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Hannelore
Chairperson
Community
Services Committee
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Keziah
Co-Chairperson
Community
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COMMUNITY
SERVICES
The AWA of Kenya Community Services Committee will consider
funding projects as
follows:
- Women's rights and opportunities
- Programmes for the Aged
- Abandoned / neglected children
- Handicapped
- Health (HIV/AIDS)
The following guidelines apply:
- AWA does not provide loans.
- AWA does not fund religious or
political activities.
- AWA generally does not give funds
for consumable items or building / construction materials,
but will consider such on a case to case basis.
- AWA does not give grants to
individuals or families.
- Proposals are usually recommended by
a member of the AWA and the project site visited prior to
consideration of funding. However, in some cases the AWA
also considered smaller projects which were presented by
letter from Women's Groups for sewing or knitting machines
or farm utensils.
- If a project has previously received funds, a report as to the disposition of those funds must be on file. This report should be reviewed when considering future proposals which are subject to the committee's current stated guidelines.
As a rule, the AWA expects a project to
wait for at least two years until a fresh application is
being presented.
- Efforts are made by the Community
Services Committee to ensure funds are used for the purpose
stated in each application.
- The recipient organization must be
established (registered) two years before a proposal is
considered.
The Community Services Committee's function is to identify organizations which fulfill the above criteria and that we feel would be most in need of our assistance. It is not our job to approve the funding, just to recommend. Approval is first through the AWA Board and then through the general membership.
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ANNUAL REPORT January 2007 -
May 2008
AWA Community
Services
COMPLETED PROJECTS between June
2007 and May 2008
1. EMMANUEL BOYZ RESCUE CENTRE
KSh. 127,300/--
Karen, Nairobi
Coordinator: Mr.
Daniel Nduati
Home for 40 Street Boys 8 - 20 years
old
GRANT for:
9 Bunk Beds, 3 Water Tanks, Gas Cylinder and supply, 6
Dining tables, 17 Mattresses
2. FARMLINK AGENCIES
KSh. 90,000/--
Ngewa, near
Ruiru
Coordinator: Mr. John Kamwati
Community School
for small children
GRANT: 2 Pit Latrines, 1 Book
Cupboard, 16 small School Desks, 10 Benches, 3 Dining
Tables
3. STAR DISABILITY SPECIAL HOME CARE
TRAINING CENTRE
KSh. 110,195/--
Looking after 40 very disabled
children(cerebral palsy, down syndrome, autism, mentally
disturbed)
Kahawa West, near Nairobi
Coordinator: Mr. W.
Anyanzwa
INITIAL GRANT for KSh. 94,385/--
1
Washing Machine, 1 Tumbler for drying clothes, 1 Desktop
(Voice + Data + Fax + Line), 1 Gymnastic Ball
26"
PLEASE NOTE: In February 2008, the AWA added money
for a SPECIAL ROOF KSh. 15,810/- with ventilation to
protect the Washing Machine and Tumbler.
4.
KARIOBANGI CHESHIRE HOME
KSh. 70,000/--
(also one of our Feeding
Programmes)
Outer Ring Road, Nairobi
Managed by Sister
Ivanna
Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa
The Home
has 34 old residents, over 60 years old. It also
provides hot meals, handouts of food, attends to medical
needs, etc.
Tuesdays: to 120 Leprosy poor persons
including blind and disabled
Wednesdays: to 120 elderly
poor persons, who again come on Fridays
GRANT:
CONTRIBUTION towards the repair of the very
deteriorated pavement at the Home. The story of the pavement
dates back to an AWA "Out & About" visit in May 2006, which was
followed up by another visit in December 2006.
However,
only in November / December 2007 the Pavement was
finally completely repaired with tiles due to the
combined efforts
of:
- AWA KSh. 70.000/--
- Mr. Jaspal S. Sagoo and
his brother from the E. A. Foundry Works Group
- Kenya
Builders & Concrete Company Ltd.
The two companies
kindly donated an amount of ar. KSh. 180.000/--.
The
stone blocks cover the whole area in front of the home up to
the gate.
No patchwork was done. Drainages were repaired.
Now the old folks can move around freely with their
wheelchairs, sticks or crutches.
PROJECTS
between January 2007 and May 2008 NOT COMPLETED
1. ST.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI DAY CENTRE
KSh. 245,000/--
Gatina, Kawangware 56,
Nairobi
Pre-School for small children
Managed by Sister
Michelina
Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus
GRANT
for urgent repair works at the Centre -concrete slab,
drainage, shade, toilets. KSh. 80.000/- was used in 2007
for verandah and Kitchen Cupboards. At the Joint Board Meeting
on 6/May/2008, it was decided to give Sister Michelina for the
completion of the toilets,for which she needs extra funds from
other donors, time up to 31/December 2008.
