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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 08 NAIROBI 005132 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/RA, AF/E, AF/EPS - FOR MARGARET DECQUIR 
DEPT PASS TO USAID FOR AFR/DP/PAB 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID PREL KE
SUBJECT:  KENYA:  FY 2005 AMBASSADOR'S SELF-HELP FUND 
ANNUAL REPORT 
 
REF:  NAIROBI 3331 
 
¶1.  Summary:  The 16 FY-05 projects (with a total budget of 
$92,000) supported most recently through Kenya's 
Ambassador's Self-Help Fund have begun their funded 
activities.  A summary of Kenya's Self-Help program and 
progress to date are contained herein.  End summary. 
 
OVERVIEW 
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¶2.  As outline in reftel, in FY 2005, Self-Help Kenya 
received and obligated $92,000, awarding grants to sixteen 
(16) projects.  Coordinators received and reviewed over 
1,000 applications and proposals requesting assistance 
during this funding cycle.  From them, Coordinators 
selected ninety (90) groups and projects for site visits. 
The inter-agency Self-Help Advisory Committee reviewed the 
twenty-one (21) strongest groups and projects and 
recommended sixteen (16) for the Ambassador's review and 
final approval. 
 
¶3.  A statistical analysis of those projects follows: 
 
Geographic Distribution: 
Central Province - 4 (25%):   1 Kiambu District 
                              1 Kirinyaga District 
                              1 Nyeri District 
                              1 Thika District 
 
Coast Province - 1 (6%):      1 Taita-Taveta District 
 
Eastern Province - 4 (25%):   2 Machakos District 
                              1 Makueni District 
                              1 Meru Central District 
 
Nyanza Province - 3 (19%):    1 Kisii District 
                              1 Migori District 
                              1 Siaya District 
 
Rift Valley Province - 1 (6%) 1 Kajiado District 
 
Western - 3 (19%):            1 Bungoma District 
                              1 Kakamega District 
                              1 Teso District 
 
Two provinces, Nairobi and North Eastern, were not 
represented within the FY 2005 grantees.  For logistic and 
security reasons, North Eastern is a difficult area to do 
the necessary project assessments and follow-up, but we 
still hope to receive more quality proposals from this area 
in the future. 
 
Project Types: Health    2 
Income Generating        5* 
Library/Voc. Training    1 
Vocational Training      4* 
Water                    5 
*Nyeri Deaf Self-Help Group has elements of both Income 
Generation and Vocational Training. 
 
Grant Range:   Smallest -     $ 3,000 
               Largest -      $10,000 
               Mean -         $ 5,750 
               Median -       $ 5,500 
 
FINANCIAL PROCEDURES AND UNLIQUIDATED BALANCES 
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¶4.  Financial procedures followed by Self-Help/Kenya 
require grantees to submit pro-forma invoices for approved 
expenditures; SSH/KE then requests checks from USAID/Kenya. 
When checks become available grantee(s) and vendor(s) are 
notified to collect/deliver the funded goods.  Grantees 
must submit signed delivery notes, final invoices, and 
witnessed delivery documents to SSH/KE before checks are 
released to vendors, at which point those funds are 
liquidated.  To date, we have submitted pro-forma funding 
requests totaling approximately $49,788.64 (almost half of 
our FY-05 allocation), of which $10,711.30 has been 
liquidated. 
 
SPECIAL INITIATIVE IN 2005 
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¶5.  In this past year Self-Help/Kenya created a set of 
databases for the tracking, storage, and control of 
information, including requests for information and 
application forms, final applicants supplemental 
information, and status updates of funded projects.  These 
comprehensive, in-house, Access databases fuel all project 
reporting from Embassy Nairobi's SSH office and are the 
data link to nearly all correspondence and status updates 
to applicants.  This office now writes its Individual 
Activity Agreements (IAAs) by merging select data into its 
grant agreement template.  With the foundation supplied by 
the databases, the Self-Help Office's work products are 
easier to produce and have taken on a more professional 
appearance. 
¶6.  SSH/Kenya has also created and maintains a "Watch List" 
database used by 16 other donor organizations that comprise 
the Small Projects Funds' Donor Roundtable.  This database 
permits the Roundtable members to share information 
concerning fraudulent and duplicated project requests, 
questionable managers, and crooked vendors. 
 
