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FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
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UNCLAS KINSHASA 001234 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/EPS, AF/DP/PAB 
SSH COORDINATOR - CAROLE TRIMBLE 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: KDEM EAID CG
SUBJECT:  SPECIAL SELF-HELP FY-07 ANNUAL REPORT 
 
STATUS OF SSH FY 2006 
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¶1.  All 2006 activities have been completed and all funds 
liquidated.  All projects prior to 2006 have been completed and 
closed out. 
 
STATUS OF SSH FY 2007 
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¶2.  Twelve projects were selected with the $100,000.00 allocated to 
Embassy Kinshasa FY 2007.  Post greatly appreciates the increase in 
funding from FY 2006.  The Charge obligated the full allocation 
October 23 at a Special Self Help signing ceremony. 
 
¶3.  Status of all 12 projects:  Contracts signed and grantees 
working to provide pro-formas. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-01  Kasai Oriental 
Project Name:  Lycee Okako Awoto 
Amount:   $7,500 
Description: Lycee Okako Awoto is a girls' secondary school.  It was 
partially destroyed during the civil war. Funds will be used to 
rebuild three classrooms. 
Beneficiaries: Approximately 1,200 schoolgirls annually 
Local Input:  Labor involved in rebuilding classrooms 
 
Agreement Number:  SSH 07-660-02  Kinshasa 
Project Name:  Inst. & E.P. Mayele Na Bomoi I 
Amount:   $10,000 
Description: Primary and secondary school with a student population 
of over 1,200 and no clean water source.  The location is one of the 
poorest in Kinshasa, serving three low-income districts.  Funds will 
provide benches and a clean water supply for the students.  For many 
students the school is the only place they may access clean water. 
School is well-run with a good track record of project completion. 
 
