GRAPEVINE HOPE CENTRE ONLINE FUND RAISING TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION

OF NEEDY & WORTHY CHILDREN

SECTION OF GHC CHILDREN WITH THE DIRECTOR & Teacher

BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Grapevine Hope Centre School is a community based school in Nairobi County, Kenya. It is located in the

Sewage/Matopeni slums/village of Njiru Sub County of Nairobi County. The village is located along a sewer

line, a place previously occupied by sewerage dams. Matopeni is derived from a Swahili word which means

Muddy conditions (probably after the relocation of the sewage dam, the place was very muddy). Only

extremely poor people who had no otherwise dared to settle here and formed a village. The village is part of

the large Kayole Estate. The village neighbors Mihang’o (Quarry) to the East, Kayole (main) to the South

Twiga / Kirima and Njiru to the North and Spring valley and Obama village /Estate to the West – along

Kangundo Road.

It is a poverty stricken area with most residents experiencing extreme/ abject poverty – largely

disadvantaged with little or no government assistance. Due to the above situation, most children here do

not attend school and more often are found wandering about in the slum streets and damping areas begging

and ransacking dustbins for something to eat. The main focus of their parents is to get food and shelter.

Education, clothes (uniforms) don’t feature in their plans despite the fact that schooling is the key factor for

a bright future for these children. GHC is working to ensure that, orphans, destitute/street urchins-

Chokoraas, poor and other vulnerable children access good quality education, are comfortable and have

hope for a better / bright future.

The GHC school management has set up a policy to provide LOW cost-HIGH Quality Education to the poor &

vulnerable children on the basis of Cost sharing. Currently we have over 200 Children in school. Parents are

not able to pay fees charged in time. For this reason, GHC engages in various income generating activities to

raise funds to pay staff & support the school operations. The income generated is hardly enough to pay

teachers & meet other operation costs. For this reasons, we solicit funds through fund raising to support the

needy & worthy children.

Economic situation

In Matopeni where the school is based, the living standards and resources such as power supplies are hardly

inadequate, there are few services and unemployment is extremely high with resident’s main occupation

being mundane casual laborers (e.g. collecting garbage, construction sites, washing among other menial

jobs). The village is located along a sewer line, a place previously occupied by sewerage dams. Matopeni is

derived from a Swahili word which means Muddy conditions (probably after the relocation of the sewage

dam, the place was very muddy). The majority of residents are unemployed or under-employed as casual

(unskilled) labourers in the nearby Quarry, which provides low wages. The area is known for illegal alcohol

manufacture and sale, and for the sex work industry in which many local women and girls are employed

which are very risky in this time & age. Glaring risks of HIV infection, unwanted pregnancies among others.

Some engage in petty trade in fruits, vegetables and hawking cooked foodstuff in which they earn less than a

dollar a day.

Most “regularly employed” residents, mostly female worker, are employed as domestic workers in the

neighboring bigger Kayole and Komarock estates. Their payments are very poor & often delayed.

SOME OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES MOST OF THE GHC PARENTS ENGAGE IN

(a) Support for 100 needy & worthy children in 2017

The school Board of Management felt that it is good & prudent to support needy & worthy children

in our school. Needy children are those who come from very poor families. This forms the majority

our children. To support them we charge half of the projected fees. Despite this, payments are

extremely poor. Worthy children are those who are either good in class work, well behaved, show

great interest to learn or have special talents/needs. For these, we have waived their fees by 75%,

they pay 25% of the require fees. We are supporting about 25 of this category. We need support for

the rest. Good teachers move away to better paying schools since we pay the little collected from

fees/paid. To fully support these children, we need on average, Kshs25,000 per child per year.

This translates to a total of KShs2,500,000.

(b) Borehole project in Obama.

We understand very well that we will have emerging needs & that we cannot keep on asking people

to help us. The borehole project is a sustainability plan for the long term solution.

It is an opportunity we want to exploit to support the many needy children in matopeni slums & its

environs. We understand very well that we will have emerging needs & that we cannot keep on

asking people to help us. The borehole project is a sustainability plan for the long term solution.