 
KENYA'S FY 2005 AMBASSADOR'S SELF-HELP FUND PROJECTS 
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¶7.  Following is the outline and status of FY 2005 Self- 
Help Fund Projects: 
 
¶8.  Group/Project Funded:  Apatit Sub-Location Community 
Based Organization 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-001 
Province:  Western       District:  Teso 
 
Description of Activity:  to protect 16 fresh water springs 
and provide access to clean, safe water to the majority of 
residents within this sub-location. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  625 households or 5,000 residents 
of Apatit Sub-Location. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $6,000.00 
These funds will purchase construction materials and 
services, such as cement, polythene sheeting, timber, GI 
pipes, wire mesh, fencing wire, nails and skilled labor. 
 
Community Contribution:  sand, ballast, hardcore, fencing 
posts, chlorine and alum, unskilled labor, appropriate 
landscaping and maintenance for catchment protection, and 
transportation of goods from vendor to the project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  The group has been working with the 
District Water Officer to confirm Bills of Quantity, and 
labor requirements.  The group has begun site preparation 
at some of the springs. 
 
¶9.  Group/Project Funded:  Bogeta Community Welfare 
Association 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-002 
Province:  Eastern       District:  Meru Central 
 
Description of Activity:  to outfit the locale's rural 
health center with medical equipment and other items to 
better serve its patients. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  2,000 households or 16,000 people 
within the area. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $8,000.00 
The grant will purchase medical equipment, such as 
stethoscopes, blood pressure machines, clinical 
thermometers, pedal dust bins, infant scales, adult scales 
with height guage, wheel chair, complete oxygen delivery 
system, dressing scissors, stitch removers, needle holders, 
sterilizing drums, autoclave, sterilizer, dressing sets, 
instrument trays, suture set, microscope, refrigerator, 
centrifuge, test tubes and racks, glucometer, incubator, 
and other medical equipment as approved by the Ambassador's 
Self-Help Fund Office.  Some office equipment may also be 
purchased with grant funding, such as desks, tables, 
chairs, filing cabinets, cupboards and other office 
furniture as approved by the Ambassador's Self-Help Fund 
Office. 
 
Community Contribution:  construction of the health center 
facility; staff salaries, and transportation of goods from 
vendor to the project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  The group has priced equipment and 
submitted pro-forma invoices to the Ministry of 
Health/District Office for approval before submitting them 
to the Self-Help Fund office.  The purpose of doing so is 
for the professionals in the District Health Office to 
verify that the equipment is suitable to the mandate and 
expertise of this community health center and will be 
useful within its operations. 
¶10.  Group/Project Funded: CADA Self Help Group (Community 
Accelerated Development Agency) 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-003 
Province:  Central       District:  Thika 
 
Description of Activity:  to expand a small-scale bakery as 
an income-generating opportunity for the group, which is 
teaching nutrition to HIV/AIDS infected and affected 
people. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  20 group members and the broader 
community from lessons on nutrition and access to 
inexpensive baked products. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $3,500.00 
These funds are intended for the purchase of equipment for 
bakery operations, such as charcoal-fired ovens, pans, 
measuring and mixing units, gumboots, dust coats, scales, 
bread crates/baskets, display shelves, and items for use in 
nutrition demonstrations such as flasks, mugs, kerosine 
stoves, and up to 3 bicycles. 
 
