For further information regarding any of these grants, please contact Evan Freund, Coordinator, African Grants, efreund@chicagogsb.edu. Phone is 773-624-0333, Fax 773-624-2125.
1. Genesis Care Centre, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Port Shepstone, South Africa. TSP endorsed 12/14/05. Contact is Peter Brauteseth at gdickson@venturenet.co.za and Richard Alborough at banana@venturenet.co.za.
The Genesis Care Centre is a hospice built in 2004 with ward capacity of 50 patients. A literacy Acadamy, pre-school, Gymnasium, and retail outlet will be operated by the Care Centre. There is a major low income housing project nearby and another within a mile to which bakery products can be sold.
2. Usa River Children Centre, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Arusha, Tanzania. Contact is Geert Holm, geertholm@yahoo.com. TSP endorsed 12/14/05. Usa River Children Centre is an Orphanage and school with 50 children.
3. Jonathan’s Child Care Centre, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Bo, Sierra Leone. TSP endorsed 11/16/06. The Centre operates an orphanage with a large regional population receiving services. The oven will be set up on the orphanage campus, and will serve a resident population of 125, and will sell the bakery products to the larger community.
4. Elim Christian Vocational Training Centre, Igede, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Makurdi, Nigeria. TSP endorsed 4/19/07.
The Elim Centre operates community-based rehabilitation, special education, and medical outreach programs for over 1100 impaired individuals.
5. Centre for Sustainable Initiatives, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Bolgatanga, Ghana. TSP endorsed 4/29/07.
The Centre for Sustainable Initiatives works to elevate the status of women and girls through education, advocacy, poverty reduction and wealth creation programs. The Centre plans do provide food for school children and orphanage residents, and to develop a women’s cooking enterprise.
