By John Kelvin Gumuan | Project Officer
PROJECT BRIEF
The rural Community of Kuladhakni, Shani Local Government of Borno State Nigeria has been without a basic health facility in its many years of existence until 2017 when MOLDEV came through with a Primary Health Care project to provide basic health services to over 5,000 inhabitants of the community and its surroundings. The project is expected to address Maternal/Child care as well as some common health challenges such as Malaria, Typhoid, Hepatitis, Hypertension and worm infestation. Based on our findings, Maternal/Child mortality rate is high due to the above mentioned health challenges. In some complicated cases, the people have to travel about 60kms to get to the nearest health facility, sometimes deaths are recorded along the way.
Lack of potable water in the community and its surroundings is a major challenge affecting the wellbeing of the inhabitants. This brought about the idea of installing a solar powered borehole to address the water need of the clinic and the community.
STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF THE PROJECT-2017 to 2019
The project design includes a standard solar powered Borehole with overhead tank to provide potable water for clinic and the community as a whole.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DESIGN-2019 to date
The structural designed has been implemented to lintel level. The Borehole has been drilled to water level. We are looking forward to roofing and equipping the facility for immediate use by the community.
FUNDING SOURCES
The project from the beginning has been funded by the Founder/Executive Director of MOLDEV. She paid for the, structural design and building of the structure to Lintel level and more still needs to be done to complete the project for immediate use by the community.
CHALLENGES
Inadequate funds has halted the completion of the project to date. There is need for multiple funding sources to get the needed funds for the completion of the project. The next phase will involve roofing, equipping of the facility and installation of the borehole for immediate use.
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION STRATEGIES
We have implemented some resource mobilization strategies to raise funds for the completion of the projects. These include;
FUNDRAISING/CROWDFUNDING OUTCOME
Although we have not gotten any monetary donation for the project, the reception of our appeal to prospective donors, philanthropic individuals and the activities on GlobalGiving community is encouraging and we are hoping that it will eventually yield in favor of the project.
We have gotten some borehole equipment support for the clinic/community worth N3.5 Million ($4,587) from a local philanthropic donor.
The host community has also offered to carry out the installation of the Borehole without charge as their partnership support for the project. They also expressed their readiness to ensure the safety and protection of the entire project facilities for proper use.
RESOURCE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT
The total amount needed to complete the clinic and borehole for use by the community is $104,814 (N80 Million Naira).
EXPECTED LONG TERM IMPACT
Over 5,000 people resident in the community will no longer travel long distances to access the basic primary health care services and clean water thereby improving their productivity and wellbeing as an agrarian community.
THANK YOU NOTE
FROM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR/FOUNDER
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, Management Staff and volunteers of MOLDEV, I wish to express our profound appreciation to all those who contributed so far to this very important project in their possible ways.
I want to specially express our joy to Mr. John Odah for the Borehole Equipment and the Kuladhakni Community for offering to provide free labor for installation of the borehole equipment.
I also want to thank GlobalGiving for partnering with us to crowdfund for the completion of this project, the journey so far with you has been encouraging and we remain optimistic on a fruitful out from the crowdfunding campaigns currently running.
We have passed 40% completion, congratulations to all of us. We will continue to keep you informed on the impact of your contributions and work with you diligently for the successful completion of the project to the satisfaction of all.
Let’s all decide the next phase!!
Thank you.
Comr. Ladi Iliya
Founder/Executive Director
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