Name: Diane Albrecht
Post: Bembereke
Contact: 96.13.18.03, sometimes 93.22.60.50
Pick-up Location: Parakou
Brief Project Description:
An Arbor Day celebration is being planned to include a parade, formation, speeches, sketches and a tree planting campaign with my environmental club at the CEG. We will march around town with signs about the value of trees for people and their environment. We will go to the mayor’s office and give a speech stating our objectives for the day, of sensibilizing the town, and then the foresters will give us an informational lesson on planting and maintaining trees. We will also perform a sketch about deforestation. From there we will go to the CEG and plant trees on the boarder of the campus. We plan on having a football match afterwards, followed by refreshments.
Date of Project: June 1, 2009
Number of People Involved: 30 female students and 30 male students will form the parade, sensibilizing 200 town residents. 2 foresters, the PCV and my female colleague are involved as well. One male student will give a speech for the mayor. 5 boys and 5 girls will perform the sketch. 20 boys and 10 girls will play football.
Budget:
Item | Number | Unit Price | Cost |
---|---|---|---|
T-shirt | 25 | 1.000 CFA | 25.000 CFA |
Banner | 2 | 2.500 CFA | 5.000 CFA |
Drummer | 2 | 2.500 CFA | 5.000 CFA |
Sandwiches | 100 | 100 CFA | 10.000 CFA |
Tree saplings | 50 | 100 CFA | 5.000 CFA |
Total Cost | 50.000 CFA |
Amount Requested: 50.000 CFA
Comments
GAD Coordinator: Sounds great. Recommend funding.
GAD Finance: Sounds like a great project! Recommend funding.
GAD Specialist: Recommend funding too.
GAD Coordinator Update: Called Diane 19/05; told her that funding was approved.
Closing Report
Brief Description of Project: I planned an International Environment Day celebration with my high school environmental club. The activities of said day included a parade around town, which stopped at the mayor’s office for speeches and was followed by planting 60 trees at the high school. (The previous week we prepared the soil and built fences to protect the trees.) After this, two local foresters gave us a formation on natural resource management, during which we prized fifteen students with trees. Next was lunch, followed by a break until the afternoon. At 15:00 a local nurse came and gave us a formation on family planning and three PCVs followed this with an HIV/AIDS focused game. The day was completed by a soccer match.
Number of People Involved and Age Range:
All Day: PCVs Diane, Tim, Jocylin, and NGO work partner
Activity | Male Participants | Female Participants |
---|---|---|
Parade | 30 environmental club members, 75 CEG participants, 250 spectators, CEG Director, the Mayor, the First Adjoint, 2 Foresters, and 2 work partners | 20 environmental club members, 75 CEG participants, 250 spectators |
Tree Planting | 30 club members | 20 club members |
Environmental Formation | 20 club members, 30 CEG students | 20 club members, 20 CEG students |
Health Formation | 25 club members, 60 CEG students | 15 club members, 20 CEG students |
Soccer Match | 15 club members, 15 players, 20 spectators | 20 spectators |
Also to mention in terms of people involved is that the administrative members of the environmental club, my NGO colleagues and the foresters, as well as the CEG Surveillant and one Professor were very involved in planning and implementing the day’s activities.
What Were the Goals/Objectives of This Project? The objectives of the day were to plant 60 trees and to raise awareness on the part of the club members, CEG students and the wider community of the importance of protecting trees and the environment. (Also, to have fun and raise club membership for next year.)
Were Those Goals/Objectives Met? The trees were planted and the students were given a lesson on natural resources, which fulfilled the objectives. The parade helped to spread the word to the whole community.
What Were the Strengths of This Project? I was proud of the community contribution in terms of money raised and goods given or lent to us for the event, also, in terms of people’s time that they gave to help plan and participate in the activities. Having the foresters there to give us a formation helped ensure that the day was educational, maybe changing the way people think about their environment.
What Were the Challenges/Weaknesses of This Project? One challenge was getting people to come on time and to smoothly transition from one activity to the next. Another challenge, at least something stressful to the volunteer, was that so many details could not be secured until the last minute before the event.
Do You Consider This Project Completed? Yes
Budget:
Type | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
---|---|---|
50 t-shirts | 1,500 | 75,000 |
Lunch for 100 | 500 | 50,000 |
Banner | 12,000 | 12,000 |
Local Band | 6,000 | 6,000 |
Signs for Parade | gift | 0 |
75 tree saplings | gift | 0 |
Total | 143,000 CFA |
Additional funding provided by the Mayor of Bembereke (13,000 CFA), the PCV’s host agency, APIC-ONG (50,000 CFA), and Telethon—CEG Bembereke (30,000 CFA).