The project is working with women, youth and children in the mitigation of HIV/AIDS & reproductive health & sexuality issues. The community project is committed to creating awareness in schools, community development networks, youth agencies and other development networks in our community. The mission of the project is to make sure that each and every community member is reached and empowered to live a dignified life by getting good and timely basic services with vision to build a community complex where all community development activities will be housed for the benefit of the community and to ensure sustainability and continuity of programs. To support education of school children & students from very poor families and construction and renovation of schools in community; To create HIV/AIDS& reproductive health awareness and mitigate the effects of HIV/AIDS in community and to promote community mobilization actions for education and promotion behavior change process & practices targeting the youth out of school and community members who are at risk are the objectives of the project.
PROJECT INFORMATION
XXXXXXX was initiated by the community in 2013. This project is working in the area of health, environment, entrepreneurship development, capacity building & education support for the needy children students & orphans.
The project is working with women, youth and children in the mitigation of HIV/AIDS& reproductive health & sexuality issues.
Our scope of work is compounded at the EMBAKASI constituency.
The community project is committed to creating awareness in schools, community development networks, youth agencies and other development networks in our community.
Poverty eradication is the prime consideration of the organization’s mission alongside the aspect of educational support and sustainable development programs.
The project has ongoing programs in schools, community and community technical institutions providing technical skills to the youth and the community.
The project is member of giving way organization and working very closely with digital education network of Africa to train teachers and promote the use of technology in education in the 21st century. The organization is based in the Netherlands with the field office in Nairobi.
PROJECT MISSION
- To make sure that each and every community member is reached and empowered to live a dignified life by getting good and timely basic services.
PROJECT VISION
- To build a community complex where all community development activities will be housed for the benefit of the community and to ensure sustainability and continuity of programs.
PROJECT CORE VALUES FOR INSPIRATION
- UNCONDITIONAL LOVE: – Being able to express love to each and every person in the GITHIMA COMMUNITY fraternity
- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: – Building the character of the child, the youth and the marginalized.
- COMMITTED TO SERVICE – promote beneficiaries’ welfare
- HUMANITY: – Seek out holistic care of the marginalized members of the society and children
- INTEGRITY – We believe in our word matching up our works.
- TRANSPARENCY & OPENNESS – We believe in maximizing transparency so we could build and
- PROFESSIONALISM – We believe in striving for higher levels of performance standards in what we do.
- TRUSTWORTHINESS – We believe in fulfilling our obligation of building a better society for future generations
- ACCOUNTABILITY – We believe in making commitments and living up to it.
- PROFESSIONALISM –making sure that all is done professionally and to the satisfaction of all in Jesus name.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
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- To support education of school children & students from very poor families and construction and renovation of schools in our community targeting between 1000 plus annually.
- To create HIV/AIDS& reproductive health awareness and mitigate the effects of HIV/AIDS in our community by targeting the most vulnerable targeting 5,000 beneficiaries annually.
- To promote community mobilization actions for education and promotion of behavior change process & practices targeting the youth out of school and community members who are at risk. Targeting 2,000 annually in both secondary and primary schools in our community.
- To conduct & promote community capacity building amongst the community members and the major stakeholders in our community targeting about 50 stakeholders.
- To promote community sustainable activities with a view to creating opportunities for economic development like business enterprise development and poverty reduction in our community targeting 1000 women annually.
- To develop &support a community resource center for social transformation and development of the community within the concept of sustainable development targeting about -15,000-25,000 youth /community members annually.
- To promote community networking & collaboration with major HIV/AIDS stakeholders in our area of work about 3-5 annually.
- To promote business entrepreneurial and community enterprise development & use of technology for development.
PROJECT CURRENT ACTIVITIES
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- HIV/AIDS awareness care & support services targeting children, youth, men, women & disables in our community.
- Capacity building & trainings. & mentorship programs in schools and out of school for the youth.
- Reproductive health sexuality trainings in our community schools and the community.
- School awareness programs on social development & behavior change.
- Community civic education & constitutionalism targeting the youth and the community.
- Women & youth empowerment programs in the area of drug abuse education and rehabilitation.
- Distribution of I.E.C materials social development messages for the community.
- Community theater & drama & children protection programs.
- Community integrated programs targeting diverse entities in our community.
- Group discussions & video shows with different thematic areas. Targeting the youth and community members.
- Crime prevention mechanism& strategies in our community targeting criminals and the vulnerable s in our community.
- Community civic education & violence against women /children.
- Campaign against violence in our community targeting women & children.
- Peace development programs targeting the volatile hot points in our community.
