SPECIAL SELF-HELP FY 2008 ANNUAL REPORT

UNCLAS KINSHASA 001117 SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/EPS, AF/DP/PAB SSH COORDINATOR - CAROLE TRIMBLE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL EAID CG SUBJECT: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FY 2008 ANNUAL REPORT STATUS OF SSH FY 2007 -------------- ¶1. All projects prior to FY 2007 have been liquidated and closed out. ¶2. Twelve projects were selected with the $100,000 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa for FY 2007. The funds were obligated October 23, ¶2007. Seven of the twelve projects have been completed and Post does not anticipate any problems closing out the remaining five projects. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-01 Kasai Oriental Project Name: Lycee Okako Awoto Amount: $7,500 Description: Lycee Okako Awoto, a girls' secondary school, was partially destroyed during the pillages of the civil war. Funds rebuilt three classrooms. Beneficiaries: Approximately 1,200 school girls Local Input: Labor involved in rebuilding classrooms Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-02 Kinshasa Project Name: Inst. & E.P. Mayele Na Bomoi I Amount: $10,000 Description: A primary/secondary school with a student population of over 1,200 requested clean water source. The location is ONE of the poorest in Kinshasa, and serves three low income districts. Funds provided benches and a clean water supply. Beneficiaries: Approximately 1,200 students Local Input: They completed a ten stall bathroom facility this year worth $6,000 Status: Construction of clean water supply completed in September. Benches have been paid for and should be delivered very soon. Grantee submitted receipts for $5,295. Post is waiting for receipt for $4,705. 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 overall number of water-borne diseases in the community. Beneficiaries: Approximately 13,700 persons Local Input: $3,000 towards the project Status: All funds withdrawn and Post is waiting for receipts for $10,000. 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 impoverished districts of Kinshasa. This group is doing a fantastic job with the basic resources they have. Their newest addition, a nine bed maternity ward, is already filled and the staff has resorted to putting two mothers per bed. Funds purchased beds and a generator for the clinic. Beneficiaries: Approximately 14,000 Local Input: The group owns and maintains the property and pays staff. Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-05 Katanga Project Name: Club UNESCO Ntcheko Amount: $4,000 Description: The Club educates women and girls in literacy, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, hygiene, family planning, and basic money management. Funds purchased sewing machines to assist in teaching them a skill. Beneficiaries: About 500 women and young mothers Local Input: The Club pays salaries of staff, and women provide their own supplies. Status: All funds withdrawn and Post is waiting for receipts for $4,000. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-06 Equateur Project Name: Forum des Parlementaires pour le Developpement en Milieu Rural Amount: $8,000 Description: This fifty year old health-center, provides medical aid for twenty surrounding villages. Funds purchased medical equipment, roofing tin and a water tank. Beneficiaries: The clinic serves a community of about 100,000 people. Local Input: The community provided labor and boards for the roof. Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-07 Kasai Oriental Project Name: Ameka Congo, ASBL Amount: $7,500 Description: Ameka is assisting a village farmers' cooperative by providing tools to harvest and process latex. These farmers have 58 hectares of old trees and 75 hectares of new trees. Funds purchased basic tools necessary for maintaining and harvesting latex from the trees. The cooperative will reinvest some of the rubber revenue to extend the project to 73 additional villages. Beneficiaries: 100 farmers presently Local Input: Labor involved in maintaining plantations and harvesting latex Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-08 Orientale Project Name: Centre Universitaire de Mahagi Amount: $13,000 Description: The University of Mahagi offers degrees in arts and letters, law, psychology, and education. This small university has many needs; ONE of the most pressing is a library. Funds will purchase books pertaining to the four schools, in addition to chairs, tables and bookshelves for the library. Beneficiaries: Sixty-four students Local Input: They maintain the University Status: First advance for furniture has been completed and receipts for $3,585 liquidated. Grantee has withdrawn final advance to purchase books. Distance and communications delayed project but, Post is confident grantee will submit remaining receipts for $9,415 soon. