Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Water, sanitation and hygiene, Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy, Community economic development
This grant budget will be used in the following Future Vision Global Grant Focus:
1. Economic and community development: Train 300 farmers and 8 agents on organic farming practices; set up 2 greenhouses to support medical clinic and a secondary school; micro enterprise training for 100 small business; build a 30 foot wooden bridge for school children; and build capacity of the local community based organization.
2. Disease prevention/Maternal and child health: build capacity among community health workers on common diseases identification and prevention; prenatal and post natal care; hygiene; and purchase of medicines for the disease treatment at Uluthe Medical Clinic.
3. Water and Sanitation: protect 10 springs and replace one well hand pump; training water point management teams; model latrine slabs for better sanitation; and promote hand washing.
4. Basic Education and Literacy: buy curriculum text books for English, Maths and Sciences not provided by the government to improve performance in 3 primary schools (Uluthe, Ugana, Hawagaya) and Uluthe secondary school. Also provide 2 gas cylinders and gas line for Uluthe secondary school for practical science.
The project is in rural western Kenya, 70 kilometers west of Kisumu, and serves a community of 8000 people working to improve on the quality of life for children and family; food security; schools; health; and water and sanitation. The goal of the project is to work towards sustainability through the greenhouses and micro enterprise development. The community has previously benefited from Matching Grants 63710; 64967 and 72325.
