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Orissa Biodata1.doc

Dear Eric
As received your mail. I incorporate some thing in your proposal Hope that you will reveived that. If not accept from this. If you have require any supporty regarding this let me know. Please submit this porjct in UNDP or UNHIV/AIDS. My UN Office is there.

Regards
Akarshan Pradhan

Technical support by Akarshan Pradhan, Kirtipur Community, KathmanduNepal, 28 Feb.2007

KABONDO POVERRTY ALLEVIATION ORGANIZATION

ORPHANS WELFARE AND SUPPORT PROJECT

PROJECT PROPOSAL

Submission to
STEPHEN LEWIS FOUNDATION

Contact Address
Mr. ERIC OCHANJI
LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE
KABONDO POVERRTY ALLEVIATION ORGANIZATION
P.O BOX 3527, 40100
KISUMU, KENYA
Email: eochanji@yahoo.com, wkpaf@yahoo.com
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

One of the worst impacts of HIV/AIDS in Nyanza province of Kenya is the alarming growth in the number of orphaned children. At the moment, over 1.9 Million children in Kenya have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS.

These children are a great burden not only to the extended families but also to the community and the nation in general. However the greatest predicament that faces these children is the vulnerable situation that they find themselves in. They are left with nothing to fall back to upon the death of their parents, who in many cases will have sold most if not all of their property including land so as to meet medication costs and other needs during their illness.

Left behind with no source of support, most of these children drop out of school, provide child labor, or worse still end up in the streets of the local urban centers. In deed, of late the number of street children has also increased remarkably in the local towns.

Grandparents and extended families try to care for these orphans, but with great burden, and again in most cases against a background of abject poverty.

This reality presents the grim situation of a category of vulnerable children who need sustainable assistance that would open a window of hope for their future.

Our approach to this situation [ which is the basis of this proposal ] is through provision of a multi-faceted support system to orphaned families and their guardians. Such support would provide a base for the families/guardians and the children to engage in sustainable economic and social activities that would eventually improve the living standards of these children.

Title of Project
Goal To uplift the general welfare for HIV/AIDS orphans children through a sustainable and multifaceted approach.
Objectives [a] To provide short -term direct basic assistance for formal primary education to AIDS orphans
[b]. To empower families /guardians of orphans to initiate and undertake sustainable income generating activities to be able to support the orphans on a long term basis.
[c]. To provide project beneficiaries [orphans/guardians] with livelihood skill to be able to achieve basic food and nutrition security at household level.
[d]. To address the psychological needs of the orphans and there guardians through provision of counseling services.
Expected Results/Outcomes (a) Primary School age orphans from 40 families enrolled and, or supported for formal primary school education .
(b) Household heads of the 40 families empowered and engage in sustainable small-scale business for self-reliance.
(c) Orphans and their guardians acquire and practice simple crop and animal husbandry practices that enhance food security at household level.
(d) A cadre of Community representatives trained to carry out a sustained counseling activities that would promote positive living between orphans, their guardians and the community in general.

Target population (a) HIV/AIDS affected orphans
(b) Families/Guardians of HIV/AIDS affected orphans
Duration 3 year
Major Activities (a) Formal Education:
(b) Small-Scale business towards self-reliance:
(c) Nutrition and Foods:
(d) Medical Care
(e) Counseling for Guardians and Children
Require Budget
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
Grand total
Contribution by Kabondo Poverty alleviation Organisation
Contribution by Stephen Lewis Foundation

1. PROBLEM STATEMENT.

1.1 Introduction
The Kabondo Community started active mobilization for orphan support in 2001.It actually operates in Rachuonyo district of Nyanza Province.Nyanza province is one of the 8 provinces that together form the Republic of Kenya. The districts together constitute about 1,029 square kilometers,with a total population of about 1 million.

Majority of our projects aims to benefit poor women, youth and orphans. In the process of carrying out these activities it has also gained immense grassroots experiences concerning the real life situation of the most vulnerable rural poor.