Beneficiaries:   Approximately 1,200 students annually. 
Local Input: They completed a ten-stall bathroom facility this year 
worth $6,000 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-03  Katanga 
Project Name:  Mukabe-Kasari Puits 
Amount:   $10,000 
Description: Provide potable water for the community of 
Mukabe-Kasari, near Kolwezi by digging a well and providing holding 
tanks.  Water will also be used in community medical 
center/hospital, reducing the prevalence of water-borne diseases in 
the community. 
Beneficiaries:  Approximately 13,700 persons. 
Local Input:  $3,000 towards the project. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-04  Kinshasa 
Project Name:  Hope Clinic 
Amount:   $11,000 
Description: Dr. Tudiabioko runs a very active clinic located in one 
of the poorer districts of Kinshasa.  This group's newest addition, 
a nine-bed maternity ward, is already filled and staff has resorted 
to placing two mothers in each bed.  It is very difficult to pay 
staff and maintain the clinic on the low hospital fees they charge. 
Electricity in their neighborhood is unstable and often off for days 
at a time.  Funds will purchase beds and a generator for the 
clinic. 
Beneficiaries:  Approximately 14,000 annually. 
Local Input: The group owns and maintains the property and pays 
staff 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-05  Katanga 
Project Name:  Club UNESCO Ntcheko 
Amount:   $4,000 
Description: Club UNESCO provides literacy and simple livelihood 
training to impoverished women in Kalemie, a city economically 
devastated by war and loss of productive industry.  The project 
teaches women and girls literacy, including topics such as HIV/AIDS, 
nutrition, hygiene, family planning, and basic money management. 
They will use the funds to purchase sewing machines which will 
enable them to teach the women how to sew. 
Beneficiaries:  About 500 women and young mothers. 
Local Input: They cover salaries of staff and women provide their 
own supplies 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-06  Equateur 
Project Name: Forum des Parlementaires pour le Developpement en 
Milieu Rural 
Amount:   $8,000 
Description: Fifty years ago the medical center of Boso Gba was 
established to provide medical aid for the sector of Gombalo. The 
health center, which serves 20 villages, desperately needs new 
medical equipment and a new roof.  Grant funds will purchase medical 
equipment, roofing tin and a water tank. 
Beneficiaries:  The clinic serves a community of about      100,000 
people 
Local Input:   The community will provide labor and      boards for 
the roof 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-07  Kasai Oriental 
Project Name:  Ameka Congo, ASBL 
Amount:   $7,500 
Description: Ameka will aid the Dimumbe village farmers' cooperative 
by providing them with the tools necessary to harvest and process 
rubber.  These farmers have 58 hectares of old trees and 75 hectares 
of new trees.  With the growing demand for rubber they are anxious 
to maintain and improve their plantations; however they lack funds 
to purchase the most basic tools necessary for maintaining and 
harvesting latex from the trees.  Funds will purchase necessary 
tools and equipment.  A number of companies in Kinshasa are anxious 
to buy rubber including VIP in Limite which makes sandals, and 
NOCAFEX.  The project will reinvest some of the rubber revenue to 
extend the project to 73 additional villages. 
Beneficiaries: 100 farmers and their families initially, up to 3,000 
farmers eventually 
Local Input:  Labor 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-08  Mahagi, Orientale 
Project Name:  Centre Universitaire de Mahagi 
Amount:   $13,000 
Description: The University of Mahagi began as an effort to provide 
higher education for the youth of Mahagi and surrounding area. 
Officially recognized by the government in July 2000, it offers 
degrees in arts and letters, law, psychology, and education.  The 
small university has many needs:  one of the most pressing is a 
library.  Funds will purchase books, chairs, tables and 
bookshelves. 
Beneficiaries:  Sixty-four students 
Local Input:  They maintain the University 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-09  Bandundu 
Project Name:  Developpement Durable et Communautaire      (DDC) 
Amount:   $9,500 
Description: DDC will refurbish a 35- meter metal bridge located in 
an agricultural region.  The bridge was originally surfaced with 
boards, which have since rotted away.  The group will surface the 
bridge with metal, making it more resistant to weather and wear and 
tear. Refurbishing the bridge will decrease the expense of 
transporting agricultural produce, and will aid travelers by 
providing a shorter route from Mokamo to Bulungu, and from Kilunda 
to Kinshasa through Mokamo. 
Beneficiaries:  10,000-plus people annually 
Local Input: DDC will cover all the labor involved in building the 
bridge 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-10  Kinshasa 
Project Name:  Clinique Kimbangu 
Amount:   $5,500 
Description: SSH funds purchased one water tank last year for this 
center in a $630 project. They will use this year's grant to 
construct a model kitchen and classroom to train mothers, family, 
and community caregivers in nutrition, food preparation and hygiene. 
 Funds will also purchase two water tanks, plumbing for system, 
benches and construction of kitchen and classroom. 
Beneficiaries:  The clinic treats about 6,000 people      annually 
Local Input: NGO owns clinic and does a very good job of maintaining 
it. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-11  Bandundu 
Project Name:  ASSOCIATION D'INITIATIVE RURALE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT 
  (AIRD) 
Amount:   $10,000 
Description: This non-profit organization was created in 1998 to 
promote rural development.  AIRD is promoting cultivation of 
soybeans to increase protein intake where malnutrition is severe. 
They will purchase a machine to make dehydrated soy protein.  The 
machine will be used by numerous villages.  This pilot project could 
be extended to other areas. 
Beneficiaries:  The area has a population of one       million 
Local Input: Labor, fuel, transportation of equipment, and 
generator. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-12  Kinshasa 
Project Name:  E.P. Hebrone 
Amount:   $4,000 
Description: Last year this group received funds to construct a four 
room classroom and completed the project very well.  There is no 
source of water near the school.  They will use this year's grant to 
provide water for the school.  Funds will purchase two 1000-liter 
water containers to collect rain water from the roof and build an 
enclosed room to protect the tanks. 
Beneficiaries:  Three hundred schoolgirls and boys. 
Local Input:  Labor 
 
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