| The Nyarut Village
Community Development Project has been initiated
and run by the current Coordinator, Leslee Greenaway,
since October, 2004. |
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This is a multi-phase project that will provide basic
necessities for survival and improved daily living. It
will benefit the families, orphans, and widows in the
immediate and extended community by significantly improving
community health, lowering the mortality rate; increasing
availability and quality of education, increasing community
food production, and creating business opportunities thus,
promoting long-term self-sustainability.
Since this is a long term project that must be divided
into several phases to be manageable and realistic, the
intention will be to apply for funding again in the future.
The current projection is to complete the proposed multi-phase
work over a 2-3 year period. Phase 1 will
begin in spring of 2007. |
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| Plans
for Phase I and Phase II |
A needs assessment done in February 2006, revealed a
high orphan and widow population; high death rate due
to malaria and HIV/AIDS; grandmothers attempting to care
for several orphans; the only source of drinking water
is rainwater and a filthy river; poor hygiene; no irrigation
system to bring water to the crops; inadequate & dilapidated
mud classrooms with no furnishings; no health center close
by; pit latrines collapsing due to the rains; inadequate
tools/equipment for farming; farmland unfenced enabling
animals to trample and eat the crops; and people eager
to develop a sustainable life style but needing some basic
tools and guidelines to get started.
These people live in extreme poverty. The women in the
village and area have organized to form a registered Nyarut
Women’s Group to identify problems
in the community, propose solutions, and work together
in improving their situation. They have an executive,
and for the purpose of this project they have chosen 6
individuals to be the decision-makers to work with the
volunteers. Problems identified include high death rate;
high number of orphans and widows; elderly guardians caring
for numerous orphans; no adequate access to medical facilities;
poorly educated children due to inadequate school facilities;
children frustrated by the living conditions running away
to join gangs thus increasing the crime rate. The population
has an active church body which bonds the community together.
he self-motivation of The
Nyarut Women’s Group, and the enthusiasm
with which the village people in general seek assistance,
will ensure their active participation in the project,
and its ultimate success. They have enthusiastically offered
to help build their new community structure. They have
a nurse and government-paid teachers available, but inadequate
facilities in which to work.
Regular visits in the multi-phase development will allow
donors and volunteers to readily monitor the progress
and meet challenges when they arise. |
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| NYARUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
– PHASE 1 |
| Spring/Summer 2007 |
- Meet with local professionals to engineer &
design the various project sections
- Purchase materials for spring projects
- Build concrete/stone-lined pit latrines
- Install irrigation system
- Install barbed wire fencing for agricultural land.
- Research solar energy potential for water purification
& lighting within village
- Clear, transport & distribute inventory from
the two 40 foot containers
- Offer training sessions to villagers re: health,
hygiene, HIV/AIDS prevention, agriculture, composting
methods, food preservation methods, small business
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| Fall, 2007 |
- Complete building of current partially finished
classroom.
- Build 5- room Health Center approx 37 x 81 feet.
- Set up health center & prepare for staffing.
- Drill a well for domestic water use.
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- Research solar energy potential for water purification
& lighting within village
- Offer training to key village personnel to continue
in absence of volunteers.
- Offer training sessions to villagers re: health,
hygiene, HIV/AIDS, agriculture, composting, food preserving
methods, nutrition, education, teaching methods, business
issues such as micro-finance program, small business,
crafts, sewing.
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| NYARUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
– PHASE II |
| Spring, 2008 |
- Complete and furnish Health Center.
- Build 2 classroom buildings each 21 x 50 feet,
housing 4 classrooms.
- Set up solar energy lighting and water purification
systems in the village.
- Offer further training sessions to villagers re:
health, hygiene, HIV/AIDS, agriculture, composting,
food preserving methods, nutrition, education, equipment
maintenance, teaching methods, business issues such
as micro-finance program, small business, crafts,
sewing.
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| Fall, 2008 |
- Build and furnish a community hall with attached
kitchen.
- Install more solar units.
- Offer more training sessions to villagers re: health,
hygiene, HIV/AIDS, agriculture, composting, food preserving
methods, nutrition, education, equipment maintenance,
teaching methods, business issues.
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| Materials, equipment and access to other resources
to carry out the Project: |
- Rental of a 4WD vehicle allows safe and reliable
transport for volunteers, and flexibility and mobility
in pricing, purchasing, and bringing in materials
to the rural village of Nyarut.
- Internet via laptop computer and cyber cafés
will be used for research and outside communication
- Mobile phones for communication
- Land for the buildings will be provided by the
Village community
- Manpower for the labour will be provided by the
village residents, under the auspices of The Nyarut
Women’s Group.
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| PROJECT PARTNERS AND BENEFICIARIES |
| The
Nyarut Women’s Group will represent the
community as a whole. They will organize community labour
for the building construction, and installations,
and serve as primary decision-makers on project issues.
The Nyarut SDA Church is the umbrella Charitable Organization
under which the Nyarut Women’s Group functions. |
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| 2002 - Nyarut Women organized to form
a registered Women’s Group to look at the socio-economic
problems within their community. |
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| 2004 - They submitted a request for
humanitarian aid. They cited problems due to HIV/AIDS,
malaria, unclean water, high death rate, escalating hunger,
poverty leading to poor education, large number of orphans,
child labour and children running away to join gangs.
