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Targeting: Re-integration with Community and Family, Quality of Care

Project Objectives:

Solar pump 35000$ for Fiwagoh for the farm will help in reducing the cost of production because usually the regular electricity bill is too high.

Save electricity costs in order to purchase a Combine oil presser & Multipurpose Posho mill

Project Summary:

Hence, the solar pump will help increase the profit from the farm to cater for more needs of the children in the center thus improving their quality of life.

The centre has 9 Greenhouses and 8 acres of open land drip irrigation. They are currently using an electric pump for the farm and the electricity bill is too high. The solar pump will help reduce this bill and hence  the income from sales of farm produce will be higher this will help to meet the needs of the children as well as help centre in its path to becoming self sustaining.

Number of Children Impacted:

270 children and 45 staff members who live in the center

Partner Background:

Fiwagoh Center Solar Water Pump caters for  vulnerable children, orphans, children not getting basic needs at home due to poverty, abandonment, neglect and abuse of the children. The Center also takes care of children living with HIV/AIDS and are neglected due to stigma. It serves both as a rescue centre as well as a school, they are registered as a charitable children institution and as a school. They are also going to have a vocational training centre for learning trade skills for the older youth both at the centre as well as from the community.

MATERIALSCOSTQTYTOTAL
Solar Water Pump 35000 1 35000

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