Sept. 2016 to Sept. 2017
SSH Projects - Union of the Comoros & Madagascar
Photos of the SSH Projects as Photos of the SSH Completed they Begin Projects A A Rural Access to Drinking Water - $9,014
Association VOIZO Besakoa, Madagascar
To provide water tanks to seven Villages for potable water
Protecting the Ankarahake Spiny Forest - $3,333
Association Tinone Region Androy, Madagascar
Help save the Ankarahake Spiny Forest through providing alternate employment through bee keeping and honey production.
Silk Producers - $4,000
ONG Sepali Maroantsetra, Madagascar
Provide local sewing machines and looms to rural women to increase family unity and remove an 8 hour daily commute.
Social and Environmental Education - $6,501 Association Macolline Antalaha, Madagascar
An Adventure Botanical trail, engaged to promote green projects. To provide repairs to an environmental education center and provide conservation nature/reforestation education.
Girl’s Refuge - $8,130 Akany Avoko Faravohitr Antananarivo, Madagascar
Repair a girl’s refuge facility to provide a physically safe environment and to enhance the care and education provided by the facility.
Girls Just Wanna Have Pads - $9,022 Association Lead Sante Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Provide hygiene curriculum to girls age 10-15 with materials for the construction of reusable Menstrual Kits and increasing school attendance.
Well Construction- Sava - $9,767
ONG Madio Sambava, Madagascar
Provide eight wells in the rural district of the Sava Region. Providing Potable water to five districts.
Medical Equipment for Rural At-Home Visits - $5,038 SITARA Moroni, Grande Comore
Provide medical equipment for rural patients who are require at-home medical visits. Provide awareness training throughout the island.
Dialogue for Change - $5,220
FCC Moroni, Grande Comore
Provide repairs to consumer radio station, a vital means of communication for the island.
Community Jam - $10,000 CODCOM Moroni, Grande Comore
Provide equipment to increase income/training opportunities to start up 25 new businesses ran by women through the making and marketing of local jams and canning products.
Cultural Center at Missiri - $8,253
Provide solar equipment and furniture in concert with the community’s renovation of their cultural center.
Anjouan High School Latrines- $9,926
APEL Tsembehou, Anjouan Provide six latrines to local High School / Community Center.
Sept. 2015 to Sept. 2016
Union of the Comoros & Madagascar Photos of the SSH Projects as Photos of the SSH Completed they Begin Projects
A Agriculture Apprentice-$12,500 A Reseau Solidarite Paysanne Udjamaa Serehini, Grande Comore,
To Expand and strengthen an agricultural apprentice program for migrant youth with improved farming equipment and infrastructure.
Sago Flour Production-$5,500 Cooperative Agricole du Sud Singani, Grande Comore,
To Increase production and market demand for Sago Four with the use of improved agricultural processing equipment.
Sewing Machines-$5,000 Association Socio-Cultruelle Bahani Mazoiajoude Bahani, Grande Comore
Increase productivity and economic opportunity for a woman’s’ sewing group with sewing.
Sewing Workshop-$9,000 Federations des Associations de Tsinimoichongo Tsinimoichongo, Grande Comore
Increase productivity and economic opportunity for a woman’s’ sewing group with sewing and solar energy equipment
Solar Community Center-$6,000 Urango Urandawo Ouzio, Grande Comore
Provide lighting and energy to a newly renovated community center with the use of solar energy equipment.
Solar School Chouani-$6,000 Ecole Privee Mtsashiwa Chouani, Grande Comore
Enhance educational opportunities for students at a local school with the use of solar energy equipment.
Solar Energy for Youth Apprenticeship Program- $6,000 Cooperative et Mutuelle des Comores pour le Developpement Moroni, Grande Comore
Enable the use of commercial grade cooking equipment for training youth apprentices in the culinary and service industry with solar energy equipment.
Conduct Small Public Works Projects
$9,000 – Lalana Antananarivo, Madagascar
Improve public access to low-lying neighborhoods by rehabilitating five bridges and training local residents to maintain them.
Rural Emergency Transport Project-$3,000- Rural Commune of Imito Imito, Madagascar
Improve access to emergency medical treatment by developing a rural emergency transport action plan using wheeled stretchers.
Solar Hospital and Beds Ivohibe $10,500 – Plateforme Regionale des Organisation de la Societe Civile d’lhorombe
Ivohibe, Madagascar
Improve patient care, diagnostics, and cold-chain storage of vaccines at a rural district health center with solar energy equipment and new beds.
Well Construction in SAVA $5,000 – Madio Andranomena, Madagascar
Provide access to potable water by constructing wells in four rural communities.
Youth Spaces in Fianarantsoa $7,500 – Association Lead Sante Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Conduct leadership and reproductive health education in all eight of Fianarantsoa’s public middle schools.
Sept. 2014 - Sept. 2015
Union of the Comoros
Chicken and Eggs-$5,000 MRIDJO WAMBOINI Makorani Badjini, Grande Comore
To develop a village program for the breeding of chickens and production of eggs for sale to benefit the local village. The objective of the program is to reduce the reliance on imported food in Comoros, stimulate the local economy and to provide job skills and employment opportunities for the local community.
Vocational Training - $3,000 Association de Development Culturel et Sportif (DIMA)
Zivandani, Grande Comore To train local women on the use of sewing machines and to sell sewn products to continue to support vocational education programs for women.