Community Contribution:  tables and stools and/or  benches, 
transportation of goods from vendor(s) to the project site, 
members' labor to manage bakery operations and perform 
nutrition demonstrations and site visits, security for 
site, and utilities such as electricity and water. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  The Chairman of CADA has informed us that 
the group is having some internal management problems and 
my not, at this time, be ready to expand its operation. 
The Self-Help Office is coordinating with the District 
Social Development Officer to determine the true nature of 
the situation and if there can be an effective solution to 
get the project back on track within the grant's timeframe. 
In the meantime, we are holding the group's pro-forma 
invoice and will not request a check until we are satisfied 
that the project remains viable. 
 
¶11.  Group/Project Funded:  Help Widows and Orphans Self- 
Help Group 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-004 
Province:  Nyanza        District:  Migori 
 
Description of Activity:  to enhance a community library 
that aims to provide an alternative education source for 
local business people, individuals enhancing their job 
knowledge, and school drop-outs. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  1,275 households or 10,200 (the 
population of Migori Town). 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $6,000.00 
This grant may be used to purchase both fiction and non- 
fiction books, including textbooks on business, law, 
computer, trade, and health.  Some office furniture, as 
necessary for the outfitting of a basic library, may also 
be purchased with grant funding, such as tables, chairs, 
shelves and other items as approved.  Some grant funds may 
also be used for purchase of construction materials as 
needed for library modification, with prior consultation 
and approval by the Ambassador's Self-Help Fund. 
 
Community Contribution:  table, chairs, typewriter, 
printer, librarian's salaries, production of some 
information/education materials; and transportation of 
goods from vendor to the project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  The Self-Help Office has requested a local 
currency check (for approximately $1,452) for modifications 
of the facility and construction of shelves and library 
tables.  We will hold the other invoices for additional 
furniture and books until the group receives and uses the 
construction materials.  When they are closer to being able 
to shelve the books, we will process that order.  This 
project manager is very attentive and checks in with the 
Self-Help Fund Office frequently. 
 
¶12.  Group/Project Funded:  Homelink Nyaura Self-Help Group 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-005 
Province:  Nyanza        District:  Kisii 
 
Description of Activity:  to protect 10 fresh water springs 
and provide sources of clean, safe water to area residents. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  1,500 households or approximately 
12,000 people. 
United Sates Contribution:  $5,500.00 
The grant will purchase construction materials and 
services, such as cement, polythene sheeting, timber, 
galvanized iron pipes, wire mesh, fencing wire, nails and 
skilled labor. 
Community Contribution:  sand, ballast, hardcore, fence 
posts, chlorine and alum, unskilled labor, appropriate 
landscaping and maintenance for catchment protection, and 
transportation of goods from vendor to the project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  This group has been working with its 
District Water Officer in order to determine the correct 
amounts of materials.  We have some of their pro-forma 
invoices and are expecting others to arrive shortly.  We 
await more information before requesting checks for this 
project. 
 
¶13.  Group/Project Funded:  Ilemai Community Water Project 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-006 
Province:  Rift Valley        District:  Kajiado 
 
Description of Activity:  to expand a water system for a 
Maasai community that will add a 50-cubic-meter storage 
tank, community tap, two livestock troughs and piping to a 
local market and dispensary. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  625 households (or approximately 
5,000 people) and approximately 2,400 cattle and goats. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $7,000.00 
The grant may be used to purchase materials for 
construction of a 50-cubic-meter water tank, community tap 
and livestock troughs, such as sand, ballast, cement, wire 
mesh, reinforcing bars, binding wire, chicken wire, 
Galvanized pipes and fittings. Remaining funds, if any, may 
be used toward the purchase of pipes to go to from the tank 
to dispensary and local market. 
 
Community Contribution:  ballast, hardcore, skilled and 
unskilled labor, and transportation of goods from vendor to 
project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  With the assistance of the Divisional 
Water Officer, this group has finalized its Bill of 
Quantities and submitted initial pro-forma invoices.  Both 
the Project Manager and Water Officer are in communication 
with the Self-Help Office. 
 
