Njongon Village, Graan maalmachine

Project Title:

Reducing of  Hard Labour Service for the Women of Njongon and catchment areas through the Provision of a Cereal  Milling Machine

Location

Njongon Village, Lower Niumi District, North Bank Region 

Applicant Organization

Njongon Village Development Committee 

Community Based Structure

Address: Njongon  Village, Lower Niumi District, North Bank Region

Registration status

Registered as a  Village Developmental Structure  at the Attorney General’s Chamber (Certificate No. ­185/2011)

Contact persons/project leaders

Name:Momodou MJ. Joof  Tel. 7354886/3496855

Name: Isatou Sarr Tel.  3815398

Project mamagement team

Name: Modou MJ. Joof Position: Supervisor/ VDC Chairperson 

Tel: 220- 7354886

Isatou Sarr Tel.  3815398  

Position: Assistant Supervisor

Bintou Sarr Tel. 3282829 

Position: Women Mobilizer 

Name: Koko Corr  Tel. 3815398

Position: Adviser, Women Affairs

Name: Fatou Corr Tel. 7354887

Position: Women PRO

Name: Sheriff Joof

Position: Youth Mobilizer & Dpt. Chairperson

Tel:  220- 5029729

Project Partners/ stakeholders (if any)

Satellite Villages and Village Women Groups

Required Budget (GMD)should not exceed D200,000 

Counterpart Contribution (at least 10% of the total cost)

Bank details (account number and b-band number)

Account Name: Village Development Committee

Account No:  5011254 

Name of the Bank: Gambia Teachers’ Union Cooperative Credit Union 

Sector, e.g. health, education, agriculture, etc.

Community Development/ Agriculture/ Women Empowerment

Number of people expected to benefit from this project

Male:  1000    Female: 1200  Total: 2200 (from Njongon village) and approx. 8400 (from  other eight satellite communities around Njongon Village). Overall, the project would benefit a total of 10,000 people.

Project Description (200 words) e.g. objectives, activities and duration, etc. 

JUSTIFICATION:  In order to get their coose milled, the women of Njongon and the surrounding areas do endure terrible conditions. They usually labor and toil in the scorching sun, and they also have other everyday domestic chores to complete. Since coose is a daily bread for the majority of people in the Njongon community and the neighboring satellite villages, the completion of this project would spare the women from the arduous and painful chore of milling it. The milling machine is intended to ameliorate the longstanding endurance women in our communities face daily and also to be a be a source of revenue to support the Community Health Center, which likewise has noticeable shortcomings that must be addressed to ameliorate the lack of medical items for women who do come there monthly to have their children attended to by a health-worker. The project is intended to be sustainable for the benefit of our communities as a whole since, with a working milling machine, we would be able to raise funds to pay for other developmental needs. The project is anticipated to be completed in a month and will involve the following primary tasks: mobilization, material procurement, transportation, and installation/fixing of the machine and donor’s recognition and acknowledgement.

Current Milling Machine is broken and out of use

Major goal

To assist women and lessen the amount of hard labor they do

Specific objectives

Generate funds to sustain the Village Health Center, which serves women in Njongon and the surrounding area. 

Reduce burden of travelling for kilometers to get their coose milled

Women empowerment 

Expected outputs

• Improve Children punctuality and regularity in schools
• Health Care Support..Medications and Sanitary materials
• Improve service delivery
• Empower women and their production levels

Project Sustainability

As part of strategies to sustain the project, the milling machine will: 

• 30% monthly savings from the proceeds of the machine would be kept to finance other community needs;
• Regular inspection and maintenance of the machine
• Regular fundraising for the upkeep of the items where necessary