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WHISCA Chad works

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→ University for Bartholomew: 2004 - 2007
→ The building of a school: 2003 - 2005
→ Completed Projects 2004 &2005
→ WHISCA’s first year-end: 2004

2008 - 2009 Projects Completed

Desks for three last classrooms and teachers desks and chairs built onsite by carpenter apprentices
Storage Unit for dry crops completed
Sewing Centre completed and three more sewing machines purchased
96 wind-up lanterns and four wind-up radios delivered
Concrete-lined pit toilet constructed

2007 Projects Completed

Sewing machine for Haoua as graduation gift
School apartment for Bartholomew, Eleazard, and Haoua
School garden composting and planting
Desks for three classrooms built onsite by carpenter apprentices

2004 to 2007 UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

Mokuh Bartholomew Njizokokeh, scholarship recipient for 2004/2005, attended the University of Buea, Cameroon in the teacher training programme and is preparing to become the principal of our village school in Manda, Chad when he completes his studies at the end of July 2007.

2003 - 2005 SCHOOL BUILDINGS

Le Nouveau Jardin, the school we built at Manda, was a wonderful and rewarding project. Windows and the door provide natural lighting for each classroom and the height of the ceiling keeps the rooms cool. Construction of the first six classrooms and an office were completed by December of 2005.

PROJECTS COMPLETED 2004/2005

SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT

In December 2004, WHISCA cooperated with the Rotary Club's junior branch, the high school Interact Club in Powell River, British Columbia to act as their agent in providing a scholarship for a high school student in Sarh.

2005

WHISCA limited itself to the continuation of its three main projects in 2005: scholarships, school construction, and care of the orphan family. Wells were additional one-time collaborative projects with Rotary Club's junior branch, the Interact Club in Powell River.

Well for Mayo

Interact provided funds for constructing a well in the village of Mayo, near Manda, with WHISCA's help. During the dry season, women had to walk the eight kilometres to and from the river twice a day, carrying more than 15 litres of water in basins on their heads and their babies on their backs. If they made the walk late at night, they often exposed themselves to danger by having to sleep on the river bank. In November 2004, six villagers of Mayo began the daily digging by hand of a 20 metre well. In rotation, the men of the village relieved them. Averaging seven metres a month, they planned to reach their goal by March. The first pails of water were drawn in Mayo from a depth of seven metres in December.

Well for Kemkamba

In cooperation with Interact, WHISCA provided additional funds for a well for the village of Kemkamba, seven kilometres from Manda and four kilometres from the river. The work in Kemkamba could not begin until the services of the local mason could be procured when the Mayo well was completed, the only expense besides the tools and materials.

2004/2005 PROGRESS REPORT

During its first fiscal year, WHISCA funded numerous projects:

support of a family of seven AIDS orphans;
the building of a village school with a start of three classrooms;
awarding of two teacher-training scholarships;
two elementary scholarships;
two middle school scholarships;
two high school scholarships;
one trade school scholarship;
the purchase of a sewing machine for an orphan to start a village business;
the publication of a collection of African folktales for French literacy;
the purchase of solar panels and lamps for solar powered WLED lighting in three classrooms of the village school;
roadside kiosk for polio victim's business.

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