¶14.  Group/Project Funded:  Kamuga-Kahuruko Community 
Services 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-007 
Province:  Central       District:  Kiambu 
 
Description of Activity:  to supply tailoring equipment to 
expand and enhance a program teaching  sewing skills to 
girls who have dropped out of school, most of whom are 
orphans. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  30-40 students per year; 
community and families of the students due to income 
potential. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $5,000.00 
Grant funds will purchase sewing equipment such as sewing 
and embroidery machines, including overlock machines. 
Remaining funds may be used for miscellaneous tailoring 
items such as scissors, tape measures, iron. 
 
Community Contribution:  transportation of goods from 
vendor(s) to the project site, rent and utilities for 
workshop, salaries for two instructors, training manager, 
watchman and bookkeeper, and raw materials used in 
training, such as cloth, thread and batting. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  As we submit this cable, the group has 
just taken possession of the equipment and the Ambassador 
has dedicated the project. 
 
¶15.  Group/Project Funded:  Kianjagi Water Project 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-008 
Province:  Central       District:  Kirinyaga 
 
Description of Activity:  to construct a water storage tank 
and extend a pipeline and community taps to give this rural 
community access to clean, safe water. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  250 households or approximately 
2,000 people as well as schools, a church, cattle dip, and 
police post. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $10,000.00 
The grant will be used for the purchase of construction 
materials for a 50-cubic-meter tank, such as cement, 
polythene sheeting, reinforcing bars, timber, wire mesh, 
galvanized pipes, nails, paint, and skilled labor. 
Remaining grant funds are to be used for the purchase of 
pipes and fittings for pipelines. 
 
Community Contribution:  locally available construction 
materials for the tank, such as sand, ballast, hardcore and 
water, unskilled labor in tank site preparation and the 
laying of pipes, and transportation of goods from vendor(s) 
to project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  This project is in process, receiving 
technical assistance from the District Water Office.  The 
first tranche of funds has been requested. 
 
¶16.  Group/Project Funded:  Kwale Community Health Centre 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-009 
Province:  Eastern       District:  Makueni 
 
Description of Activity:  to add equipment to the locale's 
community health center in order for it to expand and 
enhance services to local patients. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  1,000 households or approximately 
8,000 people. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $5,500.00 
The grant is intended for the purchase of medical equipment 
and items such as hospital beds, mattresses, drug trolley, 
screen with curtains, stainless steel pedal bins, adult 
scales, infant scales, examination couch, delivery couch, 
diagnostic set, I.V. stands, and other items as approved by 
the Ambassador's Self-Help Fund Office. 
 
Community Contribution:  construction of the health center, 
staff salaries for lab technician and watchman, procurement 
of drugs and laboratory reagents, and transportation of 
goods from vendor to project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  Kwale Community Health Centre has 
delivered pro-forma invoices valued at approximately 
$5,358.  The Self-Help Office has processed requests for 
Advances; these checks are not yet issued. 
 
¶17.  Group/Project Funded:  Majengo Self Help Group 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-010 
Province:  Eastern       District:  Machakos 
 
Description of Activity:  to provide equipment that will 
expand the group's bar soap-making operation as an income- 
generating activity, with profits supporting orphans in the 
area. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  30 members and the 50 orphans 
currently supported by the group. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $3,000.00 
The grant will purchase a bar soap extruder complete with 3- 
phase motor, heat gun/sealer, and transportation of goods 
from vendor to project site.  Any remaining funds may be 
used, with approval by the Ambassador's Self-Help Fund 
Office, for non-chemical materials or items used toward 
production or packaging. 
 