1.2 Socio-Economic Background of the project Area.

Based on a rapid survey conducted by Kabondo community at the beginning of the first phase in these districts, it is evident that the general socio-economic characteristics and problems of these regions are as outlined.

It revealed that there are many problems facing communities living in these districts, however the most common and highly prioritized are poverty, diseases, lack of water, poor infrastructure and increasing unemployment.

Poverty is to be seen against a backdrop of underdeveloped resources, unfavorable climatic conditions, and poor infrastructure as well as lack of access to micro-credit. Actually, Nyanza province nationally leads in poverty prevalence rates at about 63%.

Lack of clean water for domestic use is a big problem in these districts. In many cases the locals have to walk up to 4 kilometers to fetch water for domestic use. The result has been regular outbreak of waterborne diseases such as cholera, dysentery, amoeba and typhoid. There is also the problem of malaria, which though preventable is killing a large number of children due to the absence of very cheap items like mosquito nets and basics medication.

Inhabitants of these districts were found to derive most of their livelihood from primary production sector activities, which include small scale [subsistence] agriculture farming, fishing and petty/micro-business.

Given the fact that the lake basin [Lake Victoria] climate in the region is generally uniform, inhabitants grow similar crops, the most common being maize, sorghum, beans, vegetable, cassava and groundnuts. Surplus from these produce could be sold to earn money for other household needs. They also domesticate animals like cattle, chicken, goats and sheep. However, persistent droughts and erratic floods over the past years have seen poor agricultural production.

2. PROJECT RATIONALE/GOAL.

Kabondo community overall mission is to provide hope/assistance to the very poor and disadvantage humankind without any bias and discrimination whatsoever. It is this guiding principle that compels us to seek resources from well -wishers all over the world to enable us to achieve our noble goal. This project proposal is one of our efforts in the endeavor to continue serving the vulnerable and underprivileged in our society through sustainable approach.

2.1 NEED ANALYSIS
As is the case in other parts of Sub-Saharan HIV/AIDS presents the greatest socio-economic problem of all times to communities residing in this area. Nyanza province nationally leads with the number of reported cases of HIV positive/infection cases at 34%. It subsequently leads with nationally reported HIV/AIDS related deaths. It is not coincidental therefore that, Nyanza accounts almost half of the HIV/AIDS orphans countrywide..

During our survey, current deaths related to HIV/AIDS are pegged at 40%, which reflects a grim situation indeed. The burden of AIDS is not only seen in the ever increasing number of orphans and orphan-headed households but also in the attendant loss of family income and sale of property, frequent illness, cost of drugs and finally funeral costs. In a nutshell children orphaned from HIV/AIDS are usually left in the most vulnerable socio-economic and psychological situation one would imagine.

Children are often left with traumatizing memories of their parents’ agonizing and slow deaths usually followed by abject poverty since all the family resources are used to seek treatment. The society’s stigma and the many unanswered questions about their parent’s condition drive them to anxiety and stress due to uncertainty and insecurity concerning their future.

Due to death mainly occasioned by HIV/AIDS, so many orphans and widows approach us for assistance on an almost daily basis. The list of such cases with us is a long and ever growing. Their problems are those that touch on basic needs and rights off any children/youth in any part of the world, ranging from lack of shelter, food, clothing, to school fees and medication.

In deed at the family level there has been increased burden and stress for extended families in caring for those orphans. Many grand parents are left to care for young children. Some families are headed by children as young as 10-12 years old, and in some areas out of every 5 households are headed by orphans.

2.2. GOAL
To uplift the general welfare for HIV/AIDS orphans children through a sustainable and multifaceted approach.

2.3. OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED RESULTS
2.3.1. Objectives

[a] To provide short -term direct basic assistance for formal primary education to AIDS orphans

[b]. To empower families /guardians of orphans to initiate and undertake sustainable income generating activities to be able to support the orphans on a long term basis.

