PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR ORPHANED CHILDREN

“BEATO LUIGI TEZZA”

Project for didactic materials’ supply for primary school for children orphaned by AIDS

Servants of the Sick - Camillians

P.O. BOX 119 – KARUNGU 40401

KENYA

TEL. 00873 762057495

FAX. 00873 762057496

WEB : http://www.karungu.net

PROPOSAL’S INTRODUCTION

TITLE: Didactic material for “B.L. Tezza Primary School” for children orphaned by AIDS, in Migori district, KENYA.

LOCATION: Migori Distrct, Nyanza Province- KENYA. The district is

composed of 8 divisions. Karungu is one of the divisions. In

Karungu there is a village called Rabour, where “B.L. Tezza”

Primary school is located

DURATION: 1 year.

ORGANIZATION: Religious Order of “Servants of the Sick (Camillians)”.

PROPOSER: Present in Kenya since 1975, the organization offers social and health services; besides, since 1993, it has been present in Karungu division, where the activity of a missionary hospital started. This hospital is the only Health facility in the area that deals with the consequences of spread of AIDS. Recently, a welfare home for orphaned children began its activity.

CONTACT: Fr. Emilio Balliana – Project Director of “St. Camillus Dala Kiye Orphaned Children Welfare Home”

Proposal’s objective

The aim of the project is to supply didactic materials for a primary school of 350 orphans in Karungu division, close to St. Camillus Dala Kiye (a welfare home for orphaned children) and to St.Camillus Mission Hospital. In the most part of cases the orphans have not necessary resources to join primary instruction, so at the moment they are attending primary school for free. The objective of the project is suppling necessary materials to these children for an adequate scholastic activity. Nevertheless, the school’s management is entrusted to the local community,in particular to NOPA Women Group,a national association of volunteers, which gives assistance to orphaned children.

BACKGROUND

Origin of proposal

The proposal is considered as part of several projects done by the Camillians in Karungu’s area, facing the serious emergency of orphaned children, as consequence of the spread of AIDS in Kenya. The official specifications supplied by UNAIDS refer that HIV’s rate is equivalent to 13,94% in the end of 1999, even if health operators of many non-governmental organizations, placed all around the country, desagree, considering this rate deeply understimated.The number of orphans (of mother/ father or both parents) by AIDS amounts to 547.000 units in the end of 1999. A large part of them could be HIV- negative, because, unlucky, serum-positive children commonly survive not their fifth year of life. The spread of AIDS has increased mortality, in particular children’s mortality, and has reduced living expectation (less than 50); consequently the population’s growing rate has even reduced. Furthermore, another dramatic consequence of this deadly spread is scholastic abandonment: orphaned children lack necessary resources to feed themselves regularly, so it’s easy to understand that they cannot afford payment of school’s taxes, obligatory uniform and didactic material. What’s the consequence of this? Deprivation of basical education. In Kenya the rate of enrolment to primary school was 91% in 1980, this has reduced during the Nineties, arriving in 1997 with 65%.