- Drug abuse awareness and rehabilitation processes in our community.
- Community feeding programs for the women, children and orphans in our community.
- Conducting community referrals & paralegal services in our community.
PROJECT INDICATORS –of success
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- The number of training conducted and the number of beneficiaries reached in a given training i.e., life skills, computer, business training program in a quota of the year.
- The number of i.e., materials produced and distributed to the community with educational matters.
- The number of schools renovated and students supported by the project in a given period.
- The number of reports and photographs taken during events.
- The number video shows shown to the community and number of youths reached.
- The number of feeding programs conducted and number reached in a given period.
PROJECT METHODOLOGIES & STRATEGIES
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- Sponsorships of needy beneficiaries.
- Renovations of schools and education centers.
- Trainings in technology and life skills.
- Business development & entrepreneurship.
- Strategic partnership development with organizations & likeminded persons.
- Use of community media & theater for development and presentations in the community.
- Workshop, seminars, trainings team building and excursions.
- Community road shows & community processions for sensitizations.
- Awarding the best performers in the project.
- Use of sports and community tournaments.
- Community competitions involving all.
- Publications and newsletter productions.
- Gender inclusion .and community visitations
- Volunteering and medical camps.
- Community advocacy and par legalism.
- Peer education and sensitization.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
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- List of beneficiaries and photos.
- Daily and weekly reports.
- Monthly and quotably reports.
- List of attendance.
- Video captions.
- Number of calls made.
- Correspondences tracked.
- No of feedback interactions made to the project.
- Individual talks and interviews.
- Field visits.
- Stakeholders forums
- Media write ups.
PROJECT STRENGTHS
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- The presence of a well-placed board members with diverse qualifications.
- The presence of a community resource center for knowledge management and education of the community members.
- A TV cum radio station for community development.
- The project community advisory committee’s s in the 56 villages.
- The community project is registered by the Kenyan government in our area of work.
- Available pool of volunteers ready to work for the community.
- Available computers for use by the youth and the community in technology.
- High rate of orphan hood & single motherhood in the community.
- Community /admin support.
- Available students and children willing to benefit from the project’s services.
- About 10 primary and 10 high schools provided an opportunity to provide life skills and educational support.
- High HIV/aids prevalence rate in the community.
- High rate of school drop outs affecting children and students in the community.
- The project boost of having between 60-100 community volunteers supporting the project on a monthly basis and covering 56 poor villages.
- The project is working very closely with 3 hospitals and 6 clinics for reproductive health and treatment cases in our community.
- We are piloting a media program on TV and radio which is online as fire TV and interacting with e the community.
PROJECT CHALLENGES
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- In adequate financial & material resources to support the project goals and objectives and lack of strategic partner to stand with the program.
PROJECT FUTURE PLANS
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- To have a community service delivery complex to serve as a benchmark and, make the program a one stop shop concept everything under one roof for the community.
- To have a community law coast school project to support the needy children and students.
- To create a community revolving fund for women and youth participating in community entrepreneurships.
- To have a community water project that will supply and pack water for sale.
- To have a community well stalked library for the children and the youth in our community.
- To have a modest community transport to support the needy children to go to school and to enhance security.
- To have strategic partners willing to support the project objectives and goals.
PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPT
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- Having a community technology training Centre.
- Engage in some farming activities’, horticulture.
- Participation in the community revolving fund for empowerment at a reasonable percentage targeting business member in our community programs.
- To have a water processing and packaging point in our community that will be sold at some coins.
- To train ECD teachers during the holidays at a small feel that will go to the program.
- To have a community van for transport that will be affordable
- A community school i.e., baby care primary and high school that will charge something small to sustain the program targeting 2000 beneficiaries who will contribute USD 10-15 per month to the project.
- Community women bead works for sale in the local community.
- Our community media department i.e., TV and radio will generate income once complete.
PROJECT EXPECTATIONS
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- Reduced case of HIV/aids in our community.
- Increased literacy level by giving more opportunity to the children and students.
- Well placed community resource Centre
- Clean environment by giving our gas cylinders to help protect the environment.
- Well build sand renovated community schools.
- Reduced case of criminal activities in our community.
- Reduced case of poverty in our community.
- Community getting clean water.
- Reduced cases of infections in the community.
- Well trained community peer educators.
- Well placed and stalked community library for the children and students.
- Increased business opportunities for women by 75 percent.
- Reduced cases of violence against children /women by 65 percent.
- Good working media Centre to support the program activities.
- To reduce cases of school dropout by 75 percent in our community.
- To have a community technology Centre to promote training of the community members.