Community Contribution:  consultancy fees and transport 
costs for extruder manufacturers to travel from Nairobi to 
teach the members how to use it; hiring a hall for the 
training session, rent for site in which to house and 
operate extruder, installation and payment for electricity 
at site, security, labor, and raw materials used in soap- 
making. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  This group promptly obtained pro-forma 
invoices and their checks have been requested, valued at 
approximately $2,780.  Remaining funds will be put toward 
promotional or processing materials.  This project manager 
has taken to heart our advice to stay in touch and either 
phones, or sends a short report regularly. 
 
¶18.  Group/Project Funded:  Mbiuni Health Center Self Help 
Group 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-011 
Province:  Eastern       District:  Machakos 
Description of Activity:  to construct a large water 
storage tank (up to 150-cubic-meters) on a local health 
center compound so that clean, water is always available 
for clinic needs. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  30,000 community members who are 
clients of the health center. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $5,000.00 
Grant funds may be used for the purchase of construction 
materials, such as building stones or bricks, cement, 
reinforcing bars, timber, binding wire, barbed wire, wire 
mesh, pipes and fittings, nails, paint, and skilled labor. 
 
Community Contribution:  locally available construction 
materials for tank, such as sand, ballast, hardcore, water, 
murram and items for rain catchment from roof(s), such as 
box gutters, down pipes, gutter brackets and elbows, 
unskilled labor, and transportation of goods from vendor(s) 
to project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  From signing the grant agreement, this 
group proceeded to develop and update its Bills of 
Quantities.  The group's pro-forma invoices have arrived in 
the SSH Office and will be processed shortly. 
 
¶19.  Group/Project Funded:  Mwanjila Youth Polytechnic 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-012 
Province:  Coast         District:  Taita 
 
Description of Activity:  to provide assorted tools and 
equipment for vocational training in motor vehicle 
mechanics in order to improve course instruction and 
provide the institution with the capacity to increase 
enrollment. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  60 motor vehicle mechanics 
students per year. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $4,500.00 
Grant funds will purchase mechanics' equipment such as 
drill machine, air compressor, angular grinder, lathe 
machine, blower, allen keys, tee handle, long and short 
extensions, wrenches, gauges, jacks, torque wrench, tool 
kit boxes, valve squeezer, and two-leg pullers. 
 
Community Contribution:  salary for an additional staff 
person, construction of a new improved workshop for Motor 
Vehicle Mechanics, training materials, and transportation 
of goods from vendor to project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  This school has begun construction on the 
new Motor Vehicle Mechanics Workshop, although progress is 
now slowed during the current "short" rainy season.  The 
group has submitted pro-forma invoices committing the 
majority of its grant funds. 
 
¶20.  Group/Project Funded:  Nyeri Deaf Self Help Group 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-013 
Province:  Central       District:  Nyeri 
 
Description of Activity:  to upgrade an exisiting program 
that offers deaf members of the community access to sewing, 
knitting, and carpentry tools and training to enhance their 
income opportunities and impart job skills to others. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  currently 40 deaf men and women 
and untold future students. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $5,000.00 
This grant may be used to purchase sewing/tailoring 
equipment including two knitting machines, an embroidery 
machine and a sewing machine.  Funds may also be used to 
buy carpentry equipment, such as a lathe and multi-purpose 
machine, and other carpentry tools. 
 
Community Contribution:  transportation of goods from 
vendor(s) to project site, rent for site, members' labor in 
teaching students skills in sewing, knitting and carpentry, 
members' labor for the production of saleable items and raw 
materials including yarn, cloth, ribbons, thread, timber, 
nails, glue, paint, and upholstery materials. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  Nyeri Deaf Self-Help Group has submitted 
invoices valued at approximately $4,675 and checks will be 
disbursed as soon as they are processed.  Inasmuch as the 
group already has a few pieces of equipment (some of it 
borrowed) it continues its work. 
¶21.  Group/Project Funded:  Nyiboro Ukwala Women Group 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-014 
Province:  Nyanza        District:  Siaya 
 
Description of Activity:  to improve and expand the group's 
localized, small-scale grain storage facilities to enhance 
income with profits going to support orphaned children in 
the group's care. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  280 villagers (35 members & their 
families) as well as the broader community. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $4,500.00 
These Self-Help Funds may be used to purchase a portable 
storage silo, tarpaulins, weight scale, up to 10 
wheelbarrows, spades and bicycles, up to 5 pairs of 
gumboots and gloves, dust coats. 
 
