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The Maji Mazuri Education Center Project
February 14, 2011 Status Report Fred Abrams
SLIDE 2 What We Set Out to Do
– Initial Funding October 2007 – matching from RI
- Establish a sanctuary for vulnerable kids
– Africa’s worst slum: Mathare Valley
- Make sanctuary self-sufficient
– Energy, Water, Food, Health Care, School
- Two Major Phases To Project
– Total Value: About $350,000 – Three RI Grants, Many Private Donations
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Kenya Project
500,000 People ½ Square Mile No Electricity No Running Water No Sewers 70% AIDS Many Orphans
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Jan 2011
SLIDE 6 Phase One
– Electricity: Solar Cells & Wind Turbine
– Equip a dorm and kitchen/dining hall – Build a Barn and Provide Animals – Install Rainwater Harvest – Install Micro-Drip Irrigation for crops
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Dorm School Barn & Farm Industry
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Rotary Provided These As Part of Phase One
SLIDE 9 Phase 1 Project Objective Build Barn, Provide Animals
Eggs to Sell 800 Chicken Lay Eggs or Be dinner ! Animals: Rotary Inner Wheel & Heifer International
SLIDE 10 Phase 1 Project Objectives
- Outfit the dorm, kitchen and dining hall
- Rainwater Harvest & Micro-Drip Irrigation
SLIDE 11 Phase 2 Elements Completed
- Build Bio-Gas Plant for cooking fuel
- Install Solar Hot Water heating
- Expand Micro-drip irrigation
- Build a farm industry building, provide
equipment
- Provide refrigeration
- Erect Greenhouses for tomato crop
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BioGas
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Farm Industry Building Thank-You Kevin & Tracy Bowers
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Greenhouses Thank-You Christ United Methodist Church (Kettering)
SLIDE 16 Phase 2 Final Elements Underway
– Fully funded. Major Improvements Completed
- Construct and Equip A Clinic
– Construction Done. Equipage Underway
- Construct and Equip A School
– Equipage fully funded – Construction started but not funded to completion
- Add Rainwater Harvest on New Buildings
– Supplies already purchased and ready to install
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The Access Road
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Clinic Ground Breaking (May 1, 2010)
SLIDE 19 Main Gate Clinic Dorm/Kitchen/Dining Solar Hot Water on roof
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Clinic Nov 13th Thank-You Cincinnati Rotary
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Clinic Interior – Nov 13th
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Clinic Interior – Nov 13th Waiting Room (Reception)
SLIDE 24 Clinic Nov 13th Some Big Deals !
Flush Toilet Light Switches Running Water
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Clinic Equipment Delivered Feb 11, 2011
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School Ground Breaking – May 1, 2010
Existing Kiserian School Building In the Background
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New Education Building Our Plan
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School Nov 13th Preparing for Next Floor Slab
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End of January 2011
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Building Materials (Third Level)
SLIDE 32 Our Biggest Challenge
- School is Only Partially Funded
– Decision to start construction anyway
- School Construction Contract
– Build only two complete levels – Incomplete Third Level and No Roof. – No Upper Level Interior finishing
- Work Unfunded after Feb 28, 2011
- Very Successful November 2010 “Raise The
Roof” Event (Almost $19,000 raised)
SLIDE 33 Raising The Roof Raising The Roof On The School On The School
- All Rotary construction efforts (barn, farm
industry, clinic and school) are funded by individual donors.
– Barn and Farm Industry Buildings
- Kevin & Tracy Bowers (non Rotarians)
– Clinic
- Members of the Cincinnati Rotary
– School (so far)
- Tipp City Rotary
- Individual Dayton Rotarians (All Your Anderson Day-10’s)
– Major Donations from Tom Laufersweiler and Tom Becker
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Feb 13th
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Feb 13th Ground Floor Classroom
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Feb 13th – Ground Floor Classroom
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SLIDE 40 Our Plan: Dedication of Clinic and School
- June 1, 2011 (Kenya Madaraka Day) – On Site
– Kenya’s “4th of July”
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Some of the Kids Already at the farm
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Why ?
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Thank You – Rotary !
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