[c]. To provide project beneficiaries [orphans/guardians] with necessary skill to be able to achieve basic food and nutrition security at household level.

[d]. To address the psychological needs of the orphans and there guardians through provision of counseling services.

2.3.2. Expected Results
(e) Primary School age orphans from 40 families enrolled and, or supported for formal primary school education .
(f) Household heads of the 40 families empowered and engage in sustainable small-scale business for self-reliance.
(g) Orphans and their guardians acquire and practice simple crop and animal husbandry practices that enhance food security at household level.
(h) A cadre of Community representatives trained to carry out a sustained counseling activities that would promote positive living between orphans, their guardians and the community in general.

3. BENEFICIARIES/TARGET POPULATION
The project's beneficiaries are as follows:
(c) HIV/AIDS affected orphans
(d) Families/Guardians of HIV/AIDS affected orphans

4. PROPOSED PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

Provision of support for the following activities / services will enable these families to improve the quality of life for the orphaned children and is at the core of this project.
4.1. Formal Education:
4.2. Small-Scale business towards self-reliance:
4.3 Nutrition and Foods:
4.4 Medical Care
4.5 Counseling for Guardians and Children

5. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

5.1. Implementation modalities
5.1.1. In order to promote its activities through grassroots community support Kabondo community identified some 12 women groups in different locations of the district through which they have been mobilizing communities to identify and help orphans. Kabondo work with them as partners and strives to use them as role models to the community in the various activities they undertake. This project will also benefit from the same network to beneficiaries.

5.1.2. Kabondo intend to target an initial 40 families each with an average of 3 to 7 orphans, aged between seven to fourteen years (7-14) years old. Going by these figures, we envisage supporting between 120 orphans on a lower side and 400 on a higher side. 90% of households in the project area are headed by women of ages ranging from 18 year old to 80 year old grandparents acting as guardians to these children.

Since these families live below the poverty line, and house at least 75% of AIDS orphans, it is imperative that project activities are geared toward uplifting the income level of the family by providing entrepreneurial and basic survival skills, which has consequently improved the quality of life of children. The project envisages strongly addressing the element of sustainability against all odds and constraints

5.2. Activity carryout modalities

5.2.1. Formal Education
With the introduction of free primary education in the year 2003, it is hoped that the burden of providing for tuition fees textbooks and stationery will be reduced for the struggling parents. It is yet to be effectively adopted in the schools since it has been observed that in most schools, some school-specific budgets not catered for by the Ministry of Education still remain the parents/guardians responsibility.

These children still require tuition fees, uniforms, textbooks, shoes and even sanitary pads for girls and basic stationery in order attend classes without undue disruptions. The orphans were initially unable to attend school consistently or continue with their studies because of their inability to raise money for fees to ensure enrollment and retention in schools. We intend to competently deal with the issue, giving them basic literacy and numeracy skills to enable them continue with their learning in the hope of securing a future for them. Literacy will also open doors for enrollment in other courses such as catering, carpentry, tailoring amongst other.

We intend to support the beneficiaries for 2 years as we work towards sustainability. The idea here is that we expect the guardians/families to have established themselves fully in their micro-business, and developed stable support groups geared at self-reliance.

The unit cost of these items will be established per family per annum.

5.2.2. Small-Scale business towards self-reliance
The families will purchase at least two goats, which will be a source of milk for the family. Goats are animals that are easy to rear and maintain and also multiply at no cost. By the end of the year, we envisage that the family will have gotten accustomed to using these animals as a source of milk for the children and, also for income once the animals have multiplied and matured. The goats will be purchased from the funds set aside for small-scale business.

The families will be provided with basic entrepreneurial and business management skills’ training, to enable them make sound and suitable business choices. This will enable them to better manage their income generating activities.

