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Karimu 2024 Goals

Last updated June 2024

 

Ayalagaya Ward

Sanitation 

 

Free and clean water was brought to all of Ayalagaya in 2018 and we completed the last school bathroom project in Ayalagaya in 2022. However, the school population in Ayalagaya more than doubled the expected population and we expanded the bathrooms there.

 

All sanitation projects are in maintenance and monitoring mode. 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Health 

 

See Karimu’s Health Program for an overview of goals and approach

 

Complete Phase 1- Foundation for a Healthy Community - This focuses on providing access to basic healthcare within a 1 hour walk. All of the construction projects for phase one have been completed. We are focusing on health interventions prescribed by the World Health Organization.

 

Implementation of Phase 1 of the health interventions - Karimu is driving a series of health interventions based on research into the most important interventions for rural and poor communities. The rollout is prioritized in partnership with the district, ward, and local medical leadership and focuses on those items which will have the greatest local impact that can be delivered with current facilities. Please view the specific project pages for more information. 

 

Advance Phase 2 - Supporting Medical Staff Retention and Excellence - Phase 2 focuses on improving medical staff retention and excellence through housing and advanced education.

 

Advance Phase 3 - Expanding the Medical Services through a Health Center - Karimu completed the construction of all buildings for the health center and it is fully operational, 24x7, including the surgery center for pregnancy related surgeries. 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Education 

 

See the Education Program for an overview of goals and approach. In general, the start of new projects, even given adequate fundraising, is subject to a set of conditions being met by the local community and school. The full list can be reviewed in the Education Program description and status can be viewed on the Karimu School Dashboard, but the most notable ones are feeding all school children a meal, cleaning and maintaining the facilities, providing hygiene education and supplies, and student and teacher attendance rate of at least 90%. We are also planning to build school kitchens so that students and school staff are not impacted by the smoke from open fires.

 

Extend Phase 1 - Creating a Healthy School

  • Extend Ayalagaya School Kitchen - Planned 2024

  • Ufani Primary School Kitchen - Planned for 2024

 

 

Advance Phase 2 - Building Adequate Learning Environment - Our goal is to provide healthy, bright, and sufficient classrooms to limit class sizes to 45 students per classroom. Even with all the completed construction we have still only achieved that ratio at 2 schools: Ayalagaya Secondary and Bacho Primary. You can see where we are by school on the Karimu School Dashboard.

 

 

 

Advance Phase 4 - Supporting Teacher Excellence - This phase focuses on teaching quality and teacher retention.

 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance

Income 

Income enhancement projects focus on increasing the income of households based on the local agricultural economy. We follow the priorities used by the local leadership to ensure more attention is given to those households with greater need, i.e., households with heads who are not able to work, are women, or young adults 18 to 35 years old. 

  • Vanilla farming -  In progress, began June 2020.

  • Green Bean Pilot - In progress, began in May 2022. Pilot extended due to new partner. Next planting in 2024

  • Chicken Pilot - Planned for 2024

  • BioChar pilot - In progress, began in November

  • Rebuild the Bacho bridge - In progress

Entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneurship Program is intended to give 25% of households the skills to run a small business through a 6-8 month training and coaching program. 

Financial Services

 

The Financial Services Program aims to increase access to capital for at least 25% of households. The program aims to form and train savings groups, support the formation of a federation whose members are savings groups, provide capital for lending, and train community based trainers for sustainability. We hope to reach the sustainability phase in 2024.

 

 

Arri Ward  

Sanitation

Free and clean water was brought to all of Arri ward in 2023.

 


Complete Phase 1 - Creating a Healthy School - This focuses on providing sanitary bathrooms for all schools. In partnership with the government, we have completed 2 of the 9 school bathrooms. 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

 

Health

 

Complete Phase 1 - Foundation for a Healthy Community - This focuses on providing access to basic healthcare within a 1 hour walk. 

  • Tsaayo Dispensary - Construction complete. Lab equipment donation pending the government hiring of a laboratorist.

 

Advance Phase 2 - Supporting Medical Staff Retention and Excellence - Phase 2 focuses on improving medical staff retention and excellence through housing and advanced education. 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

  • Arri Medical Building Maintenance - Ongoing. You can also view medical maintenance on the Karimu Health Dashboard.

Education

Income 

Income enhancement projects focus on increasing the income of households based on the local agricultural economy. We follow the priorities used by the local leadership to ensure more attention is given to those households with greater need, i.e., households with heads who are not able to work, are women, or young adults 18 to 35 years old. 

  • Vanilla farming -  In progress, began June 2020.

  • Green Bean Pilot - In progress, began in May 2022. Suspended in Arri pending water maintenance improvements

  • Chicken Pilot - Excluded from chicken pilot pending water maintenance improvements

  • BioChar pilot - In Progress, began in November

 

Entrepreneurship

Financial Services

 

Karimu Social Fund

 

Karimu 2024 Goals

Last updated June 2024

 

Ayalagaya Ward

Sanitation 

 

Free and clean water was brought to all of Ayalagaya in 2018 and we completed the last school bathroom project in Ayalagaya in 2022. However, the school population in Ayalagaya more than doubled the expected population and we expanded the bathrooms there.

