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	D-366    Ghana - Accra Water Tanks $24,400 This project was submitted at the West Africa Project Fair Although the physically and mentally handicapped form quite a sizeable portion of the Ghanaian population they are denied most facilities. The society does not provide adequate facilities to cater for the needs of these deprived people. The educational infrastructure in Ghana does not make any provisions for the disabled. This over 80% of the disabled have no access to formal education. In this bid to assimilate the disabled children within the Kpando District into the formal education system, Mr. Gershon Kofi Tagboto started a school for the mentally handicapped in his own house in 1994. Over the years, the people of Abanu, a suburban village of Kpando, gave him land to build the school. With funding from the German NGO GTZ, a six-classroom block was constructed at Abanu. The school building was commissioned on July 20, 2002, by the Kpando District Chief Executive. The German NGO has also drilled a borehole to provide water for the school. The borehole however is only fitted with a hand pump. The Abanu village also has 2 boreholes fitted with hand pumps. These boreholes were drilled by DANIDA and handed over to the community. These hand pumps are very difficult to operate because one needs a lot of strength to swing the handle up and down. Thus these pumps are called "Abrewa nsa" which literally means "the old woman cannot fetch water". Additionally, several accidents do occur while people fetch water. Both children and adults very often crush their fingers, while others have their jaw or part of their head or body hit the bouncing back metal handles of these pumps. Also, because the water does not come out in a steady strem continuously, there are always long queues. The women and children take long hours to draw one bucket full of water. There are also six other villages within a radius of six kilometers from Abanu viz. Gadza, Agudzi, Bame, Ando Kofe, Dzigbe, Dzewoe, which have been provided with boreholes and hand pumps. These also face the same problems of drawing water. The school currently has a population of about 100 pupils. As the name of the school suggests, Community Inclusive Special School, it admits both the mentally handicapped and the non-handicapped children from the community. It has a staff of graduate special education teachers and German volunteers. Abanu has a total population of about 3,500 people and the populations of the other villages range from about 2,000 to 4,000 people. We are planning to provide and erect 8 overhead water tanks ($1,000 each), with 8 electric submersible water pumps ($3,000 each) to pump the water into the overhead tanks, provide pipes and accessories at $900 per borehole, and build concrete stands at $1,200 each. This $24,400 project would provide the funding for 4 boreholes, and we will be looking at another project with the same budget for the other 4 boreholes. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Accra Osu RE District: 9100 Primary Contact: Kolma Dra Amedewonu Email: kimportex@hotmail.com Check all projects from: [District 9100] [Accra Osu RE Rotary Club] [Kolma Dra Amedewonu] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: Chula Vista Sunrise District: 5340 Primary Contact: Dennis Sumwalt Email: dsumwalt@pacbell.net Check all projects from: [District 5340] [Chula Vista Sunrise Rotary Club] [Dennis Sumwalt] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Accra Osu RE $1,000 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Chula Vista Sunrise $5,000 District 5340 DDF $4,000 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts Rotary Club of Santa Cruz $4,934 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $9,467 Total $24,400 Status and Progress Information Completed This project is completed. Project listed for the 2006-07 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #62789. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Miriam Young (Miriam.Young@rotary.org). <2-Nov-05> System Entry Creation of project page. <26-Nov-06> System Entry Pledge of $5,000 with $4,000 DDF by Dennis Sumwalt of the Rotary Club of Bonita Sunrise, District 5340. <26-Nov-06> by Dennis Sumwalt Matching grant applications in progress. <28-Feb-07> System Entry Pledge of $4,934 by Karen Northup of the Rotary Club of Santa Cruz, District 5170. <4-Mar-07> by Dennis Sumwalt Completed club responsible names, specific need and benefit, item budget. <16-Mar-07> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <9-May-07> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <6-Jun-07> by Thomas Miller Matching Grant Check from Bonita Sunrise Rotary Mailed to Frederic Lahaye Grant Coordinator <10-Jun-07> by Eric Defor Grant paperwork and payment authorisation for R.C. of Accra, Osu RE despatched to Frederic Lahaye. <7-Aug-07> by Brennan Pate The following must be submitted before grant funds can be released: Contributions. Cash contributions pledged by RC Santa Cruz ($4,934) and Payment Contingency detailled list of non-financial activities related to the project by the International sponsor, RC Bonita Sunrise. <23-Jan-08> by Brennan Pate Kate Stewart from TRF wrote that they have been unable to issue payment because all payment requirements have not been met. This grant has been approved and unpaid for over 4 months and will be automatically cancelled if the Foundation does not receive all requirements for payment within 60 days from January 18th, 2008. They have not received: 1.) Contribution from RC Santa Cruz in the amount of US $4,934.00 2.) Payment Contingency: TRF needs to receive a list of non financial activities for RC Bonita Sunrise related to the implementation of this project. <3-Dec-08> by Dennis Sumwalt Project completed. <20-Mar-09> by Susan Thorning Final report due two months after completion of project. <16-Jun-09> by Eric Defor The project has now been finally completed and handed over to the beneficiary communities on the 11th June, 2009. Final Report to be submitted before end June 2009 <18-Sep-09> by Susan Thorning An email was received from the Rotary Foundation indicating the following: As of today our records indicate that The Rotary Foundation (TRF) has not received an acceptable report within the last 15 months for MG0762789. The grant was awarded to help provide potable water to the village og Abanu in Accra, Kpando District, Ghana. <6-Nov-09> by Susan Thorning Draft of final report edited by DGSC and posted to project website <10-Dec-09> by Susan Thorning A draft of your final report was posted to the website, but nothing has been submitted to the Rotary Foundation as of this time. This report was due in March of 2009. <17-Dec-09> by Susan Thorning A letter was received dated today from the Rotary Foundation indicating that you are 18 months past due on reporting. Please work with your co-sponsoring partner to either submit an acceptable report or return all grant funds paid to the project, US$ 24400, plus any interest earned to TRF within 60 days of the date of this letter. <6-Jan-10> by Susan Thorning Rot. Kofi Nti, President, Rotary Club of Accra-Osu RE, submitted a signed report today by email. The hard copies of this report together with the press clippings, bank statement and the other required documents will be sent by courier during the week. <29-Jan-10> by Susan Thorning Staff contact Miriam Young has requested Bank statements from RC Accra-Osu RE showing (1) the receipt of funds from the Foundation in the account and (2) all withdrawals related to the project flagged or labeled. The bank statements should also show that all funds have been expended. <10-Mar-10> by Susan Thorning Bank statements have been submitted and will be reviewed for completion. <16-Mar-10> by Susan Thorning Miriam Young has requested clarification regarding a transfer of funds between the project account to another account, #0012074402594301. Please clarify why the funds were moved. <20-May-10> System Entry Grant status changed to "Completed". 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