Two 3 day Counseling workshops will also be organized at a convenient venues due to the number involved. Other trainings,[ Agriculture & business management] will be carried out in the churches or in the school classrooms in order to cut costs. The training will be carried out in series at their respective regions.

Early in the second year, follow-up trainings for the 40 household heads shall be held to review their activities and challenges.

The income generating activities {IGA} will only be funded once, and that is during the first year upon which they will be monitored through into the second year. Families/guardians will be encouraged to save with the community part of their income from those activities, to ensure they are committed toward sustainable future support to the orphans and the family in general once the project phases out. They will be encouraged to save at least Ksh.1,000 (20 Euros) per month.

5.2.3 Nutrition and Foods:
To ensure that the family does not use up their resources for income generation, they will be provided with basic skills in kitchen gardening. This will enable them grow basic foodstuffs like Sukuma Wiki (kale), Spinach, and Shallot Onions. The project will visit each family to establish the acreage of land to facilitate introduction to basic kitchen gardening. For those families with minimal land, the project is going to introduce an innovative method where they will be introduced to growing the above named crops in sacks filled with soil. This simple method is advantageous because it is inexpensive and requires minimal space. However, it requires minimal water because of the retention system developed within the sack. Families will be able to provide basic and nutritious food for the children.

Before the kitchen garden materialize, the family will be provided with Ksh 1,500 per month to meet their basic food costs for the 6 months. This support will only be given during the first year.

In addition, the AIDS orphans need to be equipped with basic self-reliance skills. The project will encourage the children to keep at least four chickens, which will be a source of protein for the family as well as income from selling eggs. The children will learn basic management skills from keeping these chickens, and will be able to rely on themselves once the chicken has multiplied.

5.2.4 Medical Care
Children within these families are prone to infections from water borne diseases such as malaria, typhoid, diarrhea, and amoeba, amongst others. This is because Nyanza is a high-risk area for these infections. It is therefore imperative to set aside some money for provision of basic care to the children.

Again, because of the high incidence of AIDS in the area, the project sees the need to set a side funds to enable parents and guardians of the children who are HIV/AIDS positive to purchase basic drugs to help the manage the illness. Failure to do this may encourage them to use money set a side for the children’s tuition, and food.

All these expenses will be costed for the orphans/families, and guardians separately. This money will only be disbursed when the field staff will have confirmed need for it.

5.2.5 Counseling for Guardians and Children
Experience has shown that guardians taking care of orphans are in dire need of counseling on how to handle children not their own. Orphans have been suffering from serious psychological problems because they are unable to relate to and confide in their guardians with whom rapport is lacking.

In this regard, the project seeks to train the guardians and another 10 persons appointed by the community in basic counseling skills in two-five day workshops. These “village” counselors will be given the task of counseling the children who are not able to communicate with their guardians. They will also act as mediators between the guardians and children, and help resolve any existing problems.

The 10- Counselors will also be given the responsibility of monitoring the progress and performance of these children in school. Since the majority of these children are AIDS orphans, the counselors will have the responsibility to counsel the children on how to manage stigmatization by colleagues in school. They will also act as guardians of the children during open days and parent’s days in schools. This is important for the emotional and psychological growth and development of the children.

The counseling training sessions will take place in church halls and school halls/classrooms to reduce on cost. The community will provide firewood, water, utensils and labor for the trainings.

Follow-up workshop shall be held in the first quarter of second year to review activities and challenges faced by the counselors.

6. RESOURCE INPUTS
6.1. Human Resources
Currently we have a small volunteer project staff with the Local Representative as the overall head, one project officers and 4-field assistants. We also have a large resource base of volunteers, which include nuns, priests and lay persons.

6.2. Financial Management
We will operate a separate bank account for this project. Our policy is that all money spent is receipted. Ledger and cash books are strictly maintained. We also update our donors with financial records as they may require. The same will hold for this project.

