Manzini / Swaziland Project
Proposal outline: Peri Urban Social Outreach
Funded by: Cordaid + Rotary
Contact: Nico Peek-Rotary Club Oosterbeek-Kabeljauw
Amount: 25,000 Euro – [after approval by Cordaid, through doubling, 50,000 Euro]
Date: 1 December 2003
Comprehensive project description:
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Focus: >Research/Survey, |
>Consultation with community,
>Community directed solutions, for:
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Orphans and vulnerable children, |
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Food provision and security, Education, |
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What will be done with the money |
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Special attention to AIDS orphans, street children |
Project budget in local currency (total in Euro)
Activity |
Emalangeni |
Euro |
Water |
E 145,200 |
€ 18,150 |
Food security |
E 96,000 |
€ 12,000 |
Education |
E 64,000 |
€ 8,000 |
Health & HIV/AIDS |
E 45,300 |
€ 5,663 |
Sanitation |
E 46,000 |
€ 5,750 |
Accommodation |
E 39,000 |
€ 4,875 |
Total |
E 435,500 |
€ 54,438 |
Project Proposals
Background |
As poverty and HIV/AIDS continue to impact on rural areas, people are moving to the fringes of the city in the hope of accessing employment, food, health care, education and other resources. Peri Urban areas are fast becoming a catchment for all of the social and economic problems facing developing countries. |
Funding, implementing and monitoring agencies |
Funding
Projects will be funded through fundraising by RC Oosterbeek-Kabeljauw (Netherlands), in cooperation with other friendly (sister-) Rotary Clubs, and in close cooperation with RC Manzini (Swaziland).
Implementation
Implementation will be managed through Manzini Youth Care (MYC), a local based NGO run by the Salesian Order of Catholic Priests and the communities themselves in the form of Community Development Committees established for each project. The director of MYC, Father Larry McDonnell is the contact point for RC Manzini.
The communities will be involved at all stages of research, planning, implementation, maintenance and evaluation. The initial phase of each project will include the establishment of community based committees to take responsibility for management and administration of the projects. The first task of the community is to complete their own survey to ensure accurate planning statistics are collected, to scope population demographics and existing resources e.g. household sanitation, water source, health, unemployment, school attendance, food sources etc. A copy of the survey is attached.
Monitoring
Monitoring will be a joint function between Manzini Youth Care and RC Manzini. Basic reporting requirements will be built into each project in addition to financial accountability which will be managed through Manzini Youth Care. |
Research on target communities |
The proposed peri urban social outreach programs cover 4 wards on the fringes of Manzini. There are approximately 150 homesteads per ward, with each homestead housing an average of 5 people. This gives a total of approximately 600 homesteads and 3,000 people.
The 4 wards include Skom, Zakhele, Ticancweni and Moneni. An extensive pilot survey was completed in Moneni, which is representative of typical peri urban areas, The pilot survey results provide a useful base line for the outreach project focus issues expanded below. Additional surveying of each individual community is required for specific details required to implement projects. |
Peri Urban Focus issues
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These 6 focus areas for peri-urban community development have been identified as integral to improving living conditions. Solutions require a multipronged approach including the introduction of infrastructure (e.g. bore holes, pit latrines, pre-schools), training programs (e.g home based care, trench vegetable production, life skills) and intervention strategies (e.g. food distribution, school fee assistance). Meeting these basic needs will in turn strengthen the community’s ability to develop their own resources. |
Publicity Plans |
Successful funding of these projects will be publicised through media releases (print and/or radio) by participating Rotary Clubs, highlighting peri urban issues, Financial support from CORDAID and Rotary’s International contribution in providing assistance with practical community based solutions. This will provide awareness raising opportunities of first world and developing communities working in partnership. At key stages of implementation or completion of projects, further media opportunities will be taken with supporting photographic documentation.
Regular / periodic short up-date reports will be made available, also by @mail.
With the formation of Community Based Committees as part of the process, there will be a pool of people who, working closely with the implementation of the projects, will be available for public speaking opportunities, and able to address other communities about their experiences in grass roots community development.