Community Contribution:  transportation of silo and other 
goods from vendor(s) to project site, site for silo on 
member's land, purchase of grain and transportation of 
grain from buying to selling point, members' labor and 
management at facility, 5 wheelbarrows and 4 bicycles 
previously purchased by group.  In the future, the group 
plans to relocate the portable silo onto a site in town 
which has yet to be purchased.  Nyiboro Ukwala Women Group 
has saved KSh 45,000/ toward the KSh 75,000/ purchase price 
of the land. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  The group has submitted a pro-forma 
invoice, but the Self-Help Office is holding it until some 
points are clarified with the group.  When the questions 
have been satisfactorily answered, we will process the 
request for a check.  The group will expect to buy grain in 
December and January, from the "short" rainy season 
harvest. 
 
¶22.  Group/Project Funded:  Sivillie Youth Welfare 
Association 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05-015 
Province:  Western       District:  Kakamega 
 
Description of Activity:  to supply equipment to enable 
this sewing/tailoring training program for widows and 
orphans to add a second year of practicum experience, 
improving technical and business skills for future self- 
employment. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  20 widows and orphans per year 
and the family members of trainees. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $5,500.00 
Grant funds may be used for the purchase of 
sewing/tailoring equipment, such as sewing  and knitting 
machines, and other miscellaneous items such as scissors, 
tape measures, iron. 
 
Community Contribution:  building rental, instructors' 
salaries, teaching materials, sewing machines, maintenance 
for all sewing machines and knitting machines, and 
transportation of equipment from vendor(s) to project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  Members of the Executive Committee met 
with the Self-Help Fund Coordinators a few weeks after the 
grant was signed.  The purpose was to develop a plan for 
the training program and fine-tune expectations of its 
direction after the new equipment is received.  The group 
recently took possession of its sewing machines and this 
payment has been liquidated, completing the grant. 
 
¶23.  Group/Project Funded:  Webuye Physically Disabled Self 
Help Group 
IAA No.:  698-9901.15-05016 
Province:  Western       District:  Bungoma 
 
Description of Activity:  to construct public toilet 
facilities at Webuye Bus Park that will be owned and 
operated by the group's physically disabled members to 
provide new income. 
 
Number of Beneficiaries:  85 physically handicapped people; 
an untold number of bus passengers. 
 
United Sates Contribution:  $8,000.00 
This grant may be used to purchase construction materials 
such as bricks, hardcore, sand, ballast, cement, murram, 
polythene sheeting, hoop iron, timber, iron sheets, nails, 
steel re-bars, binding wire, water tanks, pipes, plumbing 
fixtures and fittings, fence posts, fence wire, electrical 
fittings, paint, foot slabs, and bathroom rails. 
 
Community Contribution:  land, preparation of blueprints, 
unskilled and skilled labor, and the transportation of 
goods from vendor to project site. 
 
Date Obligated:  August 17, 2005 
 
Project Status:  The group has submitted a pro-forma 
invoice for the initial construction materials and 
disbursement (approximately $5,505) will be made as soon as 
it is processed. 
 
REQUEST FOR 2006 SELF-HELP FUNDS 
-------------------------------- 
 
¶24.  Self-Help/Kenya considers proposals for project 
activities within five areas:  Water, Medical Equipment, 
Vocational Training Equipment, Conservation of the 
Environment, and Income-Generating Activities.  This office 
will send its request for FY 2006 funds in support of this 
program by separate cable. 
 
BELLAMY