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SUBJECT: Ghana: Special Self Help Final Obligation 
Report FY07, FY06 and FY05 projects 
 
¶1.  PostQs USD 70,000 Special Self-Help Fund (FY07) 
allocations have been awarded to 12 projects listed 
below.  Grants were allocated under three elements: 
Water Supply and Sanitation (4 projects); Social 
Services (5 projects); and Social Assistance (3 
projects).  Geographic distribution of projects by 
region is as follows:- Ashanti (2); Brong Ahafo (1); 
Central (2); Eastern (3) Northern (1); Upper East 
(1); Volta (1); Western (1).  All 12 projects target 
deprived communities in great need of the benefits 
each project will provide.  An additional USD 20,000 
PEPFAR Fund (FY07) allocation has been awarded to 2 
projects using the SSH Model to support the fight 
against HIV/AIDS. 
 
¶2. For the projects that will construct school 
blocks, post obtained written confirmation of the 
GOGQs commitment to provide teachers for the 
additional classrooms.  Some of the approved 
projects will complete unfinished construction. 
Post sought to ensure that previously uncompleted 
construction was due to a projectQs reliance on 
ongoing community fundraising rather than from any 
mismanagement. 
 
FY07 Projects 
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¶3. Funds have been fully obligated.  The following 
is a summary of the FY07 projects: 
 
Water Supply and Sanitation ($21,000) A11-AFR057- 
A054:- 
 
Grantee Name: Larteh Benkum Secondary School 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-001 
Amount of Grant: USD 6,000 
Obligation Date: 11/09/07 
Total Amount Liquidated: USD3600 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: USD2400 
Description of Activity:  Construction of Water 
Storage facility and water distribution. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries:  1500 
Status of Project:  70 percent of work done. 
Construction work in progress. 
Fiscal Year Funds: FY07 
 
Grantee Name: Ve-Dafor AME Zion School 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-002 
Amount of Grant: USD5000 
Obligation date: 11/09/07 
Total Amount Liquidated: USD2844 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: nil 
Description of Activity: To construct toilet 
facility for the community school. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries: 1200 
Status of Project: 50 percent work done. 
Construction work in progress.  Slow work due to 
heavy rains. 
Fiscal Year Funds:  FY07 
 
Grantee Name: Atwima Boko Community 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-003 
Amount of Grant: USD5000 
Obligation date: 11/09/07 
Total Amount Liquidated: USD3000 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: nil 
Description of Activity: To construct a community 
toilet. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries: 2000 
Status of Project: 40 percent work done. 
Construction work in progress.  Slow work due to 
heavy rains. Processing final grant advance. 
Fiscal Year Funds: FY07 
 
Grantee Name: Sefwi Dominibo No.2 Community 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-004 
Amount of Grant: USD 5,000 
Obligation Date: 11/09/07 
Total Amount Liquidated: USD3000 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: USD2000 
Description of Activity: To construct a community 
and school Ventilated Improved Pit latrine. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries: 1200. 
Status of Project: 60 percent work done. 
Construction work is in progress.  Slow work due to 
heavy rains.  Final grant advance just released. 
Fiscal Year Funds: FY07 
 
Social Services ($28,000) A13-AFR057-A058 
 
Grantee Name: Mpeasem Community 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-005 
Amount of Grant: USD 8,000 
Obligation Date: 11/09/07 
Total Amount Liquidated: USD4800 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: USD3200 
Description of Activity: Completion of a 6-classroom 
block. 
Status of Project: 80 percent work done. 
Construction work ongoing steadily. 
Fiscal Year Funds: FY07 
 
Grantee Name: Nkawkaw T.I. Ahmadiyya Basic Schools 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-006 
Amount of Grant: USD 5,200 
Obligation Date: 11/09/07 
Total Amount Liquidated:  USD5200 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated:  Nil 
Description of Activity:  To complete a 3-classroom 
block with an office, staff room and a library. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries: 1000 
Status of Project: Fully liquidated. Completed and 
commissioned. 
Fiscal Year Funds:  FY07 
 
Grantee Name: Apasiyem Women Association 
Agreement: IAA SSH 07-641-007 
Amount of Grant: USD 4,500 
Obligation Date: 11/09/07 
Total Amount Liquidated: USD2700 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: USD1800 
Description of Activity: To complete a shelter and 
install grinding mill equipment. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries: 250 
Status of Project: 80 percent work completed. 
Fiscal Year Funds: FY07 
 
Grantee Name: Cape Coast School for the Deaf 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-008 
Amount of Grant: USD 5,000 
Obligation Date:  11/09/00 
Total Amount Liquidated:  USD 3000 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated:  2000 
Description of Activity: To complete a poultry farm 
that will train the students, supplement their food 
and generate income through the sale of eggs and 
chicks. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries: 1500 
Status: 60 percent work done. Final advance ready 
for collection for the purchase of day-old chicks 
and feed. 
 