Part of the reporting requirements for each project could include a section on “good stories” high lighting any news worthy events for media possibilities. |
Water |
Pilot survey results
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35% of households use river water |
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35% of households must buy water |
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56% of households walk longer than 10 minutes to the nearest source of water, of this number, 21% walk longer than 60 minutes to the nearest source of water |
Concrete approach
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Construct bore holes and pumps |
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Engage the community in water education and use of pumps |
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Train personnel to maintain the pumps |
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Involve community members in construction efforts where possible, by encouraging voluntary efforts by providing subsidies (e.g food allowances) |
Actions
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Consult appropriate water specialists to determine logistics (location, number, etc) of boreholes and handpumps to be constructed according to survey results. |
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Obtain quotes and select company to drill boreholes and construct hand pumps suited for public use. |
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On completion, appoint supervisors of the water consumption. |
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Train community based pump maintenance personnel. |
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Ensure successful use and distribution of water through establishing administrative criteria and bi-annual reporting system for a 3 year period, including site visits and pictorial record on the successful management of the project. |
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Develop and monitor implementation through the establishment of a regular reporting system over length of implementation plan including site visits and pictorial record on the successful management of the project. |
Expected results
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Improve the health of the community through use of clean water |
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Lessen the workload of those who carry the water |
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Enable trench vegetable projects in each homestead |
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Improve the quality of life for the sick and the old. |
What will be done with the money
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Build bore holes and hand pumps |
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Train maintenance personnel |
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Buy any necessary maintenance tools |
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Purchase basic administrative material (paper and ink cartridges) |
Special attention to AIDS orphans, street children
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Access to clean water is a preventative health strategy which at community level improves health and hygiene for all children. At individual level it reduces hardship involved in walking long distances to fetch polluted water, especially in homes where there is sickness or old people as carers. |
Budget
*Cost per bore hole
Bore hole digging 15 000
Pumps + installation 6 000
Holding tanks 8 000
Sub total 29 000
Transport 1 600
Professional supervision 1 500
Volunteer allowances 1 200
Volunteer labour 3 000
Sub total 7 300
Total per bore hole 36 300
4 bore holes/ ward @ 4 wards
Grand total E 145,200 |
Food security |
Pilot survey results
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47% of households have a monthly income below E450 |
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28% of households have no means to buy food |
Concrete approach
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Supply short term assistance in the form of food distribution (soup kitchens, mealie meal supply) to ensure most destitute members of the community are able to eat. The community will decide homesteads most in need of assistance |
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Establish individual and community based trench vegetable gardens with grey water recycling where possible |
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Provide training, tools and seeds to enable self sufficiency with food production |
Actions
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Construct basic kitchen and storage facilities for soup kitchen operation |
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Purchase mealie meal to distribute to destitute homes |
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Consult with community leaders to agree on suitable land for garden sites, and develop a plan for managing the tasks and distributing produce |
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Develop implementation plan and monitor through a regular reporting system. |
Expected results
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Hungry families provided with immediate access to food |
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Communities equipped with tools and training necessary for their own food production |
What will be done with the money
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Construction of soup kitchen and storage |
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Purchase of food supplies for 1 year |
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Purchase of gardening equipment |
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Employing gardening expert to provide training on trench growing techniques |
Special attention to AIDS orphans, street children
Ensuring homesteads are able to feed their children is a preventative strategy which helps to stop children going to the streets begging.
Budget
50 x 12.5 kg bag mealie/month/ward (1 year) 24 000
Local contribution
Transportation costs/month
Soup & pap feeding 200 people/week
Preparation and storage premises
Gas, utensils, pots, plates
Tools for 100 trench gardens
Seeds
Training
Subtotal
Grand total (by 4 wards) E96 000 |
Education |
Pilot survey results
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68% of population are 15 years or under. |
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27% are not attending any form of schooling: 10% have never been to school and 17% have dropped out of school. |
Concrete approach
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Paying part or full financial assistance for primary school fees for children who have never been to school or dropped out of school for more that one year. |
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Ensure orphans and vulnerable children are prioritised |
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Construction of a preschool for 50 children in each ward |
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Add 2 classrooms to existing MYC bridging school catering for street children who are beyond their capacity to fit into peer age groups in main stream school classes (eg. 14 year old cannot attend grade 1 classes). |
Actions
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Identify children who meet criteria for assistance using guidelines for eligibility established by community |
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Build and furnish preschools |
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Build and furnish extra classrooms in existing bridging school |
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Develop implementation plan and monitor through a regular reporting system. |
Expected results
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Basic literacy and numeracy for children excluded from education |
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Pre-school facilities in each community enabling foundation knowledge in literacy and numeracy for all children |
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Ease the financial burden of school fees for families |
What will be done with the money
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Pay for school fees (part and full assistance according to need of family) |
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Construction of 4 pre-schools |
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Purchase school furniture and basic equipment (desks, chairs, black boards, cupboards, basic educational material) for 8 pre-schools and 2 classrooms |
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Construct 2 classrooms in existing bridging school |
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Pay 2 teachers salaries for 1 year (2 staff / preschool + 2 in bridging school = 18 teachers) |
Special attention to AIDS orphans, street children
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Extended families and care-givers often cannot meet school costs for AIDS orphans in their care, adding greater financial strain on their limited income. School fee assistance will be prioritised for AIDS orphans. |