Their goal was to “address the problems of hunger,
health and provide children with basic needs to control
their emotional and psychological feelings about their
situation” also stating that “self dependence”
as the ultimate goal for their community. |
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Leslee Greenaway first met with the
Nyarut
Women’s Group in Feb 2006 when she
conducted an on-site needs assessment. They met again
in June, 2006 to further discuss plans for the project.
She was impressed with their self-motivated organization,
their desire to achieve a better life for the community,
and their desire for sustainability. During the June visit,
some supplies, mosquito nets and sewing machines and accessories
were purchased.
Leslee Greenaway will
act as the Canadian project coordinator. She is a well-respected
realtor, based in Edmonton. Leslee has B.Sc.in
biology and psychology and a M.Sc. in Home Economics (design).Her
past research and project planning experience makes her
well qualified as Project Manager/Coordinator, to implement
and oversee a project such as this. Leslee will be responsible
for organizing volunteers, and receiving, distributing
and accounting for all funds. She has had experience in
many 3rd world countries over the past 30 years.
Canadian volunteers will assist in leading this project,
including acting as professional Section-Coordinators.
They will offer assistance as educators and hands-on workers
along with the villagers. The Nyarut Women’s Group
is enthusiastic to participate in the betterment of their
community. There is one local nurse and 3-4 teachers available
as local professionals. |
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| PROJECT BENEFICIARIES |
The direct beneficiaries will be the residents of Nyarut
Village, including a high population of women, children,
orphans, and widows. The surrounding community as a whole
will also benefit, through the availability of school,
medical and other facilities.
The beneficiaries have been actively involved in the planning
and preparation for this community development. The villagers
will be directly involved with all decision-making, and
labour for building construction, and installations in
the future project. Past involvement is as follows: |
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| Feb 2006 – Leslee Greenaway visited
Nyarut and met with The
Nyarut Women’s Group. They discussed
needs and potential solutions; they introduced Leslee
to the educational, medical, agriculture, latrine, and
water issues in person. They discussed potential income
generating businesses with community sustainability
as the goal. |
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| June 2006 – Leslee Greenaway
met with them again. Seeds were donated and mosquito nets,
two sewing machines, and sewing supplies were purchased.
They further discussed issues and planned for future aid.
They formed an executive of 6 members for decision-making.
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| Nov 2006 – A water specialist
from the University of Alberta, Terry Lachance, stayed
at the village to assess the water situation for a potential
Biosand filter. Biosand Filters remove most parasites
and bacteria from contaminated water. He determined that
the river water was not even clean enough to prepare the
sand and gravel for use in the filter and that the poverty
level was too low in the area to even purchase a filter
or let alone start a small filter product business to
supply surrounding villages. We will work to remedy this. |
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| This project plan will provide basic necessities
for improved health, literacy and sustainability which
will in turn improve the economic social situation in
the area as a whole. This project can be used as a model
for similar future development in neighboring communities,
as the current economic state of Nyarut is mirrored throughout
western Kenya. |
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| WHO IS THE SPONSORING NON-PROFIT
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION? |
| The Alberta Distribution Relief Agency-Aid Society
International (ADRA-ASI) will act as the umbrella under
which containers are filled and sent overseas, and tax-
deductible receipts are issued to all donors. |
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| It is a group of volunteers, whose mandate is to assist
developing countries in a humanitarian aid capacity, in
order to reduce poverty. The organization has been serving
needy countries since 1996 and to date has sent over 135
containers of medical, educational, agricultural and household
inventory, as well as clothing and food goods world-wide.
It is composed of a relatively small group of volunteers
primarily from the Edmonton area but with several clothing
depots and volunteers throughout Alberta. The quantity
of donations being received has necessitated the opening
of an inventory warehouse close to Edmonton where items
are sorted and stored until shipping. The warehouse itself
was built totally through donations. ADRA-ASI is a Registered
Charitable Organization, and as such, can issue registered
charitable donation tax receipts. |
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| PROJECT MONITORING |
ADRA/ASI will ensure the funds awarded, will be used
for stated purposes.
The multi-phase nature of this project will ensure that
for 2007 & 2008 there will be a Coordinator and reliable
volunteers on site at least 2 times per year to continue
with the project, monitor and measure previously completed
work. It is expected that this project will continue to
new levels past 2008 and the Coordinator will return to
the site 1-2 times yearly to stay in touch with the monitoring
and ensure that the project continues to progress as anticipated.
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| How much of each dollar donated will benefit
the Nyarut Village People? |
| To date all administrative costs have been absorbed
by the Coordinator, with 100% of donations going to the
village. With the expansion of the project, there will
be more administration costs. Administration costs within
Canada will be kept to an absolute minimum but the exact
amount will need to be confirmed at the end of Phase I.
It is anticipated that foreign administration costs may
amount to less than 5%. Administration costs within Kenya
will pay the locals for their services and will therefore
benefit the economy in the community. These costs will
be confirmed at the end of Phase 1. |
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