Country’s background

Kenya, placed in Eastern Africa, has an area of 582.664 kmq with a population of almost 30 m/n of units. The official tongues are kiswahili and english. 70% the population is Christian, the 20% animist and the remaining 10% Muslim. The main ethnic groups are Kikuyu (22%),Luhya (14%) , Luo (13% - mainly in Nyanza’s province), Kamba and Kalenjin. British ex colony, Kenya achieved indipendence in December 1963, with Jomo Kenyatta as first president. When Kenyatta died, in 1978, Daniel Arap Moi installed himself at republic’s presidency. The Eighties were characterized by the increase of presidential power; in the first part of the Nineties Moi’s regime was subjected to strong international pressures. The aim of these pressures was directed on liberation of the political system. In 1992 the Country opened itself to multipartitism, however, “Kenya African National Union” continued to dominate the political scene until December 2002, in spite of the birth of several oppositional parties. The economy of Kenya is quite diversified; the agricultural sector represents about the 20% of PIL and the main part of active population is involved in this field. Kenya is the world’s third largest tea exporter; tea, coffee, and also some other agricultural products represent almost half of total quantity of the export. Tourism is also an important source of foreign currency, although during the Nineties this sector has encountered serious difficulties, because of the increasing tension between different ethnic groups and the attempt against US Embassy in Nairobi ( August 1998). The economy of the Country rapidly increased after the achievement of indipendence in 1963.thanks to the support of donors. In fact, in the Eighties Kenya was one of the main help-container of sub saharian Africa. Unfortunately, the relationship with donors got worse during the Nineties. The chief bilateral and multilateral creditors were complaining about spreading corruption and lack of clarity about fund’s management. The decrease of economical help has deeply damaged productive activity. In decade 1990-2000 the increase of yearly medium-real PIL was equal to 2,1% , negative, if considering it in pro-capite dimension. In 2000 the real PIL was reduced, making worse the already precarious living conditions.

Territorial background

“Beato Luigi Tezza” primary school is located in the western part of province of Nyanza, on the shores of lake Victoria, which has the highest spreading rate of HIV in Kenya. The numbers are frightening; according to a research, conducted in 1998 in Kisumu, the main urban centre and road junction in western Kenya, about 39% of women from 20 to 29 years old are HIV positive, also 34% of men from 30 to 39. The main reason of this huge spread could be identified in some cultural beliefs and tradictions of Luo’s ethnic group, which is the dominating one in the area. Through their vision, AIDS is caused by witchcraft, a common belief that causes a lack of efficancy of the campaign of information and prevention organized there. The aim of this campaign is informing people about the modalities of virus transmiction and making them aware about the risk connected to it. A dangerous habit that influences the spread of the virus lies in receiving by heredity the dead brother’s widow. If a woman refuses this tradition, she exposes herself to anathemas and looses the right to cultivate her husband’s fields. The range of Camillians health care’s structure is not spared from AIDS: Karungu’s local specifications are equivalent to the provincial ones. The specifications taken from St. Camillus Mission Hospital’s blood bank are as following: in 2000 there were 286 Hiv positive units on 967 (29,6%), in 2001 is possible to underline a weak inflexion (23,3%), but the rate still remains high. In 2000, on 978 patiens analized by test, 623 resulted HIV positive (63,7%); in 2001 the prevalence rate reached 75% on 871 patients. Observing the huge number of AIDS patiens will not stupify this high number of orphaned children around the area; many of them abandoned to themselves. In Karungu division about 1500 both parents orphans have been censed, 4000 one parent’s orphans and 350 children who exist a very weak (or absent) relationship with their extended family. Facing this tragedy, in 1999 Camillians began the buiding of “ St.Camillus Dala Kiye”, a welfare home for Karungu’s area orphaned children. “St. Camillus Dala Kiye” has got the aim to offer permanent hospitality to about sixty children in ARV therapy and without any support of relatives, apart from several social and educational services for all children in difficulty. Furthermore, at the end of last september a nutritional center for orphaned children started its activity inside “Dala Kiye”. This activity and school’s care complete a series of interventions projected and realized by the Camillians, following the goal of improving the living prospective of hundreds of orphaned children.

Problems to resolve

The spread of AIDS in Kenya, as in other sub-saharian Countries has caused an evident scholastic abandonment. With the death of one or both parents, frequently comes the lack of necessary resources to pay scholastic taxes, didactic material and obligatory uniform. In the most depressed areas, the voice of Infant Rights Conventions is suffocated, in particular the art. 28, which lays down primary education right as free and obligatory for everybody. “B.L. Tezza” primary school answers to an exigency expressed spontanously by the local community,which provides for orphaned children assuring them a basical education, but has no necessary financial resources for the management of a first and basical primary education.