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Street children do not successfully fit into main stream schooling after years of living on the street. They then reach an age where re-entering main stream schooling is not successful, as it put them outside the peer age of their educational level. Attending bridging school enables these children to ‘catch up’ or access education appropriate to their circumstances. |
Budget
Primary school fees for Orphans and vulnerable children under 15
80 children / ward = 320 x E200 per child 64 000
Local contribution
Establish 4 pre-schools
Construction materials
Labour
Furniture & material
2 Classrooms for bridging school
Teacher salary 1 year
Grand total E64 000 |
Health & HIV/AIDS |
Pilot survey results
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28% reported illness (including disability and age related) – medical diagnosis not available |
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10% reported a recent death in the household (past 5 years) |
Concrete approach
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Training Community Based Carers and Health Motivators to provide education on hygiene, basic care of HIV/AIDS patients, water, sanitation and nutrition and establish monitoring program for children likely to be orphaned. |
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Equipping Community Based Health providers with basic medical supplies for infection and pain management. |
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Establish a Youth Life Skills Education Team, providing HIV/AIDS education for young people by recruiting from the 8 wards a suitable gender mix of young people to be trained in the education of children at creche and primary school level in understanding the implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. These will be provided with innovative approaches to communicating with the target age group – drama, song and dance. Suitable resource material will be produced to enhance their instruction. |
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Recruit suitable government and NGOs agencies to provide the necessary training course over a period of two weeks. |
Actions
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Recruit and train youth teams |
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Purchase basic training materials and resources for youth teams |
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Recruit and train community based health workers |
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Purchase basic medical supplies for community based health workers |
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Engage suitable training providers (and premises) for youth and health workers |
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Develop implementation plan and monitor through a regular reporting system. |
Expected results
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Early sensitisation and awareness of HIV/AIDS in young generations before they are sexually active. |
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Decrease in opportunistic diseases associated with HIV/AIDS and better understanding of health strategies to enable better living. |
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Community awareness and responsibility for ‘grass roots’ health issues |
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Community monitoring of orphans and vulnerable children |
What will be done with the money
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Employ specialist training organisations for HIV/AIDS and home based care |
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Book suitable facilities for training |
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Purchase basic training material and resources |
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Purchase medical supplies for 1 year |
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Purchase basic administration equipment to manage home based care and monitoring programs. |
Special attention to AIDS orphans, street children
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Home based care workers will be able to monitor families where children are likely to be orphaned or move into the ‘at risk’ category through the death of parents. This includes identifying children at risk of going onto the streets due to HIV/AIDS related family issues (unemployment, food scarcity, lack of education) and ensuring preventative strategies such as school assistance and food provision are available. |
Budget
HIV/AIDS/ Home based care 1 week training course 14 600
Basic training material and resources 8 700
Medical supplies for 1 year
(pain killers, antibiotics, protective gloves 22 000
dressings, antiseptics, etc..)
Local contribution
Computer, printer
Basic stationary
Grand total for 4 ward E45 300 |
Sanitation |
Pilot survey results
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18% of households have no toilet facilities |
Concrete approach
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Engage the community in sanitation education and the use of urine diversion units and VIP (Ventilated Improved Pit) latrines |
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Train small group of personnel in the construction/manufacture of Ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrines or Urine Diversion toilets |
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Identify families requiring installation of latrines |
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Identify families requiring maintenance of existing latrines |
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Co-ordinate health & hygiene training through community health workers |
Actions
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Utilise current best practise sanitation technology of VIP (Ventilated Improved Pit) Latrines and UD Toilet (Urine Diversion)toilets |
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Register all recipients requiring sanitation (identified by survey), identify most suitable model for each household and develop an overall implementation plan for community. |
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Employ small group of trained labourers to construct/install units. |
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Each recipient to be trained in the use and maintenance of their unit. |
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Develop implementation plan and monitor through a regular reporting system. |
Expected results
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Increase education and awareness of health impacts of sanitation practices |
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Decrease hygiene related illness |
What will be done with the money
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Train and equip a small group of trained personnel in the construction of cost effective community sanitation units |
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Purchase the material for construction and repair of sanitation units |
Special attention to AIDS orphans, street children
Good sanitation practices impact on the health of children who are often most susceptible to disease and infection.
Budget
*per pit latrine
Building materials 1 200 per latrine
Local contribution
Employ 3 person labouring team 1 year 50 000
Grand total (20 latrines / ward = 80 latrines) E46 000 |
Accommodation |
Pilot survey results
46% of homes required repair – most often mud and stick homes where occupants are vulnerable to illness from extreme weather conditions
Concrete approach
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Upgrading existing mud and stick homes by water-proofing with cement-based mix on outer surface |
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Roof and floor repairs in severe cases |
Actions
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Identify homesteads most in need |
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Employ a small team of building labourers for repairs |
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Purchase construction materials |
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Engage assistance of occupants where possible |
Expected results
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Decrease in illnesses related to extreme weather exposure |
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Improved living conditions for most destitute homesteads |
What will be done with the money
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Purchase construction materials |
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Employ teams of 4 labourers/ward for 1 year |
Special attention to AIDS orphans, street children
Again adequate accommodation impacts on the health of children who are often most susceptible to disease and infection.
Budget
* cost per homestead
Average tin roof sheets, screws, timber 250
10 cement bags/homestead E40/bag 400
Sub total E650/home
Subtotal = 15 homesteads/ward (15 x 4 x 650/home) 39 000
Local contribution
Labour team (4 people/ward) for 1 year
@ E5 per hour for 38 hr/week
Grand total E39 000 |