It is an opportunity we want to exploit to support the many needy children in Matopeni slums & its

environs.

Lack of clean water is the major problem in Obama Estate where we bought land for our fish & vegetable

farming. The Surface water/Swamp available is not clean/Contaminated. Water from vendors is expensive

and sometimes of questionable quality. As school we buy water at20/- per 20 litres jerry can from vendors

(Transported to school) for general use. Young girls and women in Obama waste a lot of time-walking long

distance and queuing for a long time looking for this very important basic community- indeed water is life.

Young girls are vulnerable to sex pests for they leave their homes very early & come back late. Tap water is

unreliable and inadequate. Obama has about 5000households/families and still growing due to its proximity

to the main road. Hence high demand for water, fish & vegetables

It is in virtue of these that we are seeking funding from your organization to drill/sink a borehole, to enable

us solve these problems once and for all.

It will reduce time and energy wasted by young girls and women looking for clean water. We shall make

water reliable and affordable for our school & the area residents. This will also enable us grow/rear more fish

and plant more vegetables.

Currently residents in Matopeni and Obama states buy water at 10/= from taps/source and at 20/= from

vendors for one 20 litres jerry can. We shall make it available at 5/= per 20 litres jerry can at the taps. We hope

to make total sales or at least 100,000 per month for sustainability & maintenance of all other projects.

This will also enable us to support more needy & worthy children, stock more fish and feed them well, plant

more vegetables, establish hatchery-breed fingerlings for sale, supports more needy and worthy children

and create more employment opportunities. And give partial support to those who transit to secondary

schools & other learning institutions.

From these, we shall be able to manage our organization, school and other projects better and engage in

other income generating activities.

The school feeding program, will also get a big boost, availability of clean/portable water shall also reduce

incidences of waterborne diseases and other related ailments. The residents shall be sure of affordable and

reliable good quality water from a source known well to them.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

(i) Provide access to clean water to general use in school and to the residents of the community in

general safe time energy and money spent on water.

(ii) Do more fish and vegetable farming to meet the needs of schools feeding program and sell the

surplus generate funds to the support needy and worthy children in our school.

(iii) Make water available at all time and affordable for the residents and cushion them from high

cost of living in a small yet very important way/aspect.

(iv) From the sale of water, fish and vegetables enable us to support more needy and worthy children

in the commodity and its environment and expand our programs/scope.

(v) Create more employment opportunities directly and indirectly to both older and youthful

members of the community reduce incidents of crime of other social rise and reduce

unemployment.

(vi) Serve as role model organization for other youth group and the general public. This will make

other youth unleash the great potentials in them and realize their dreams.

We hope to achieve our goals/mission fully within one and half year of funding. We hope that the

number of direct beneficiaries increase from the current 200 to over 400 and employment

opportunities from the current 14 to over 25 by the end of 2018.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN

To achieve our goals and objectives within a set time flame, we shall perform the following specific activities.

(i) Seek a license from city council and NEMA to allow us drill/sink a bore-hole.

(ii) Seek advice from experts/ to carry out hydrological survey – that will be identified by our officials

and your organization or agent that your organization identifies.

(iii) Identify a company/organization that can do the drilling/sinking of the borehole and install all the

necessary gadgets affordably & in the best way possible.

(iv) Carry out chemical and biological/microbial water analysis as approve of good quality-. Water

suitable for human consumption/domestic use.

(v) Install a meter to determine consumption rate/demand sales usage per day for proper

management & planning.

(vi) Start using water is our projects and selling to the general public.

(vii) At this point, establish an hatchery to breed our own fingerlings and for sell – have the hatchery

registered accredited with/by the relevant authorities.

Implementation matrix and management plan table

Specific activity What to be done. Who will do it (implementation)

Target beneficiaries

When will it be done? time frame

1 Hydrological survey

Identify a company to do the survey and let them do it

Group chairman, and TAK officials

The GHC group Hydrological company

Has already been done.

2 Seek license from city council, Ministry of water & NEMA

Visit their offices and make inquiries on requirements

GHC- Chairman and Board members & the drilling Company

In this case City council NEMA & GHC

To be done within the first month of funding

1. Competitive bidding & Drilling

Receive quotation from contacts and select one from them

The GHC Board & group official/representative.