- Promote gender inclusion and balance in aspect of development.
PROPOSED BUDGET BREAK DOWN 2019-2023
COMMUNITY SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR THREE schools i.e., de-chosen educational Centre with about 500 children while the innocent soul’s education Centre 500 children while the upcoming the XXXXX school is anticipating to have 1000 students per year.
The development of the four classes with a store and a staff room will cost @ ksh xxxxxx usd xxxxxx and this being a law coast concept the beneficiaries will be able to pay for the teachers, power, water, food, books and security.
The children guardians will pay only usd xxxx ksh per child -500 every month -this will translate to ksh xxxxx usd xxxxxx per month primary section ie baby class to STD 8. While the secondary section each child will pay ksh xxxxxx usd 10 every month x1000 students will translate to ksh xxxxxx
In total the project will be collecting ksh xxxxxx usd xxxxx every month and they will be able to make substantial savings.
This venture will be sustainable because the community will be given the opportunity to contribute to the project.
CREATION AND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
revolving fund for urban slums households & families with noble business ideas for job creation/poverty eradication ksh XXXXX usd 30,000 targeting 500 who are manly parents and guardians of the needy children-students in our community programs yearly.
each family will give out ksh XXXX usd 2 every month for the period of his /her child education –ie 500members x ksh 200 usd 2 x 500 members =ksh XXXX for the period he /his is in business in our community. This will total to ksh XXXXX every month in 12 months it will be XXXXX yearly.
This project is able to sustain itself in future if supported.
The proceeds will be taken back to increase output in the project and help reduce poverty in our community.
SUPPORT A COMMUNITY BORE HOLE WATER PROJECT AND A water purification machine ksh XXXXXX usd XXXXXX with a potential of raising ksh XXXXX usd XXXXX every month. We shall target the community households and hotels in the community and individuals.
- A times getting clean water is a big challenge and through this noble initiative the community will get a solution which will improve on their health status.
- All ready we have a community water point given by the county government of Nairobi County. We a target to serve a population of about 500,000 in the informal settlement of our jurisdiction.
We shall sell a 20-liter jerican at ksh 10 x 500,000 house hold. this will generate income to support this venture.
PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR ONE QUOTA KSH XXXXXX usd 3000 x 3 quotas ksh XXXXX usd XXXXX per year. N/b this will only happen in the first year during the second 2nd year the project will be able to support the admin coast because it will be able to generate substantial amount of cash from its activities.
This will ensure sustainability of the project in future.
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT VAN FOR CHILDREN in partnership with schools and stakeholders ksh XXXXXXX usd XXXXXX
This has the potential to generate ksh XXXXXXX every day.
SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY CYBER SHOP AND TRAINING CENTRE at ksh XXXX usd XXXXX well equipped centre with modern machines –computers, copiers, scanning, photography, online services, typing & printing, binding, etc with a potential of raising ksh XXXXXX every month and creating employment for 5 youth in the community.
This will promote the aspect of technology in the community and create a global community of interactions.
COMMUNITY FARMING PROJECT ON HORTICULTURE AT ksh XXXXX usd XXXX with a potential of raising ksh 100,000 usd 1000 every day. Fresh from the farm then we supply in Nairobi city hotels and the local markets. Here the project will able to make ksh XXXX usd XXXX every month and employ 10 youth. with the growth potential of expanding. we shall need water pumps, pipes, generator, seeds and labor support.
This aspect will take care of community food security program and ensure sustainable development of the programs.
ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY LIBRARY FOR THE COMMUNITY. Buying of different books, wall TV set, video games equipments, furniture, ect ksh XXX usd XXXX only n/b all the youth will pay usd 1 every month & we target 500 students each day.
This will translate to ksh XXXX usd XXXX every month and it will employ 3 young girls and 2 boys. Most of the schools around don’t have enough books and they keep on bothering parents to buy different books which are expensive. This program will be a solution to the parents who are already stressed and are facing object poverty.
Dee-jaying mix player and training machine for the youth in our community. [Good quality]
@ksh XXX usd XXX with studio lights accompaniments.
A good generator @ ksh XXXXX for power supply during training sessions and community out reaches and it will also be hired.
The green project initiative this will involve the supply of gas cylinders to the community to avoid using charcoal which is a big problem to the environment.
With this project we shall target 1, 000 households with the capacity of 6kg payable installment of 12 months @ kesh XXXXXX usd `XXXXXX
Grand total proposed budget one time is approximately ksh XXXXXXX
usd XXXXXX
This budget can be broken down in to three quotas of the year.
