all the labor involved in building the bridge Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-10 Kinshasa Project Name: Clinique Kimbangu Amount: $5,500 Description: SSH funds purchased ONE water tank last year for this center in a $630 project. They will use this year's grant to construct a model kitchen and classroom to train mothers, family, and community caregivers in nutrition, food preparation and hygiene. Funds will also purchase two water tanks, plumbing for system, benches and construction of kitchen and classroom. Beneficiaries: The clinic treats about 6,000 people annually Local Input: NGO owns clinic and does a very good job of maintaining it. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-11 Bandundu Project Name: ASSOCIATION D'INITIATIVE RURALE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT (AIRD) Amount: $10,000 Description: This non-profit organization was created in 1998 to promote rural development. AIRD is promoting cultivation of soybeans to increase protein intake where malnutrition is severe. They will purchase a machine to make dehydrated soy protein. The machine will be used by numerous villages. This pilot project could be extended to other areas. Beneficiaries: The area has a population of ONE million Local Input: Labor, fuel, transportation of equipment, and generator. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-12 Kinshasa Project Name: E.P. Hebrone Amount: $4,000 Description: Last year this group received funds to construct a four room classroom and completed the project very well. There is no source of water near the school. They will use this year's grant to provide water for the school. Funds will purchase two 1000-liter water containers to collect rain water from the roof and build an enclosed room to protect the tanks. Beneficiaries: Three hundred schoolgirls and boys. Local Input: Labor BROCK