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Ta: STICHING OUD IN AFRIKA,Postbus 2253300 AG DORDRECHTThe NetherlandsPhone +31 786149975 (+31 78635 11 11)

Re: Application to renew Old Peoples Help in Alecu fOl" the Year 2009.Dear Henk,Dear Board,We, Alecu Daughters of Charity are grateful for the help you have been sending for the year2008. Now we would like to request your kind cooperation to renew Old Peoples' Help for theelderly of Alecu for the year 2009. The details are as follows.

Background of the Project areaThe Daughters of Charity carne in 1962 to Dembidollo, Danka. They traveled to Alecu onhorseback for 30 years as an outreach to give services to the people by opening a clinic. Thenbecause the service demanded by the people in Alecu was more than the sisters could address byoutreach program, the sisters decided to open house in Alecu in 1993.

Since 1993 as the sisters are stationed in Alecu, thcy were able to extend their services toeducation, wamen in development and other services to the paar of the area. They have openedMontessori kindergarten which takes about 140 children from the areas annually andaccommodates them with feeding and if needed clothing. This is because most of the childrencome from paar families and most of them are hungry. The wamen program is mostly in raisingthe awareness program in gender issues, and tries to improve the income ofthe wamen of Alecu.The sisters also visit the houses of the paar in the area and render the services needed by thepoorest of the poor. For exarnple they have helped those who lived in dilapidated housed to

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build a decent house, helped those who have no oxen to buy an ox in order to enable them to useit to plough their land so that they can feed themsel ves. They also help poor students for houserent, educational materials and school fees for vocationallevels.

The poly clinic has been and is still serving 7 Kebeles (local administration) with a population of22,000 with an outreach MCH and vaccination programs in 4 areas.

Alecu is 22 Kms away from the town of Dembidollo. The mud road which leads fromDembidollo to Alecu is mostly eroded by torrential tropical rain every rainy season and is veryslippery after rain. It is a must that one has to wait until the sun comes out and dries the mud if itrained in order to get to Alecu. If not, the cal' gets .tuck in the mud or slides in the mud which isdangerous. To drive to Alecu takes one hour and thrce hours on foot by short cut.

The residents are farmers. They grow maize, surgom, wheat and they are also engaged in animalhusbandry. The size of land for households is vcr)' 'imitcd, So they do not have enough to feedthemselves the year around. They are poor.

For the elders in Alecu, life is hard. The only help for them comes from their family. Vet as thepeople in the area are on subsistenee economy, thcy can not provide much for the elders whoneed medication on regular bases, clothing and fOO,I. The OPA program arrived last year and ithas been a God sent blessing for these people.

Objectives:-The overall objective of the Daughters of Charity i-: to work with the poorest people in the areatowards alleviation of poverty and improvement in their social wellbeing. The specific objectiveofthis project is to provide financial help for the elderly who have no one to help.

Financial Supply:-The provision of financial supply to Alecu elderly ould make the life of the elders better. Theonly help which was directly addressing the elders in the area is the one which we got fromOPA; and the elders were very happyabout it and have been looking forward for that help since

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it started. The monthly 25 birr has been mostly uscd by the elders to buy food as this year hasbeen difficult with high cast of food items and failure of the short rain for the harvest. The onehundred birr which is provided for the Easter and Christmas has made their feasts more festive asit covers sorne of their casts and brought more food to the house.

Budget for the year 2009:-Monthiv Allowance for 70 Elders 25x70x12 21,000.00Christmas gifts 100x70 7,000.00Easter gifts 100x70 7,000.00unforseen casts for elders 5,000.00Total 40,000.00

Reporting and Evaluati nWe have to admit that we have not been reporting 11 time for the year 2008. But we will try toimprove and report in time for the year 2009. We know that the help has been a great value forthe elders and for their sake, we will try to report or 'ime. We are sorry for the inconvenience.