BioGas - $3,400 Association Comoros English Club (CEC) Mitsoudje, Grande Comore No To create a biogas facility for organic waste management and production of cooking fuel. A biogas digestion facility will be built to dispose of Photo organic waste and to turn that waste into gas that will provide cooking fuel for five poor families in the village. The objective of the project is Available to improve waste management, protect the environment and provide low-cost sustainable energy for cooking purposes.
Study Rooms - $3,000 Association Culturelle de Village de Batou Hamahamet (ACVB) Batou Hamahamet, Grande Comore To build and equip two study rooms for student use at a local village school. The objective of the project is to increase and improve educational opportunities for young people in Comoros.
School Arts and Garden $5,000 - UNAGNA NA MAENDRELEYO Mutsamudu, Anjouan To equip an arts and dance center for after school activities in an elementary school for poor and handicapped children. To create a small fruit and vegetable garden at the school to supplement the student lunch program at the school. The school is located in a very poor area of Anjouan where many children are very poor and are cared for by extended family.
Health Center $5,000 - Association des Jeunes pour le développement de Male (ACJDM)
Male, Grande Comore To equip a village health center. The objective of the project is to provide basic health services to a remote village on Grand Comore where the population has no access to health care. The village has constructed the health center, and has arranged for volunteer nurses, midwives, and a doctor to provide professional medical care for free. The program will increase the capacity of the local community to improve the health of its population.
Solar Classrooms No $5,000 - MOIDJIO CRCAD Chindini, Grande Comore Photo To provide power for lighting a remote educational and training facility. The project will establish a solar power electrical generation capacity for Available training center near the marine park on the island of Moheli. The area is not electrified and training and education programs are severely restricted for lack of power and lighting. The objective of the project is to provide educational opportunities for local young people and environmental professionals.
Village Irrigation $5,600 - Dahari Pemoni, Anjouan To expand an existing communal irrigation system in the village of Pomoni. An existing irrigation system that provides water to local small fruit and vegetable plots will be expanded to encompass an additional 40-60 small plots of land. The fruit and vegetables grown support the food requirements of the local inhabitants and the excess is sold to provide the sole income for the local community. The objective of the project is to stimulate the local economy, support cooperative economic activities, and protect the environment through sustainable water use.
Sept. 2013 to Sept. 2014
Latrines $6,000 - Club des Amis pour la Paix Durable en Afrique (CAP D'Afrique) Vouvouni, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros To rehabilitate the local school's 30 year old latrines to provide proper sanitation, protect the surrounding environment from pollution, and to fight against regular absenteeism especially among girls.
Science Lab $5,700 - Group Scolaire Foundi Mzehemou (GSFM) Iconi, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros To purchase a variety of lab equipment and to improve the science education at the local school.
Educational Materials $4,000 - Centre Culturel et Educatif (CCES) Sima Itsandra, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros To purchase textbooks, a storage cabinet, desks and chairs for teachers, and 31 new student desks and chairs.
Solar Multi-Media Library $6,500 - Comité de Pilotage de Chouani Chouani, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros To purchase and install four solar panels and two associated deep cycle batteries to provide power to the community's multi-media library.
Trou du Profète Restaurant $6,300 - WEWU Association Memboua Bouani, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros To restore four rooms of the historic home of Bob Denard and to create a café to promote tourism and generate income for the local village.
Sept. 2012 to Sept. 2013
Radio Equipment $6,100 - Radio Federation Tsinimoichongo (RFT) Tsinimoichongo, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros To purchase a 500 watt transmitter and other radio equipment to expand its listening audience and broadcast a variety of educational programs on agriculture, fishing, health, and more.
No Water System Rehabilitation Photo $3,300 - Association Mmadjamu Ngome Ntsoudjini, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros Available To rehabilitate the plumbing system of the local village health center to provide running water and improved care to patients.
Latrines $2,000 - Banati Woulanga Sima Itsandra, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros To install three latrines at the village primary school to improve hygiene and student attendance.
Science Lab $6,200 - Lycee Communautaire Mlaouni Itsikoudi, Grande Comore, Union of the Comoros To purchase a variety of lab equipment to improve science education at the local private school.
No Television Equipment $5,400 - Association Comorienne pour le Bien Etre de la Photo Famille (ASCOBEF) Fomboni, Moheli, Union of the Comoros Available To install a 30-watt television transmitter to produce educational and health-related television programming for a broad audience.
Sewing Cooperative $3,000 - Comites de Site de Bahani Dzindri, Anjouan, Union of the Comoros To purchase eight sewing machines and an assortment of sewing materials to train 85 young women from the village in sewing and embroidery.
No Sewing Cooperative $3,000 - Association Feminine Nouroul Iman Photo Bimbini, Anjouan, Union of the Comoros
Available To purchase ten sewing machines and an assortment of sewing materials to train 65 young women from the village in sewing and embroidery.
Mangrove Conservation and Beach Sanitation $6,000 - Ulanga, Mayesha na Mayendreleo (UMAMA) Bimbini, Anjouan, Union of the Comoros To organize the local community to replant 20,000 mangrove saplings and to clean trash from the beach. Also to build a small structure to store compost for reuse in local agricultural production.