 

All sanitation projects are in maintenance and monitoring mode. 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Health 

 

See Karimu’s Health Program for an overview of goals and approach

 

Complete Phase 1- Foundation for a Healthy Community - This focuses on providing access to basic healthcare within a 1 hour walk. All of the construction projects for phase one have been completed. We are focusing on health interventions prescribed by the World Health Organization.

 

Implementation of Phase 1 of the health interventions - Karimu is driving a series of health interventions based on research into the most important interventions for rural and poor communities. The rollout is prioritized in partnership with the district, ward, and local medical leadership and focuses on those items which will have the greatest local impact that can be delivered with current facilities. Please view the specific project pages for more information. 

 

Advance Phase 2 - Supporting Medical Staff Retention and Excellence - Phase 2 focuses on improving medical staff retention and excellence through housing and advanced education.

 

Advance Phase 3 - Expanding the Medical Services through a Health Center - Karimu completed the construction of all buildings for the health center and it is fully operational, 24x7, including the surgery center for pregnancy related surgeries. 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

Education 

 

See the Education Program for an overview of goals and approach. In general, the start of new projects, even given adequate fundraising, is subject to a set of conditions being met by the local community and school. The full list can be reviewed in the Education Program description and status can be viewed on the Karimu School Dashboard, but the most notable ones are feeding all school children a meal, cleaning and maintaining the facilities, providing hygiene education and supplies, and student and teacher attendance rate of at least 90%. We are also planning to build school kitchens so that students and school staff are not impacted by the smoke from open fires.

 

Extend Phase 1 - Creating a Healthy School

  • Extend Ayalagaya School Kitchen - Planned 2024

  • Ufani Primary School Kitchen - Planned for 2024

 

 

Advance Phase 2 - Building Adequate Learning Environment - Our goal is to provide healthy, bright, and sufficient classrooms to limit class sizes to 45 students per classroom. Even with all the completed construction we have still only achieved that ratio at 2 schools: Ayalagaya Secondary and Bacho Primary. You can see where we are by school on the Karimu School Dashboard.

 

 

 

Advance Phase 4 - Supporting Teacher Excellence - This phase focuses on teaching quality and teacher retention.

 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance

Income 

Income enhancement projects focus on increasing the income of households based on the local agricultural economy. We follow the priorities used by the local leadership to ensure more attention is given to those households with greater need, i.e., households with heads who are not able to work, are women, or young adults 18 to 35 years old. 

  • Vanilla farming -  In progress, began June 2020.

  • Green Bean Pilot - In progress, began in May 2022. Pilot extended due to new partner. Next planting in 2024

  • Chicken Pilot - Planned for 2024

  • BioChar pilot - In progress, began in November

  • Rebuild the Bacho bridge - In progress

Entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneurship Program is intended to give 25% of households the skills to run a small business through a 6-8 month training and coaching program. 

Financial Services

 

The Financial Services Program aims to increase access to capital for at least 25% of households. The program aims to form and train savings groups, support the formation of a federation whose members are savings groups, provide capital for lending, and train community based trainers for sustainability. We hope to reach the sustainability phase in 2024.

 

 

Arri Ward  

Sanitation

Free and clean water was brought to all of Arri ward in 2023.

 


Complete Phase 1 - Creating a Healthy School - This focuses on providing sanitary bathrooms for all schools. In partnership with the government, we have completed 2 of the 9 school bathrooms. 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

 

Health

 

Complete Phase 1 - Foundation for a Healthy Community - This focuses on providing access to basic healthcare within a 1 hour walk. 

  • Tsaayo Dispensary - Construction complete. Lab equipment donation pending the government hiring of a laboratorist.

 

Advance Phase 2 - Supporting Medical Staff Retention and Excellence - Phase 2 focuses on improving medical staff retention and excellence through housing and advanced education. 

 

Sustainability and Maintenance 

  • Arri Medical Building Maintenance - Ongoing. You can also view medical maintenance on the Karimu Health Dashboard.

Education

Income 

Income enhancement projects focus on increasing the income of households based on the local agricultural economy. We follow the priorities used by the local leadership to ensure more attention is given to those households with greater need, i.e., households with heads who are not able to work, are women, or young adults 18 to 35 years old. 

  • Vanilla farming -  In progress, began June 2020.

  • Green Bean Pilot - In progress, began in May 2022. Suspended in Arri pending water maintenance improvements

  • Chicken Pilot - Excluded from chicken pilot pending water maintenance improvements

  • BioChar pilot - In Progress, began in November

 

Entrepreneurship

Financial Services

 

Karimu Social Fund