DONACIONES PARA EL PROYECTO DE AGUA PARA LOS NIÑOS DE KIBERA

Aquellos que quieran hacer donaciones para ayudar a  estos niños mi número de cuenta es:

Numero: 373 607107 78

Nombre: Valeria Londono Moreno

Ahorros Bancolombia

Si le es posible, favor enviar un correo a londonovaleria@hotmail.com indicando tu nombre para que los niños te agradezcan tu donación

Por fin tenemos todo listo para empezar el proyecto. Ya terminamos la propuesta que vamos a enviarle a las empresas que producen estos tanques de recolección de agua para ver si conseguimos por lo menos un descuento en el precio.

Ahora Yasmin y yo vamos a ponernos en la tarea de contarles a todos nuestros familiares y amigos sobre el proyecto para empezar a recoger fondos. Creo que este blog es la mejor forma de hacerlo, así que voy a explicar detalladamente de qué se trata y cómo funciona para los que solo quieran leer esta entrada.

Estoy haciendo un programa de AIESEC en Nairobi con una organización que se llama Africa Health Community Program (AHCP). Para aquellos que no saben, AIESEC es una organización sin animo de lucro que trabaja a nivel global para facilitarle a los jóvenes tener experiencias de trabajo social alrededor del mundo. Una especie de intermediario entre jóvenes y ONG´s a nivel mundial.

Hace tres semanas llegue a Nairobi y empecé a trabajar en AHCP; una organización no gubernamental que se dedica a ayudar la juventud en Kibera por medio de proyectos de emprendimiento, salud e higiene para la comunidad.

(Para más información: http://africahcp.wix.com/kenya)

Con Yasmin, una compañera de Brazil, visitamos más de 10 colegios en las favelas para hacerle seguimiento a una campaña de salud oral que AHCP había implementado el año pasado allí. En esta tarea, nos dimos cuenta que los colegios tenían una gran dificultad en la implementación del proyecto debido al acceso limitado del agua. La mayoría de los colegios deben comprar el agua pero debido a sus escasos recursos, muchas veces los niños no tienen agua ni para beber.

De allí en adelante, Yasmin y yo empezamos a hacer una investigación sobre el tema y encontramos que la forma mas viable para ayudar en la solución de este problema es a través de la recolección de  aguas  lluvias. El sistema ya es utilizado en algunos lugares de la favela, pero debido al alto costo de estos tanques, el uso no es frecuente. En Nairobi hay tres temporadas de lluvias y no pasa más de tres meses sin llover, lo que garantiza el éxito de la recolección del agua.

Inicialmente seleccionamos un colegio (el que necesita mas ayuda) que se llama “Fruitful Talent Center” para implementar la idea. Este lugar tiene 180 estudiantes, de los cuales 25 son huérfanos y viven allí. Además, a diferencia de los otros colegios este es gratis ya que los papás no lo pueden pagar. (El costo aproximado de un colegio en la favela es de 4 dólares mensuales). El lugar se sostiene con la venta de las artesanías de una mujer, que es la dueña, directora, mamá y profesora de los niños.

La idea es poner en este colegio un tanque con una capacidad de 16,000 Litros de agua, que es suficiente para abastecer el consumo de tres meses; el periodo máximo de sequia. Actualmente el colegio consume 1600 L de agua semanales, que equivalen a 19200 L trimestrales. El dinero que se gastan comprando esta cantidad de agua en el año es de 231 dólares, plata que podrían utilizar para la comida y las diferentes necesidades básicas de estos niños.  Adicionalmente, el tanque necesita una estructura de cemento para evitar que se lo roben y un sistema para recolectar el agua.

El tanque con una capacidad de 16,000 Litros de agua tiene un costo de 2,000 USD y debemos sumar los gastos adicionales para construir la estructura, pagar los trabajadores y el transporte del material. En total el proyecto de “Water For Kids in Kibera” para este colegio tiene un costo de 2,230 USD. Este valor es sin contar con algún descuento que podamos conseguir de las empresas. Para los que quieran leer la propuesta formal que enviamos a las empresas (en ingles) voy a adjuntarla en otra entrada del blog.

Por esto, Yasmin y yo vamos a dedicarnos este tiempo que nos queda para recoger fondos entre amigos, familiares, conocidos y todas aquellas personas que crean en el proyecto. Nosotras ya empezamos con nuestra donación.

Decidimos usar nuestras cuentas bancarias y no la de AHCP debido al costo tan alto de una transacción internacional (7% del dinero que se retire) y también para facilitar la administración del dinero.

Aquellos que quieran donar mi número de cuenta es:

Numero: 373 607107 78

Nombre: Valeria Londono Moreno

Ahorros Bancolombia

Si le es posible, favor enviar un correo a londonovaleria@hotmail.com indicando tu nombre para que los niños te agradezcan tu donación





INVITACION A EMPRESAS INTERNACIONALES A VINCULARSE AL PROYECTO "AGUA PARA LOS NIÑOS DE KIBERA"

 WATER FOR KIDS IN KIBERA

Water for kids in Kibera

2014 Africa Health & Community Program Reg.#op218/051/2005/0240/3705

"Water for kids in Kibera" is a project that wants to provide water for schools in the Kibera Slum by putting the equipment to save water from the rain.

In that way, we want to improve the health of the children in Kibera Slum and assure them a better life.