6.3. Local Participation
To ensure community support and successful implementation, this project will work closely with the local communities, churches, relevant government ministries especially the ministries of Education {Local Primary Schools} and Health {Local health facilities}, and Mission hospitals.

During the trainings community/beneficiaries will be expected to provide labour, firewood, water and utensils as part of their contribution towards project activities.

The community shall also select members to be trained as volunteer village counselors whose roles will be to provide free counselling services to the orphans, their guardians and also in schools.

Collaboration with the local churches and schools will be required for free training facilities as well as arrangements for tuition payments and destigmatization of AIDS orphans in schools.

7. MONITORING SYSTEM

To be able to have progress reports as well as to make necessary adjustments on project activities a monitoring system based on expected outputs is paramount. Both narrative and financial reports shall be submitted to the donor on either a quarterly or half-yearly basis.

Project performance and progress shall be monitored using the following tools:
-Beneficiary interviews
-Observations
-Workshop materials/reports
-Follow-up workshops
-Supervision reports
-Reports from counselors
-Project reports {monthly and quarterly}
-Family savings from micro-business
-Interviews with influencer/partners
-End of year evaluation report.

This project is expected to have 4 major Outputs, which shall be monitored through various simple indicators as outlined below.

7.1 Primary School-age orphans from 40 families enrolled and, or supported for formal primary school education.

Indicators
-40 needy families identified by the first quarter
-Number of orphans identified for support per family
-Actual number of orphans enrolled and or supported for primary school education per family
-Amount of tuition fees paid for supported orphans.
-Amount of money spent on purchase of uniform, textbooks and stationery for the orphans.

7.2. Household heads of the 40 families empowered and engage in sustainable small-scale business for self-reliance.

Indicators
-Workshops for basic business management skills held within the first quarter.
-Household heads able to identify and start viable income generating activities within the first quarter
-Amount of money disbursed for household heads to start business
-Number of households reporting purchase of goats
-Money for medical care set aside for use by orphans and guardians.
-At the beginning of year 2 household heads are able to save at least Ksh1000 per month from income generating activities.

7.3. Orphans and their guardians acquire and practice simple crop and animal husbandry practices that enhance food security at household level.

Indicators
-Number of families engaged in kitchen gardening
-Report on varieties of farm-produce from the family gardens.
-Number of orphans keeping chicken and selling eggs.
-Number of goats reared per family.

7.4. A cadre of Community representatives trained to carry out a sustained counseling activities that would promote positive living between orphans, their guardians and the community in general.

Indicators
-Number of community representatives trained as village counselors.
-Number of village counselors carrying out counseling sessions.
-Reported decrease in cases of stigmatization of AIDS orphans in schools and community in general.
-Increase in reported cases of positive living relation between orphans and their guardians

8. EVALUATION
To establish whether the project was carried out within time, costs and quality objectives there will be an mid and end of project evaluation. The mode of the evaluation should be agreed upon between Kabondo community and the donor. However, it is expected that evaluation issues will focus around the project outputs.

9. BUDGET.
9.1. Require budget for one year
9.1.1. Program Cost:
9.1. 1.1. Formal Education:
9.1. 1.2. Small-Scale business towards self-reliance:
9.1. 1.3 Nutrition and Foods:
9.1. 1.4 Medical Care
9.1. 1.5 Counseling for Guardians and Children
9.1.2. Administration Cost
9.1.2.1. Salary :
9.1.2.2 Staff medical support
9.1.3. Supplies Cost
9.1.3.1 Equipment (Computers/Printers/Photocopy/Telephone sets):
9.1.3.2 Fules
9.1.3.3. Transportation
9.1.3.4. Communication
9.1.3.5. ..
9.1.4. Support Cost
9.1.4.1 Bank charges
9.1.4.2 Evaluation
9.1.4.3. Transportation
9.1.4.4. Communication
9.1.4.5. ..

