US embassy cable - 04KINSHASA2145

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 002145 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/EPS, USAID FOR AFR/DP/PAB 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KDEM, EAID, CG 
SUBJECT: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND FY-04 FINAL REPORT 
 
 
1.  (U) STATUS OF SSH FY 2000 - 2002 
Post is pleased to report there are no outstanding balances. 
All projects have been closed out. 
 
2.  (U) STATUS OF SSH FY 2003 
Post funded ten projects with the $56,200.00 allocated to 
Embassy Kinshasa.  Post insured that these small projects 
represented many regions of this vast country.  These 
projects have had a very positive impact on the areas where 
they were implemented, and they are also a visible sign to 
the Congolese of U.S. concern for their welfare.  Seven of 
the projects have been completed successfully, and all 
receipts turned into USAID.   The status of four FY03 
projects that remain open is listed below: 
 
Project Number:   SSH 03-660-03 
Project Name:           Habitat for Humanity 
Location:         Lukala - Kimpese, Bas Congo 
Dollar Amount:    $13,600 
Status:     This project got off to a very late start due to 
administrative problems by HH. The project has now  been 
completed and post is waiting for receipts to liquidate the 
remaining  $5,282.19.  Post visited the project August 5, 
2004.  The visit confirmed that HH was doing a great job with 
the funds.  Post does not anticipate any complications in 
closing this project. 
 
Project Number:   SSH 03-660-04 
Project Name:           Project de la Population Demunie 
Location:         Lubumbashi, Shaba 
Dollar Amount:    $5,000 
Status:     Project has been completed as agreed, and the 
remaining receipts for the amount of  $1,585 should be at 
post before the end of  November.  Post does not anticipate 
any complications in closing out this project. 
 
Project Number:   SSH 03-660-05 
Project Name:           Oeuvres N'te M'pn Yesu - Ontey 
Location:         Panu, Bandundu 
Dollar Amount:    $10,000 
Status:     Project located in a very remote area.  Grantee 
and community are doing a good job , but distance and 
unstable conditions in the country have greatly slowed 
progress.   Post has been in contact with the grantee and the 
remaining receipts for $3,277.73 should be delivered in the 
near future.  Post anticipates no complications in closing 
out this project. 
 
Project Number:   SSH 03-660-09 
Project Name:           Bon Depart 
Location:         Gemena, Equateur 
Dollar Amount:    $3,500 
Status:           Pictures and reports show good progress 
with this project.  The project has been competed as agreed 
and grantee promises remaining receipts for $2102.90 by the 
end of November.  Post anticipates no complications in 
closing out this project. 
 
3.  STATUS OF SSH FY 2004 
Post received notice of the $45,500 allocated to Embassy 
Kinshasa August 4, 2004.  Seven projects were chosen, and all 
the funds were obligated by September 10, 2004.  Many worthy 
projects were rejected due to funding constraints.  The 
following information summarizes the selected projects: 
 
Project Number:   SSH 04-660-01 
Project Name:     Comite de Developpement du Bassin Nord de 
la N'djili 
Location:   Kinshasa 
Dollar Amount:    $20,000 
Description:            Three communities of Kinshasa have 
come together in an effort to stop the flooding of the 
N'djili River which is destroying their homes and endangering 
their lives.  Funds will provide necessary aid to build up 
the banks of the N'djili River. 
Date Obligated:   September 10, 2004 
Beneficiaries:          Approximately sixty-four thousand 
poverty-stricken people. 
Local input:            The three communities are providing 
all the labor. 
Status:                 First advance of $5,000 has been 
given to the grantee. 
 
Project Number:   SSH 04-660-02 
Project Name:           Streets Smarts 
Location:         Kinshasa 
Dollar Amount:    $4,000 
Description:      A group of expatriates provide assistance 
to street boys of Gombe, Kinshasa to live in a house and 
attend school.  Funds are used for schooling, lodging, food, 
and salary for a dorm dad and cook for the children. 
Date Obligated:   September 10, 2004 
Beneficiaries:          Twenty street boys. 
Local input:            Time and energy of those who 
contribute and help run the program on a voluntary basis. 
Status:                 Grantee has not withdrawn first 
advance. 
Project Number:   SSH 04-660-03 
Project Name:     Orphelinat Saint Vincent de Paul 
Location:   Mashala, Kasai Occ. 
Dollar Amount:    $5,000 
Description:      A religious group, caring for orphans and 
displaced persons, plans to build a pigsty.  The pigs will 
provide food for the center as well as funds for other needs. 
 Funds will build a sty and purchase a few pigs. 
Date Obligated:   September 10, 2004 
Beneficiaries:    At present this project will benefit 231 
orphans and 77 displaced persons, and many more persons will 
benefit in years to come. 
Local input:            Time and energy of the sisters who 
run the center. 
Status:                 Grantee has not withdrawn first 
advance. 
 
Project Number:   SSH 04-660-04 
Project Name:     Assistance Alimentaire aux Eleves Sans 
Moyens (ASALEM) 
Location:   Kinshasa 
Dollar Amount:    $3,000 
Description:      Providing books and other teaching aids for 
a school serving low-income families.  Funds will also serve 
to improve the condition of the school building. 
Date Obligated:   September 10, 2004 
Beneficiaries:    Two hundred plus students this year and 
many more in the years to come. 
Local input:            The grantee owns the property. 
Status:                 Grantee still needs to produce some 
remaining proforma. 
 
Project Number:   SSH 04-660-05 
Project Name:           A Mobayi Mobayi 
Location:         Mbongo, Equateur 
Dollar Amount:    $3,500 
Description:      Funds will provide benches for a school 
devastated by the war. 
Date Obligated:   September 10, 2004 
Beneficiaries:    Three hundred plus students this year and 
more in the years to come. 
Local input:            Community will replace doors and 
windows looted during the war. 
Status:                 Grantee has withdrawn funds. 
 
Project Number:   SSH 04-660-06 
Project Name:           Salvation Army 
Location:         Plateau de Bateke, Bandundu 
Dollar Amount:    $5,000 
Description:      Purchasing a corn-sheller and a generator 
to run the sheller.  Presently women and children shell the 
corn manually.  Sheller will increase efficiency and 
productivity. 
Date Obligated:   September 10, 2004 
Beneficiaries:          Growers, harvesters, and consumers of 
Plateau de Bateke. 
Local input:      Salvation Army provides fuel, maintenance, 
and labor for the sheller. 
Status:                 Grantee will be withdrawing funds 
this week. 
 
Project Number:   SSH 04-660-07 
Project Name:           Assainissement du Milieu Urbain 
Location:         Kananga, Kasai Occidental 
Dollar Amount:    $5,000 
Description:      Providing basic hand tools to aid the city 
of Kananga in manually cleaning up their city. 
Date Obligated:   September 10, 2004 
Beneficiaries:          The population of Kananga, 
approximately 1,100,000 persons. 
Local input:      The population of Kananga will provide the 
manual labor necessary to make their city a cleaner, 
healthier, and safer place. 
Status:                 Grantee has not provided all the 
necessary proforma. 
 
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