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TAGS: EAID PREL SOCI PHUM ML
SUBJECT: FY07 SELF HELP REPORT FOR MALI 
 
REF: STATE 92626 
 
¶1.  Summary.  The Embassy Self Help Committee used its FY 07 
allocation of USD 80,000 to fund 15 projects in the areas of 
education, health, food production, income generation and economic 
development.  Direct beneficiaries of these projects totaled more 
than 77,000 people.  An estimated 65 percent of these recipients 
were women and children.  Below is a brief description of each 
funded project, including number of people affected.  Eight of these 
projects have been completed.  Seven others are in the final 
close-out phase.  End Summary. 
 
¶2. Completed projects: 
 
SSH Agreement Number: 688-07-001.  Grant Amount: USD 6,000.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project built a well for potable water for the community of 
Kersagourou in the region of Mopti, saving women and children from 
traveling a longer distance to fetch water.  Approximately 480 
people benefited.  The site has been visited and the project 
completed and all funds accounted for. 
 
SSH Agreement Number: 688-07-003.  Grant Amount: USD 4,059.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project improved rice production and fishing yields in 
Kersagourou in the region of Mopti.  Three thousand people 
benefited.  The project has been completed and all funds accounted 
for. 
 
SSH Agreement Number: 688-07-004.  Grant Amount:  USD 4,141.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project in the village of Nara in Koulikoro region improved a 
women's community gardening project with fencing and the 
construction of a well, in addition to providing training.  The 
project increased food yields, allowing the women to sell excess 
crops, providing additional income.  One hundred women and their 
families benefited from this project.  The project has been 
completed and all funds accounted for. 
 
SSH Agreement number: 688-07-007.  Grant Amount: USD 5,800.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project provided building materials and a pump for an irrigation 
dam, as well as training for maintenance.  Three thousand people in 
the community of Karabassane in the region of Gao benefited.  The 
project has been completed and all funds accounted for. 
 
SSH Agreement number: 688-07-009.  Grant Amount: USD 6,728.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The grant provided agricultural tools, seeds, fencing, and 
irrigation basins.  The project benefited the 90 members of a 
women's co-op in Bancocoro, Koulikoro, by providing cash crops to 
generate income.  The project has been completed and all funds 
accounted for. 
 
SSH agreement number: 688-07-011.  Grant Amount: USD 4,000.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project provided gardening tools, equipment, seeds, and fencing 
materials in the village of Bakorobougou in the region of Segou. 
Seventy women and their families benefited from a resulting increase 
in food production.  The project has been completed and all funds 
accounted for. 
 
SSH Agreement number: 688-07-010.  Grant Amount: USD 5,780.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project provided supplies for rebuilding a well in Douentza in 
the region of Gao.  The well provides potable water for 500 people 
and their livestock.  The project has been completed and all funds 
accounted for. 
 
SSH agreement number: 688-07-012.  Grant Amount: USD 9,842.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project provided a women's co-op with building materials and 
equipment needed to transform agricultural products including 
soybeans, mango, ginger and cereal into ready-to-eat food in 
Bougouni in the region of Sikasso.  The project will benefit the 15 
members of a women's co-op and the 40,000 inhabitants.  The project 
has been completed and all funds accounted for. 
 
¶3. Projects in the process of completion: 
 
SSH Agreement Number: 688-07-002.  Grant Amount: USD 2,467.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project renovates an existing well in the village of Garou-Ley 
in the region of Mopti.  Six hundred people will benefit.  The 
project is monitored by a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) on site. The 
site has been visited and the project will be completed soon, 
including the final accounting of funds. 
 
SSH Agreement Number: 688-07-005.  Grant Amount:  USD 6,000.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project funded an additional potable water source for the 
municipal water system in Yirimadio in Bamako.  At the completion of 
the project, an additional 20,000 people will be connected to the 
city water system.  Work is to begin within two weeks.  The project 
is being monitored by a PCV and remains open. 
 
SSH Agreement Number: 688-07-006.  Grant Amount:  USD 6,000.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
This project entails the building of a maternity clinic in the 
village of Sikornoi near Bamako.  The clinic will provide services 
to the 50,000 members of the community who normally would have to 
travel to Bamako for maternal health care.  Construction is set to 
begin in October, after the Malian rainy season.  This project is 
being monitored by a PCV.  The status of the project is open until 
all expenditures have been confirmed. 
 
SSH Agreement number: 688-07-008.  Grant Amount: USD 7,142.  Funds 
partially disbursed. 
The project provides fencing, motor pump, and agricultural tools to 
help a women's association increase their gardening productivity by 
reducing hand labor.  The project will benefit 300 women and their 
families in Tafacirga in the region of Kayes.  Of the total grant, 
USD 4,285.20 has been disbursed with USD 2856.80 remaining.  The 
project is open. 
 
SSH Agreement number: 688-07-013.  Grant Amount: USD 4,720.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The project helped a women's association in Goundam in the region of 
Timbuktu, purchase a small flour mill.  The beneficiaries for this 
project are the 12,000 people in the area.  The project will be 
complete as soon as expenditures are verified. 
 
SSH Agreement number: 688-07-14.  Grant Amount: USD 1,828.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
The funds helped purchase a generator for a grinding machine for the 
above-mentioned women's association in Goundam in the region of 
Timbuktu.  The project will benefit 12,000 people.  The project will 
be complete as soon as expenditures are verified. 
 
SSH Agreement Number: 688-07-015.  Grant Amount: USD 5,493.  Funds 
fully disbursed. 
Funds purchased gardening tools, fencing materials, and seeds for a 
co-op in the village of Toya in the region of Timbuktu.  The project 
will benefit the 67 co-op members and their families.  The project 
will be complete as soon as expenditures are verified. 
 
LEONARD