Beneficiaries

There are about 350 orphaned children from 3 to 14 years old from Karungu division who are attending local primary schools which are not adequately equipped to assure them a proper learning course. Besides, the school’s functional state represents a strong incentive for the local community to go on straight to offer support and assistance to the orphans.

INTERVENTION’S STRATEGY
General target

Contributing to reduce scholastic abandonment’s phenomenon and to improve orphaned children’s living conditions and future’s perspective, through the access to primary school education.

Specific target

To facilitate scholastic learning to the orphans of this area. Education is considered one of the essential conditions to offer to these children a better future; besides, scholastic attendance could save many orphaned children not to fall into the dangerous process of exclusion that surrounds them.

Attended results

The simple, although essential, possibility to have at their own disposal educational material develops an increase of partecipation in activities for pupils and teachers.

Proposal’s realization

The Camillians pledge themselves to manage the project, using locally available material to facilitate children’s approach to it.

FINANCIAL PLAN

According to locally calculated preventives, as well as gained experience of the Camillians during the years, the approximate cost for didactic and educative material for the 350 orhaned children of “B.L.Tezza” primary school is equal to: Euro: 6.317,01

CLASSES
/
MATERIAL
/ PRICE KShs. / TOTAL EURO /
TOTAL
NURSERY
N.81
CHILDREN / Exercise-books n. 2 x 81 x 7 K.Shs. / 1,134.- / 15.12
Pencils n. 2 x 81 x 5 “ / 810.- / 10.80
Pens n. 2 x 81 x 10 “ / 1,620.- / 21.60
Blackboard n. 1 x 1,000 “ / 1,000.- / 13.33
Didactic posters n. 6 x 250 “ / 1.500.- / 20.00
Chalks/glue/cards/stationery “ / 5.000.- / 66.67
147.52
CLASS 1st
N. 44
PUPILS / Exercise books n. 4 x 44 x 7 KShs. / 1,232.- / 16.43
Pencils n. 4 x 44 x 5 “ / 880.- / 11.73
Pens n. 4 x 44 x10 “ / 1,760.- / 23.47
Didactic books n. 3 x 44 x 200 “ / 26.400.- / 352.00
Blackboard n. 1 x 1,000 “ / 1,000.- / 13.33
Didactic posters n. 6 x 250 “ / 1,500.- / 20.00
Globe n. 1 x 700 “ / 700.- / 9.33
Chalks/glue/cards/stationery “ / 5,000.- / 66.67
512.96
CLASS 2nd
N. 48
PUPILS / Exercise books n. 4 x 48 x 7 KShs. / 1,344.- / 17.92
Pencils n. 4 x 48 x 5 “ / 960.- / 12.80
Pen n. 4 x 48 x 10 “ / 1.920.- / 25.60
Didactic books n. 3 x 48 x 250 “ / 36.000.- / 480.00
Blackboards n. 1 x 1,000 “ / 1,000.- / 13.33
Didactic posters n. 6 x 250 “ / 1,500.- / 20.00
Globe n. 1 x 700 “ / 700.- / 9.33
Chalks/glue/cards/stationery “ / 5.000.- / 66.67
645.65
CLASS 3rd
N. 35
