February 14, 2011 Status Report Fred Abrams What We Set Out to Do - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Maji Mazuri Education Center Project February 14, 2011 Status Report Fred Abrams

What We Set Out to Do • Project Scoped May 2007 – 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

Kenya Project 500,000 People ½ Square Mile No Electricity No Running Water No Sewers 70% AIDS Many Orphans

Jan 2011

Phase One • Phase 1 (complete) – Electricity: Solar Cells & Wind Turbine • Operate borehole pump – Equip a dorm and kitchen/dining hall – Build a Barn and Provide Animals – Install Rainwater Harvest – Install Micro-Drip Irrigation for crops

School Barn & Farm Industry Dorm

Rotary Provided These As Part of Phase One

Phase 1 Project Objective Build Barn, Provide Animals 800 Chicken • Lay Eggs or Be dinner ! Eggs to Eat Eggs to Sell Animals: Rotary Inner Wheel & Heifer International

Phase 1 Project Objectives • Outfit the dorm, kitchen and dining hall • Rainwater Harvest & Micro-Drip Irrigation

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

BioGas

Farm Industry Building Thank-You Kevin & Tracy Bowers

Greenhouses Thank-You Christ United Methodist Church (Kettering)

Phase 2 Final Elements Underway • Repair the access road – 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

The Access Road

Clinic Ground Breaking (May 1, 2010)

Main Gate Clinic Dorm/Kitchen/Dining Solar Hot Water on roof

Clinic Nov 13 th Thank-You Cincinnati Rotary

Clinic Interior – Nov 13th

Clinic Interior – Nov 13 th Waiting Room (Reception)

Clinic Nov 13 th Some Big Deals ! Flush Toilet Light Switches Running Water

Clinic Equipment Delivered Feb 11, 2011

School Ground Breaking – May 1, 2010 Existing Kiserian School Building In the Background

New Education Building Our Plan

School Nov 13 th Preparing for Next Floor Slab

End of January 2011

Building Materials (Third Level)

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)

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

Feb 13th

Feb 13 th Ground Floor Classroom

Feb 13 th – Ground Floor Classroom

Our Plan: Dedication of Clinic and School • June 1, 2011 (Kenya Madaraka Day) – On Site – Kenya’s “4 th of July”

Some of the Kids Already at the farm

Why ?

Thank You – Rotary !