Africa Health & Community Program

Olympic Off Kibera Drive, 8

P.O. Box 27996-00100 - Kibera, Nairobi 

Tel: +254 202 642 010 or +254 710 492 066

Email: yasmin.seoane@gmail.com

Website: www.africahcp.wix.com/kenya

Introduction

Africa Health and Community Program (AHCP) is a nongovernmental organization that centers on helping the youth of Kibera create a self sustainable community capable of efficiently and adequately responding to its own needs. AHCP focuses on entrepreneurships, women empowerment, health, sanitation and hygiene and also provides tutoring and a safe, clean, noise-free environment for the children to do their homework in hopes that one day they will be able to grow out of the slums and move on to better and bigger things. The goal is to teach these children that there is life outside of the slums and that the world is a much bigger place, filled with more opportunities than what they are used to seeing in the closed compounds of the Kibera slum.

Every year, the participants and beneficiaries of our programs display their gratitude for equipping them with the skills they need to improve their living situation. Visitors and beneficiaries alike commend our efforts, finding it impossible not to see the progress we have helped implement, however large or small. We have assisted people in this community of all ages, whether by offering them lessons in computer skills and entrepreneurship, bringing toothbrushes to children in schools, many of whom had never brushed their teeth, giving grants to men and women to start up businesses, or providing a quiet and well lit library for kids to do their homework after school. Our programs have led many to steady incomes and financial independence, in turn putting more food on the table for families and strengthening the Kibera community’s chance of a brighter future.

Our interns pay for the costs of all projects and materials. In addition, the rent is paid from fundraising and personal accounts - all to help and keep our focus on the community. Seeing the participants grow and share their stories to others encouraging them to take part is our reward.

We hope it will be a partnership you value and will want to build upon.

For more information: http://africahcp.wix.com/kenya

Who we are

We (Yasmin Barbosa Seoane, Valéria Londono and Martin Njuguna), as volunteers from AHCP, are developing a new project called “Water for kids in Kibera”.

Background information

The first week we (Yasmin and Valéria) were working at AHCP on the health and sanitation programs we visited more than 10 schools to keep an updated track of programs (like the "Handwashing", "Toothbrushesing", "Gardering" and "Sanitary Towels" projects) that were implemented in 2013.

Problem statement

During our journey in the slum we noticed that a lot of schools have had much difficulty in maintaining the projects mentioned above due to the scarcity of water. Most of the schools have to buy all the water they use, and because of budget limitations, sometimes they don't even have it for the most basic things, as drinking. The difficult access to the water is not only a problem for the implementation of AHCP's toohbrushing and handwashing projects! The access to water is fundamental to prevent some diseases and therefore is part of the objective of our organization.  ​

During our research we found out that the problem is bigger than what we could have imagined. Every year 3.5 million children globally do not live past five years of age due to diarrhea and pneumonia.  These are common diseases which can be prevented effectively and affordably through hand washing with soap, which is the single most cost-effective health intervention. Also, 30,000 children die each day from contaminated water and 85% of all diseases in African children under 5 are caused by water-borne illnesses. The United Nations reports that 20% of the world’s population struggles to gain access to safe drinking water every day.

For Kibera Community the water is not only important for health and sanitation but also for a lot of basics things like cooking the food and drinking.

After visiting more than 10 schools in Kibera, we realized that to develop this type of projects (health and sanitation) first the schools had to have access to water. We researched how we could help to solve this problem and we found out that saving water from the rain is the most viable way to do it because:

1. In Nairobi there are 3 seasons of raining, so the country doesn’t stay more than 3 months without rain.
2. A tank can last for 3 months, so it should be enough to supply water for the school for the whole year.
3. Saving water from the rain is a trustable method also because it’s already working in some places in the slum, although it is not widely available.

Target Group

During our visits to the schools, we agreed that the ”Fruitful Talent Center” is the one that we want to help first because it’s a free school, which means that the parents of these children don’t have the money to pay the school (and the approximated cost of a school in Kibera is 2,50 USD a month). The school has 180 students, of which 25 are orphans that live there. Since this school is for free, all the money used to buy basic things (like water and food) comes from handmade souvenirs made by two women that live in the place and work only to help these children survive. Most of the time they don’t have enough money to buy water for their children. That’s why we concluded that this is the school that most needs our help.

The school spends 1400 liters of water in a week. This means they need 5600 L of water per month or about a 16800L tank of water for three months. Buying this water costs them 17 USD each month, or 50 USD for three months, which is a big amount of money for them.

Classroom of the "Fruitful Talent Center"

Inside the "Fruitful Talent Center"

Boardroom: 25 orphans sleep in the school

Some of the children from the school

Objective

The idea is to install a tank and drain pipes on the roofs of the "Fruitful Talent Center" to collect water from the rain. The tank will have a capacity of 16000 liters of water, in order to provide water throughout the year. In addition, this tank will need a structure made of cement, stones and sand to make sure that nobody can steal it.

Project Implementation

We (Yasmin and Valeria) will do a fundraiser to collect money to develop the project first in “Fruitful Talent Center”, but according to the budget that we fundraise, we want to implement the project in more schools in Kibera.

We need that you, Ken Tank, as a company committed to society and the less favored people, to support us with a 50 % discount in the total price of the tank.

Our compromise

Our compromise is to conclude successfully the project and show you the results of our work in a short and long term. Also we offer:

1. Including your logo in AHCP’s website and Facebook page.

2. Mentioning  your company in our NGO material.

3. Advertising  your products on our programs.

4.AHCP will have your name and logo on promotional material.

We are confident these sponsorship visibility will provide an advantageous opportunity for your company to increase its network and recognition. It is also a great chance to help the children of Kibera slum get a better life and education, and to give them a better future.

Feel free to ask any kind of return what may benefit you as a company.