9.2. Require budget for next 2 year with 10% influence cost.
9.2.1.For Second Year:
9.2.2.For Third Year:

9.3. Kabondo Community invests
9.3.1. First year
9.3.2. Second Year
9.3.4. Third Year

10. CONCLUSION
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Hi,

I'm Widodo from Indonesia, I has learn your business plan, but I don't find your time schedule or when the project will be.

Just for information, may be you can send it to USAID or Ford Foundation, at this site have a Proposal (business Plan) sample and standard that may be you can use it.

Thank's and good luck,

Widodo

Hi Akarshan,

Thank you very much for your insight into several issues. I have attached here what we have come up with, with the help of some neighbours. Kindly look at it and advise accordingly.

Kind Regards
Eric

orphan prop.doc

Hi From Kiritpur, Nepal
Process for develp the Action Plan
1. Decide your major and minor activities of program
2. Determine the target and indicators with means of verification of each activities/sub activities
3. Determine the time frame (start and completion date) of each activities and sub activities
4. Determine the responsible person and supportors name and postion for activities
5. Determaine the require resources: materials, measn, human, money, equiepments to completion the activites.
6. Detail write the implementation process of each activities (not sub activities)
7. Monitoring Process
8. Supervision Process

Lastly if you require final version from me send your detail project via mail:
My mail addres is

Hope that your requirement will meet through my suggestions.

thanks and highly success your project

Hello All;
I am currently a business student at the top business school in Canada studying in areas of finance and consulting. I am very excited to contribute to the action/business plan and am looking forward to sharing my knowledge and skills. I was wondering where I could find some background information in regards to Kabondo and its current AIDS/HIV situation with orphans to further my understanding on the situation.

Thanks for your time and cheers!
- Steph

I am sorry that these days I am in a remote locality; so not able to contact on a regular basis. Will be available after the 12th of this month.

Regards,

Rumjhum

I am sorry for my delay in responding. I would like to participate but need a few hours to catch up and understand the discussion

Hi all, :lol:
l have loved the way the projectt is prospering
could you please specify the areas which are needed so that we can atleast give ahand of help where need be
otherwise the ideas are vivid and genius for development
May the almighty father guide you all at the village :-o
norman

Hi Neb, Henry and all neibhours,

Its feels good in the neibhourhood. Neb, just seen the templete and gone through it, kindly help me undertand it have been away, therefore lagging behind.

Warm regards and good luck in 2007.

Cathy.

Dear NABUUR Volunteers.

Today it's International Volunteer Day.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your dedication and invaluable support towards finding solutions.

The time and energy put forth into your volunteering work really make life changing differences for other people.

As NABUUR grows we are honored to work with passionate volunteers such as yourself, as you are the ones who make it happen.

NABUUR and all those involved celebrate you today, and we look forward to a long and continued collaboration.

It couldn't be done without you.

Warm regards,

Siegfried Woldhek

CEO NABUUR.com

Hi all,

Just made some cosmetic changes to the document. Looks a lot better now. Will try to add the budget columns in a better way later....

Pelle

Better ever than never. Don't worry whatever you're doing do it when you feel is right time. Don't count your contributions and don't look for the dates in question. We are all on the same side. We are all friends and neighbours.

Your friend,
NebojsA

Hi everyone. :-)
I am so humbled and privileged to have such neighbors who are full of charisma. I am particularly taken aback by the enthusiasm displayed by Catherine in finding a long term solution to Kabondo community. Keep up Catherine. Its good to note that there are neigbors who are evidently not yet in this forum but have also made notable contributions to the issue at hand. As we increase in number, we hope to attain results in good time. This however calls for concerted efforts from us all. I appeal to all neighbors to pool our resources together inspite of our busy schedules to facilitate the attainment of results. I beleive we shall all strive towards that.
I hope now Nebojsa!! you will not be talking to yourself,
C you all.

Great!
God to have you here Cristopher. For a moment this place was like a ghost city.

Nebojsa