REMAINING
AMOUNT:
KSh. 165,000/--
2. STAREHE
GIRLS'CENTRE
KSh. 665,156/--
A charitable institution,
incorporating a National High School and Skills Training
Programme for very under-privileged girls from all areas
in Kenya
off Kiambu Road, near
Nairobi
Director: Mrs. Margaret
Wanjohi
GRANT for: The installation of rain water
collection gutters, 7 plastic rain water storage tanks (2000
and 4000 litres), construction of two Ablution Blocks
(Toilets) and an Incinerator.
During 2007, a number of
visits were made to the school by the AWA
Community
Services and other AWA members. We saw that the rain water
collection gutters and the tanks were fixed. We also inspected
the new toilets within a new building with classrooms, which
had been donated by Safaricom.
Money used up to now:
KSh. 565,156/-. The only outstanding item is the Incinerator
for KSh. 100,000/-. The School and the AWA are involved in
trying to get the necessary waste disposal licence from NEMA
(National Environment Management Authority). As soon as
the licence has been obtained, the AWA can release the cheque
for the Incinerator.
NEW PROJECTS in
2008
APRIL 2008:
1. HOPE HOUSE BABIES HOME
KSh. 15,000/--
Off Waiyaki Way, close to
Lavington
Marketing Manager: Rosaline Knobbs
GRANT:
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
10 wooden chairs, 3
wooden tables, 2 cupboard locks, 10 writing slates 16' x 16',
blackboard plus stand, 1 metre long
ruler
MAY 2008
2. MERCY CHILDREN
CENTRE
c/o Pentecostal Christian
Fellowship
Kawangware, Nairobi
Managed by Pastor
Charles Ouma and Pastor Pius Likami
An informal Pre-School
and Primary School
Carma and Hannelore went to see the
project on 1 April 2008. A quotation for the making of the
school furniture was obtained from Mr. Mukire, Zebra
Furniture, at Ngong
Road.
The AWA Board approved
on 6/May/2007 KSh. 84,600/-- for school furniture (Baby Class
and classes for children up to 14 years) and added KSh.
5,400/-- for the transport from the carpenter at Ngong
Road to the school in
Kawangware.
TOTAL GRANT: KSh. 90,000/-- approved by the
AWA membership on 20 May 2008 at the General Meeting.
SPECIAL PROJECTS / GRANTS
JANUARY 2008
JAMII BORA TRUST
After
the Election Violence in Kenya , the AWA donated for the
internally displaced families KSh. 100.000/-- to assist with
foodstuff and other urgent
items.
BETWEEN DECEMBER 2007 AND MAY
2008
The AWA and especially Cleo, the AWA Chairperson,
assisted in various ways
THE GENDER VIOLENCE RECOVERY
UNIT AT KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL.
Apart from
the report of the AWA Community Services, Newsletter April
2008, we would like to mention the following:
DECEMBER 2007
:
SADOLIN donated paint worth of KSh.
100.000/--
This paint was used to paint at the Recovery
Centre a long corridor (light green)
and some of the
Examination rooms ( pink), in order to cheer up the usually
very traumatized patients. Many AWA members, the American
Ambassador, the Doctor of the Embassy, and the Sadolin staff
helped to paint.
MARCH 2008
After
the AWA received the long wish list from the hospital, Cleo
arranged with Mr. Marc Van Rampelberg, a furniture designer in
Nairobi, to donate the following furniture to the
hospital:
2 Nursery school tables
8 Nursery school
chairs
2 Adult chairs (at kid's level)
2 Consultant
chairs
2 Patient
chairs
Cleo also
arranged with the American Embassy to donate a Computer
and Printer for the Gender Violence Recovery Unit, which
was handed over to the doctors in April
2008.
ONGOING AWA FEEDING
PROGRAMMES (per 3 months)
Hope House Babies Home,
Nairobi 15.000/-- KSh.
Kariobangi Cheshire Home for the
Aged 30.000/-- KSh.
Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of
Jesus, Kawangware 30.000/-- KSh.
260 pre-school children, per day
S. J. T. Amka
Health Project, Kawangware/Dagoretti 30.000/-- KSh.
50 HIV / AIDS families
TOTAL per
annum: KSh. 540,000/--
AWA COMMUNITY
SERVICES
Hannelore , Keziah
Chair and
Co-Chair
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