Bidders/drilling company GHC members & the Community

Within the second /third month of funding

2. Water analysis Collect samples for chemical and biological analysis

By the ministry of water or selected laboratory.

Ministry of water Members of the group GHC and general public

Within the fourth month of funding

3. Meter installation Buy a meter: good/recommended Have it installed

Drilling company Group officials & The GHC Board.

The members of the group. General public City council.

Within the fourth month of funding

4. Using water/selling to residents

Determine system of selling and usage by GHC to water crops and fish.

GHC Group employed members/youth

GHC school General public and the group members of GHC

From the fifth month onwards

5. Setting up an hatchery

GC group members Ministry of agriculture, fishery and livestock

Establish the breeding system and start breeding fingerlings

GHC- School Group members General public /fish farmers

Once enough funds are raised.

PROJECT BUDGET

The budget for our borehole project are average estimate after making inquiries about our project from

those who have done the similar project previously and quotations some of those doing the

project/companies. We have done a budget for a borehole at 250m, deeper than the deepest nearest

borehole which is at 420metres. The figures may change due to price change as a result of inflation and also

other unforeseen cost/emerging issues after 6months. I will therefore include 5% of the total budget to

cater for inflation & unforeseen costs.

Type of borehole domestic unit 1 unit budget table: Summary

MOBILIZATION

Item Description Unit Qty Unit cost

Total Kshs

Total

Euros

Mobilization(Transport of equipment to- and from- site)

LS 1 75,000 75,000 650.00

Equipment Set and Clean Up to drill and finish all work

No. 1 15,000 36,000 312.00

Supply of water for drilling Operations using High pressure pump

Litres 10,000 2 20,000 375.00

Set up of temporary Steel and PVC casing to allow for safe drilling

LS 10 6,000 60,000 520.00

Drilling borehole of 200mm(6.75-inches) diameter to desired depth

Meters 250 2,500 625,000 5,420

Install a 100-year warranty 152-mm(6-inch) Schedule 28 PVC casing

Meters 70 2,000 140,000 1210.00

Install a 100-yr warranty 152-mm(6-in) Sch 28 PVC Slotted Filter Screen

Meters 30 2,200 66,000 570.00

Keep Drilling Records and Soil Sampling for entire depth of borehole

Hrs 16 1,000 16,000 140.0

Supply and Install gravel pack at desired depth Tone 5 15,000 75,000 650.00

Borehole development using high pressure Air-Lift system

Hrs 3 12,000 36,000 312.00

Sterilization and Treatment of borehole using Concentrated Chlorine Tab

LS 1 10,000 10,000 85.00

Cap well with water-tight seal No 1 10,000 10,000 85.00

Chemical and Bacterial Water Analysis by Ministry of Water(MUST)

LS 1 12,000 12,000 100.00

24-hour Pump Testing, Set Up and Clean Up Hrs 28 2,500 70,000 605.00

Total money 1,251,000 10,840.00

PUMP DETAILS AND INSTALLATION

No. Item Description Unit Qty Unit cost

Total Kshs

Total

Euros

1. 2-HP Electric powered pump No 1 135,000 135,000 1170.00

2. Pump Installation(Labor) Hrs 8 4,000 32,000 277.00

3. Electric Drop Cable (4mm2 3-Core) Meters 80 450 36,000 312.00

4. Pump Control Panel Complete with all accessory

No 1 45,000 45,000 390.00

5. Installation Sundries, Inclusive AVS No 1 25,000 25,000 317.00

6. Install 1.5-inch PVC Supply Pipe(pump-to-house

Meters 100 420 42,000 364.00

7. Install Electric Lamp(pump-to-house/generator)

Meters 60 450 27,000 234.00

8. Install 25-Gallon Fibre Glass Pressure Tank No 1 35,000 35,000 303.00

9. Install Pressure switch(Auto Switch On/Off) No 1 7,500 7,500 65.00

10. Install all PVC T- Lines, Valves, and Elbows No 5 5,000 25,000 317.00

11. Install PVC Conduit or Underground Cable Meters 50 150 7,500 65.00

Total 417,000 3,614.00

OTHER SERVICES/FACILITIES

No. Item Description Unit Qty Unit cost Total Kshs Total Euros 1. Complete Hydro-Geological Services-report LS 1 50,000 50,000 430.00

