July 2012

African Health & Community

Program

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Building a sustainable future in Kibera

A proposal for an independent centre

African Health & Community Program (AHCP)

Olympic, Off Kibera Drive, P. O. Box 13321-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.

Phone: +254202642010 or +254710492066

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Developing a sustainable community business for Kibera

AHCP - from the beginning AHCP was founded in 2005 by its executive director Mrs. Isabel Sadya Omondi, and is a registered

Not-for-profit NGO based in Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya. The centre is run by local Kenyan volunteers and

on occasion receives volunteers from various other countries. The centre provides various programs and

initiatives primarily in the areas of children’s education, health and Sanitation, women and youth

empowerment. AHCP aims to provide basic services that are often not accessible to the local community.

There are a number of programs that teach entrepreneur skills, so that locals in the community can achieve

business skills and thereby improve their standard of living through the creation of new businesses. One such

program is the Wopepea program, whereby local women create jewelry from hand crafted beads, which are

then sold at local markets. The center also provides computer classes, runs a library for local children in the

evenings and also provides various classes covering topics such as sanitation, HIV/AIDS, diet and health.

Women’s and children’s rights are often the focus of AHCP programs, as both populations are the most

vulnerable within the community.

Becoming a young woman in Kibera The transition from being a young girl to womanhood is difficult for most young women, regardless of their

cultural or societal norms. However it is even more difficult for young girls in Kibera Slum, who are often

lacking basic feminine products such as sanitary pads and are therefore often forced to stay indoors for the

duration of their menstruation period and consequently miss out on substantial periods of their education.

There are also issues with Kiberian girls having low self-esteem stemming from the cultural norm in Kibera

that “girls should only be seen and not heard”. This poses an issue when there are high instances of sexual

abuse and rape, as young girls are often unable to speak out against any abuse they may be subjected to. One

of the programs ran recently by AHCP was a classroom based lesson where girls (aged 11-16) were given

lessons on topics such as feminine hygiene, safe-sex, HIV/AIDS and promoting self-esteem. Although the girls

were somewhat aware of most topics, the lack of access to sanitary products and rampant low self-esteem were

strikingly apparent. AHCP would ideally like to run a program whereby a partnership with one of the local

schools so that young girls in attendance could drop into the AHCP Centre and be supplied with sanitary

products monthly whilst also given an open forum to discuss any issues or problems that they may have.

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Young Girls from the Nesco Primary

School receiving one of their classes from

volunteers from AHCP

The Stadium

AHCP has recently devised an initiative whereby a local building will be rented out and the space will be used to

show sporting events, movies and educational films on a television set. The space will also be used to hold

conferences, meetings and classes. Patrons will be charged a small fee (30 KSH) and non-alcoholic beverages and

food will also be sold on the premises for major sporting events. The aim at present is that when rent and expenses

such as the satellite dish are covered, there will be some surplus income generated which will then be used to fund

other AHCP programs such as the sanitary products Drop-in Centre for the young girls.

Right now, there are few resources available for the centre and this is an opportunity to generate income via

this stadium. The Wopepea program generates enough income to sustain itself and the women involved but does not

contribute substantially to the centre. The centre is in need of revenue outside of donors, so that time and energy

can be directed at the community as compared to making appeals with donors.

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Achieving a sustainable Drop-in

Centre for the young women in

Kibera

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The Goal:

At present the venue is in need of a television set, the

director Mrs. Isabel Sadya Omondi has kindly offered

to lend her own television set until such time as another

television can be sourced. The rent for the building is

6,000 KSH per month and the cost of the dish is 6,000

KSH also per month. The projected forecast to cover

the 120,000 KSH overheads is to have two nights with a

full house, which is eighty to one hundred persons and

includes cover charges of 30 KSH along with profits

from food and non-alcoholic beverages sales. From

previous research, it is apparent that advertisement

within Kibera works best by word of mouth; therefore

advertisement costs are minimal and would consist of

cheap signs to be placed around the community.

So here’s our proposal… AHCP is in need of the following:

A cash injection would ensure a sustainable

business whereby the business once off the

ground could provide an income that could be

reinvested into programs such as the feminine

sanitation drop-in centre for the young girls.

There are many programs that need financial

support at the AHCP centre, however the

direct funding is lacking and a steady stream of

revenue from the stadium would bolster the

efficiency of all programs at the centre.

A cash injection of 80,000-100,000KSH ($1000-

$1250/€800-€1000/53,000-66,000INR) would be

in order to purchase a television set (50,000

KSH), satellite dish (12,000 KSH), the first

month’s rent (6,000 KSH), satellite dish fee’s

(6,000 KSH), and renovation of the property

(12,000 KSH). Depending on the season and the

amount of interest in the stadium, the revenue

gained would more than make up for the rent

and satellite upkeep, which would leak into the

other programs and centre facilities.

The projected profits are expected to be $150

per major event and up to $80 on an off day.

The centre would also be rented out to schools

at a very cheap price for video presentations.

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All donations will be utilized to fund the

startup of the stadium which in turn will

generate a steady cash flow—a sustainable

means to optimize and improve the other

community-serving programs within the

AHCP centre such as the Drop-in Centre for

the young women of Kibera.

For more information on how you can help

AHCP make a difference in Kibera you can

contact us by the following:

African Health & Community Program

(AHCP)

Olympic, Off Kibera Drive, P. O. Box 13321-00200,

Nairobi, Kenya.

Phone: +254202642010 or +254710492066

Email: afriheaco@gmail.com |

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African Health & Community

Program (AHCP)

Olympic, Off Kibera Drive, P. O.

Box 13321-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.

Phone: +254202642010 or

+254710492066

Email: afriheaco@gmail.com |

www.facebook.com/pages/Africa-

HealthCommunity-Program