Grantee Name: Dunkwa Vocational Training Center 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-009 
Amount of Grant: USD 5,300 
Obligation Date:  11/09/07 
Total Amount Liquidated:  USD 5300 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: Nil 
Description of Activity: Construction of a 
handicraft training center.  Association of Civil 
Society Organization is a community based 
organization at Dunkwa-on-Offin that trains school 
leavers, dropouts and teenage mothers in 
handicrafts.  The majority of the beneficiaries of 
this project are Muslim youth. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries:  275 
Status: Fully liquidated.  Nearing completion. 
 
Social Assistance (total $21,000) A13-AFR057-A059 
Grantee Name: Ke Yo Hu Pe Ehi Maize Storehouse 
IAA SSH 07-641-010 
Amount of Grant: USD 6,400 
Obligation Date:  11/09/07 
Total Amount Liquidated:  USD 6,400 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: Nil 
Description of Activity: Construction of maize 
storehouse. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries: 620 
Status: Fully liquidated.  Completed and awaiting 
commissioning. 
 
Grantee Name: Sugo-N-nya Biahegu Women Association: 
for Kuntalga Community 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-011 
Amount of Grant: USD 8,600 
Total Amount Liquidated: USD 5,160 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated:  USD3440 
 
Description of Activity: Construction of ferro- 
cement tanks to harvest and distribute water. Sugo 
N-nya Biahegu WomenQs Association, in conjunction 
with the community, is constructing ferro-cement 
tanks to harvest and store rain water.  They 
currently rely on streams and ponds that dry up 
during the dry season. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries:  600 
Status: 80 percent work done. Nearing completion. 
 
Grantee Name: Tetrefu Integrated Community Center 
for Employable Skills 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH 07-641-012 
Amount of Grant: USD 6,000 
Total Amount Liquidated:  USD 3600 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated:  USD 2,400 
Description of Activity: To complete and equip an 
electrical workshop center. 
Estimated Number of Beneficiaries: 750 
Status: 80 percent work completed.  Nearing 
completion. 
 
FY06 Projects 
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The following is a summary of FY06 projects: 
USD 70,000 fully disbursed for 11 projects.  The 
grants have been fully disbursed. Nine projects have 
been completed. Two other projects are nearing 
completion and two were liquidated during this 
reporting period. 
 
Grantee Name: Noryine Junior Secondary School 
Building 
Agreement Number:  IAA SSH 06-641-009 
Amount of Grant: USD 8,000 
Total Amount Liquidation:  USD8000 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidation:  Nil 
Description of Activity: To construct a 3-classroom 
block. 
Status:  Fully liquidated. 
 
 
FY05 projects: 
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¶4. Twenty-one of 22 projects have been fully 
liquidated.  One project has been cancelled due to 
fraud by the project leader. 
 
Grantee Name: Kparekpare Primary School Building 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH-05-642-019 
Amount of Grant: USD 3,500 
Total Amount Liquidated: USD2100 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: USD1400 
deobligated 
Description of Activity: To construct a 3-classroom 
block. 
Project leader misappropriated funds and has been 
handed over by the community chief to the Ghana 
Police 
Beneficiaries: 150 
Status: Project cancelled and 40 percent of funds 
deobligated. 
 
 
FY04 projects 
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¶5.  Summary of FY04 funded projects: 
19 projects were funded; 18 are fully liquidated and 
17 completed; 1 project has been cancelled. 
 
Grantee Name: Asutsuare Co-operative Agro Processing 
& Marketing Society Limited (ACAPAMAS) 
Agreement Number: IAA SSH-04-641-005 
Amount of Grant: USD 2,185 
Total Amount Liquidated:  USD 1311 
Total Amount Advance Unliquidated: Nil. 
Description of Activity: To construct a storehouse. 
Status: Project cancelled.  Leadership changed due 
to ill health of original leader.  Group has not 
been able to function since.  Deobligated 40 percent 
final grant. 
 
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