PUPILS / Exercise books n. 4 x 35 x 7 KShs. / 980.- / 13.07
Pencils n. 4 x 35 x 5 “ / 700.- / 9.33
Pens n. 4 x 35 x 10 “ / 1,400.- / 18.67
Didactic book n 3 x 35 x 250 “ / 26,250.- / 350.00
Blackboard n. 1 x 1,000 “ / 1,000.- / 13.33
Didactic posters n. 6 x 250 “ / 1,500.- / 20.00
Mappamondo n. 1 x 700 “ / 700.- / 9.33
Chalks/glue/cards/stationery “ / 5,000.- / 66.67
500.40
PAGE’S TOTAL
/ 1.806.53
PREVIOUS PAGE’S TOTAL
/ 1.806,53
CLASS 4th
N. 43
PUPILS / Exercise books n. 4 x 43 x 7 KShs. / 1.204.- / 16.05
Pencils n. 4 x 43 x 5 “ / 860.- / 11.47
Pens n. 4 x 43 x 10 “ / 1,720.- / 22.93
Didactic books n. 3 x 43 x 350 “ / 45.150.- / 602.00
Blackboard n. 1 x 1,000 “ / 1,000.- / 13.33
Didactic posters n. 6 x 250 “ / 1,500.- / 20.00
Globe n. 1 x 700 “ / 700.- / 9.33
Chalks/glue/cards/stationery “ / 5.000.- / 66.67
761.78
CLASS 5th
N. 20
PUPILS / Exercise books n.5 x 20 x 7 KShs. / 700.- / 9.33
Pencils n. 4 x 20 x 5 “ / 400.- / 5.33
Pens n. 4 x 20 x 10 “ / 800.- / 10.67
Diadactic books n. 4 x 20 x 350 “ / 28,000.- / 373.33
Blackboard n. 1 x 1,000 “ / 1,000.- / 13.33
Didactic posters n. 6 x 250 “ / 1,500.- / 20.00
Globe n. 1 x 700 “ / 700.- / 9.33
Geographic atlas n. 1 x 2,500.- “ / 2,000.- / 33.33
Chalks/glue/cards/stationery “ / 6,000.- / 80.00
554.65
CLASS 6th
N.42
PUPILS / Exercise books n. 5 x 42 x 7 KShs. / 1,470.- / 19.60
Pencils n. 4 x 42 x 5 “ / 840.- / 11.20
Pens n. 4 x 42 x 10 “ / 1,680.- / 22.40
Didactic books n. 4 x 42 x 350 “ / 58,800.- / 784.00
Blackboard n. 1 x 1,000 “ / 1,000.- / 13.33
Didactic posters n. 6 x 250 “ / 1,500.- / 20.00
Globe n. 1 x 700 “ / 700.- / 9.33
Swahili vocabulary n. 1 x 2,500 “ / 2,500.- / 33.33
Chalks/glue/cards/stationery “ / 6,000.- / 80.00
993.19
CLASS 7th
N. 37
PUPILS / Exercise books n. 5 x 37 x 7 KShs. / 1,295.- / 17.27
Pencils n. 4 x 37 x 5 “ / 740.- / 9.87
Pens n. 4 x 37 x 10 “ / 1,480.- / 19.73
Didactic books n. 4 x 37 x 350 “ / 51,800.- / 690.67
Blackboard n. 1 x 1,000 “ / 1,000.- / 13.33
Didactic posters n. 6 x 250 “ / 1,500.- / 20.00
Globe n. 1 x 700 “ / 700.- / 9.33
English vocabulary n. 1 x 3,000 “ / 3,000.- / 40.00
Chalks/glue/cards/stationery “ / 6,000.- / 80.00
900.20
CLASS 8th
N. 37
PUPILS / Exercise books n. 5 x 30 x 7 KShs. / 1,295.- / 17.27
Pencils n. 4 x 30 x 5 “ / 740.- / 9.87
Pens n. 4 x 30 x 10 “ / 1,480.- / 19.73
Didactic books n. 4 x 30 x 350 “ / 51,800.- / 690.67
Blackboard n. 1 x 1,000 “ / 1,000.- / 13.33
Didactic posters n. 6 x 250 “ / 1,500.- / 20.00
Globe n. 1 x 700 “ / 700.- / 9.33
English vocabulary n. 1 x 3,000 “ / 3,000.- / 40.00
Swahili vocabulary n.15x 2,000 “ / 30,000.- / 400.00
Chalks/glue/cards/stationery “ / 6,000.- / 80.00
/ 1.300,66
COMPLESSIVE TOTAL
/ 6.317,01

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