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-09 Bandundu Project Name: Developpement Durable et Communautaire (DDC) Amount: $9,500 Description: DDC used funds to refurbish a 35 meter metal bridge which is located in a highly agricultural area. The bridge was originally surfaced with boards, which had rotted away. Beneficiaries: 10,000+ residents Local Input: DDC covered all the labor involved in refurbishing the bridge. Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-10 Kinshasa Project Name: Clinique Kimbangu Amount: $5,500 Description: The Clinic used funds to construct a classroom to train mothers, family members, and community caregivers in nutrition, food preparation and hygiene. Beneficiaries: The clinic treats about 6,000 people annually. Local Input: NGO owns clinic, maintains it and pays staff. Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-11 Bandundu Project Name: Association d'Initiative Rural Pour le Developpement (AIRD) Amount: $10,000 Description: AIRD promotes the cultivation of soybeans to increase protein intake where malnutrition is severe. Funds purchased a machine which makes dehydrated soy protein. TheQchine will be used by numerous villages. Beneficiaries: The area has a population of ONE million inhabitants. Local Input: Labor, fuel, transportation of equipment, and generator. Status: Soya dehydrator has been purchased and receipts for $8,750 submitted but machine has not been delivered. Post requested machine be delivered before grantee withdraws final advance of $1,250. Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-12 Kinshasa Project Name: E.P. Hebrone Amount: $4,000 Description: The school requested funds to provide a source of drinking water for the students. Funds purchased two 1000 liter water containers to store rain water from the roof and purchased materials to construct an enclosed room to protect the tanks. Beneficiaries: Three hundred school girls and boys. Local Input: Labor Status: Project completed well and all funds accounted for. STATUS OF SSH FY 2008 -------------- ¶3. Six projects from four different regions were selected with the $40,000 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa. A Special Self Help signing ceremony was held November 25, 2008 to obligate all the funds. ¶4. Status of the 6 projects: Contracts signed and grantees working to provide pro-formas. Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-01 Project Name: Union Baptiste Suedoise Amount: $7,500 Description: HEALTH zone of Nioki requests funds to rehabilitate seven wells and construct ten new sources of clean water for the population of Noki. Last year community of Noki suffered from a cholera epidemic which killed approximately 2000 people. Beneficiaries: 80% of the city of Nioki (approximately 100,748 people) Local Input: Sand and gravel for construction Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-02 Project Name: Paroisse St Pierre Claver de Kilengi Amount: $8,600 Description: Assist the population upgrade their rice production/marketing by purchasing a rice shelling machine. Beneficiaries: Population of Kilengi (20,500 families) Local Input: They provide labor and finances to operate the machine. Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-03 Project Name: Solidarite de la Femme Pour le Developpement Economique du Tanganika (SOFEDET) Amount: $6,500 Description: Rehabilitate a school with windows, doors and benches. Security forces pillaged the building and used the wood for cooking. Funds will purchase materials for the above items. Beneficiaries: 600 children and school staff Local Input: Whitewash for the walls, transport of materials Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-04 Project Name: La Vie Pour Tous "VIPOT" Amount: $5,000 Description: Educate and train vulnerable and HIV positive girls/women by teaching them sewing techniques thus aiding them in becoming self employed. Funds to purchase sewing machines and materials. Beneficiaries: 80 girls/women of Ngaba and Masina communes Local Input: VIPOT provides educators, a location and $1,290 in materials. Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-05 Project Name: Ecole Primaire Mupwa Amount: $6,500 Description: The low-income community of Mupwa requests boards, nails, cement and other materials to put windows, doors, and cement floors in their newly constructed primary school. Beneficiaries: Approximately 350 primary level students per year Local Input: All the bricks and labor necessary to construct this durable school. Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-06 Project Name: Federation des Entreprises du Congo FEC Butembo Amount: $5,900 Description: The Central Market of Butembo lacks restroom facilities for public use. FEC of Butembo would like to construct latrines but lacks sufficient funds. Grant funds will purchase materials to aid FEC in constructing public latrines. Beneficiaries: 600,000 habitants of Butembo Local Input: $1,860 in materials and $1,552 in labor GARVELINK