2. Tank Tower(7-meters Steel) No 1 275,000 275,000 2385.00

3. Drilling License(Min. of Water) LS 1 50,000 50,000 430.00

4. Tank Tower Foundation No 1 55,000 55,000 475.00

5. Plastic Tank and Installation (10,000 Litres) No 2 105,000 210,000

6. KPL Charges to Install Electric- 3phase LS 1 75,000 75,000 650.00

7. National Environmental Management Authority Report

sum 1 55,000 55,000 475.0

Totals Kshs. 770,000 6,675.00 OVERALL TOTAL for the Borehole

KES2, 438,000

21,130

Including 5% to cover inflation, changes & other unforeseen costs: Total = KES 2, 559, 900

22,185.00

GRAND TOTAL TARGET

KSHS 5, 059, 900.

$50,000.

GHC as school will be very much happy to have you partner with us/support our efforts. To enable us

develop a strong sustainability programs.

PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION

- There will be a written reports on financial transaction at the end of the project implementation.

- Photos of the work statement at all levels will be taken and made available to development partners.

- Share reports of every term on all projects to our donors/supporters.

- Report on employment turnover of our staff.

We are going to set smart targets for our project and all its components. We shall monitor all the

components to ensure efficiency and proper alignment towards the project goals and objectives.

We shall evaluate performance based on our targets. We shall evaluate performance index and make

adjustments. If goals have been achieved and surpassed, we shall set higher targets: if under achieved we

shall re-adjust our targets downwards to achievable levels.

We shall ensure that all the components are properly coordinated to achieve specific goals and overall

objectives of our project and organization at large.

DOCUMENTATION AND SHARING RESULTS

a) The reports will be sent to partners through email or postage photo of work in progress and financial

reports/posted on the GHC page at the globalgiving website

b) Site visit will be made through welcoming or inviting the pertness to witness the progress made.

c) To request partners to host our reports in websites.

d) Sharing in social media platforms such as twitter, face book etc.

OUR STRATEGY

As an organization & school, GHC has developed some strategies that are totally different from the practice

in most other schools. We decided as a management to make learning accessible and affordable to all. We

also decided to waive fees for the needy & worthy children. Needy are the majority, the vulnerable,

orphaned, abandoned and the likes. The worthy are the ones working hard in class, well behaved or

disciplined & score above set targets. This has been informed by the fact that many parents & children

dream ask about sponsorship but are very lazy. Supporting needy & worthy children is very common with

giant corporate organization. They target those who are poor/needy, but do well in KCPE exams joining

secondary schools. This will make children to work hard & parents to support/motivate them.

Most schools have a blanket sponsorship for all children. This has intoxicated the minds of most children and

parents that before joining schools they ask if there is sponsorship. We will from now on respond that we

support needy & worthy children but we are affordable to all. We hope to improve the GHC integrated

farming project once water is sufficiently available. Poultry-Fish & vegetables, self sustaining projects.

We also hope to put up some giant income generating activities upcountry in future to support the needy &

worthy children beyond primary education as well as special talents.

Below are some of the activities which we hope to improve to support our courses:

PROJECT SUSTAINABILTY

We hope to collect over KES100,000 per month after the borehole is fully operational. With improved

structures in school & completion of all short term developments, we also hope to raise over KES100,000

from fees levied as we expect the number of pupils to grow. Fish, vegetables & others are projected to

raise on average KES30,000 per month. This will make GHC self sustainable. From here, we will only seek

support for one-touch mega projects. This is on the projected terms. We hope that the actual situation

will be better if not as projected.

CONCLUSION

The Borehole project is indeed a mega project & capital intensive. But is justifiable owing to its projected impact & significance for GHC as an organization.. We shall be very much grateful to have these projects supported for the year 2017. We need your support.

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