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R 171007Z DEC 08
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 8916

UNCLAS KINSHASA 001117 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/EPS, AF/DP/PAB 
SSH COORDINATOR - CAROLE TRIMBLE 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PREL EAID CG
SUBJECT:     SPECIAL SELF-HELP FY 2008 ANNUAL REPORT 
 
STATUS OF SSH FY 2007 
--------------------- 
 
¶1.  All projects prior to FY 2007 have been liquidated and closed 
out. 
 
¶2.  Twelve projects were selected with the $100,000 allocated to 
Embassy Kinshasa for FY 2007.  The funds were obligated October 23, 
¶2007.  Seven of the twelve projects have been completed and Post 
does not anticipate any problems closing out the remaining five 
projects. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-01  Kasai Oriental 
Project Name:  Lycee Okako Awoto 
Amount:   $7,500 
Description: Lycee Okako Awoto, a girls' secondary school, was 
partially destroyed during the pillages of the civil war. Funds 
rebuilt three classrooms. 
Beneficiaries:  Approximately 1,200 school girls 
Local Input:  Labor involved in rebuilding classrooms 
Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. 
 
Agreement Number:  SSH 07-660-02  Kinshasa 
Project Name:  Inst. & E.P. Mayele Na Bomoi I 
Amount:   $10,000 
Description: A primary/secondary school with a student population of 
over 1,200 requested clean water source.  The location is one of the 
poorest in Kinshasa, and serves three low income districts. Funds 
provided benches and a clean water supply. 
Beneficiaries:   Approximately 1,200 students 
Local Input: They completed a ten stall bathroom facility this year 
worth $6,000 
Status: Construction of clean water supply completed in September. 
Benches have been paid for and should be delivered very soon. 
Grantee submitted receipts for $5,295. Post is waiting for receipt 
for $4,705. 
 
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 overall number of water-borne diseases in the 
community. 
Beneficiaries:  Approximately 13,700 persons 
Local Input:  $3,000 towards the project 
Status: All funds withdrawn and Post is waiting for receipts for 
$10,000. 
 
 
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 impoverished districts of Kinshasa.  This group is doing a 
fantastic job with the basic resources they have.  Their newest 
addition, a nine bed maternity ward, is already filled and the staff 
has resorted to putting two mothers per bed.  Funds purchased beds 
and a generator for the clinic. 
Beneficiaries:  Approximately 14,000 
Local Input: The group owns and maintains the property and pays 
staff. 
Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-05  Katanga 
Project Name:  Club UNESCO Ntcheko 
Amount:   $4,000 
Description: The Club educates women and girls in literacy, 
HIV/AIDS, nutrition, hygiene, family planning, and basic money 
management.  Funds purchased sewing machines to assist in teaching 
them a skill. 
Beneficiaries:  About 500 women and young mothers 
Local Input: The Club pays salaries of staff, and women provide 
their own supplies. 
Status: All funds withdrawn and Post is waiting for receipts for 
$4,000. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-06  Equateur 
Project Name: Forum des Parlementaires pour le Developpement en 
Milieu Rural 
Amount:   $8,000 
Description: This fifty year old health-center, provides medical aid 
for twenty surrounding villages.   Funds purchased medical 
equipment, roofing tin and a water tank. 
Beneficiaries: The clinic serves a community of about 100,000 
people. 
Local Input:  The community provided labor and boards for the roof. 
 
Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-07  Kasai Oriental 
Project Name:  Ameka Congo, ASBL 
Amount:   $7,500 
Description: Ameka is assisting a village farmers' cooperative by 
providing tools to harvest and process latex.  These farmers have 58 
hectares of old trees and 75 hectares of new trees.  Funds purchased 
basic tools necessary for maintaining and harvesting latex from the 
trees.  The cooperative will reinvest some of the rubber revenue to 
extend the project to 73 additional villages. 
Beneficiaries:  100 farmers presently 
Local Input: Labor involved in maintaining plantations and 
harvesting latex 
Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-08  Orientale 
Project Name:  Centre Universitaire de Mahagi 
Amount:   $13,000 
Description: The University of Mahagi offers degrees in arts and 
letters, law, psychology, and education. This small university has 
many needs; one of the most pressing is a library.  Funds will 
purchase books pertaining to the four schools, in addition to 
chairs, tables and bookshelves for the library. 
Beneficiaries:  Sixty-four students 
Local Input:  They maintain the University 
Status: First advance for furniture has been completed and receipts 
for $3,585 liquidated. Grantee has withdrawn final advance to 
purchase books.  Distance and communications delayed project but, 
Post is confident grantee will submit remaining receipts for $9,415 
soon. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-09  Bandundu 
Project Name: Developpement Durable et Communautaire  (DDC) 
Amount:   $9,500 
Description: DDC used funds to refurbish a 35 meter metal bridge 
which is located in a highly agricultural area. The bridge was 
originally surfaced with boards, which had rotted away. 
Beneficiaries:  10,000+ residents 
Local Input: DDC covered all the labor involved in refurbishing the 
bridge. 
Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-10  Kinshasa 
Project Name:  Clinique Kimbangu 
Amount:   $5,500 
Description: The Clinic used funds to construct a classroom to train 
mothers, family members, and community caregivers in nutrition, food 
preparation and hygiene. 
Beneficiaries: The clinic treats about 6,000 people annually. 
Local Input: NGO owns clinic, maintains it and pays staff. 
Status: Project completed and all funds accounted for. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-11  Bandundu 
Project Name: Association d'Initiative Rural Pour le Developpement 
(AIRD) 
Amount:   $10,000 
Description: AIRD promotes the cultivation of soybeans to increase 
protein intake where malnutrition is severe. Funds purchased a 
machine which makes dehydrated soy protein.  TheQchine will be 
used by numerous villages. 
Beneficiaries: The area has a population of one million 
inhabitants. 
Local Input: Labor, fuel, transportation of equipment, and 
generator. 
Status: Soya dehydrator has been purchased and receipts for $8,750 
submitted but machine has not been delivered. Post requested machine 
be delivered before grantee withdraws final advance of $1,250. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 07-660-12  Kinshasa 
Project Name:  E.P. Hebrone 
Amount:   $4,000 
Description: The school requested funds to provide a source of 
drinking water for the students. Funds purchased two 1000 liter 
water containers to store rain water from the roof and purchased 
materials to construct an enclosed room to protect the tanks. 
Beneficiaries:  Three hundred school girls and boys. 
Local Input:  Labor 
Status: Project completed well and all funds accounted for. 
 
 
STATUS OF SSH FY 2008 
--------------------- 
 
¶3.  Six projects from four different regions were selected with the 
$40,000 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa.  A Special Self Help signing 
ceremony was held November 25, 2008 to obligate all the funds. 
 
¶4.  Status of the 6 projects:  Contracts signed and grantees working 
to provide pro-formas. 
 
Agreement Number:   SSH 08-660-01 
Project Name:  Union Baptiste Suedoise 
Amount:           $7,500 
Description:   Health zone of Nioki requests funds to rehabilitate 
seven wells and construct ten new sources of clean water for the 
population of Noki.  Last year community of Noki suffered from a 
cholera epidemic which killed approximately 2000 people. 
Beneficiaries:  80% of the city of Nioki (approximately 100,748 
people) 
Local Input:  Sand and gravel for construction 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-02 
Project Name:  Paroisse St Pierre Claver de Kilengi 
Amount:   $8,600 
Description:  Assist the population upgrade their rice 
production/marketing by purchasing a rice shelling machine. 
Beneficiaries:  Population of Kilengi (20,500 families) 
Local Input: They provide labor and finances to operate the machine. 
 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-03 
Project Name: Solidarite de la Femme Pour le Developpement 
Economique du Tanganika (SOFEDET) 
Amount:   $6,500 
Description:   Rehabilitate a school with windows, doors and 
benches.  Security forces pillaged the building and used the wood 
for cooking.  Funds will purchase materials for the above items. 
Beneficiaries:  600 children and school staff 
Local Input:   Whitewash for the walls, transport of materials 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-04 
Project Name:  La Vie Pour Tous "VIPOT" 
Amount:   $5,000 
Description: Educate and train vulnerable and HIV positive 
girls/women by teaching them sewing techniques thus aiding them in 
becoming self employed.  Funds to purchase sewing machines and 
materials. 
Beneficiaries:  80 girls/women of Ngaba and Masina communes 
Local Input:  VIPOT provides educators, a location      and $1,290 
in materials. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-05 
Project Name:  Ecole Primaire Mupwa 
Amount:   $6,500 
Description: The low-income community of Mupwa requests boards, 
nails, cement and other materials to put windows, doors, and cement 
floors in their newly constructed primary school. 
Beneficiaries: Approximately 350 primary level students per year 
Local Input: All the bricks and labor necessary to construct this 
durable school. 
 
Agreement Number: SSH 08-660-06 
Project Name: Federation des Entreprises du Congo FEC Butembo 
Amount:   $5,900 
Description: The Central Market of Butembo lacks restroom facilities 
for public use.  FEC of Butembo would like to construct latrines but 
lacks sufficient funds.  Grant funds will purchase materials to aid 
FEC in constructing public latrines. 
Beneficiaries:  600,000 habitants of Butembo 
Local Input:  $1,860 in materials and $1,552 in labor 
 
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