A sampling of 1%-sponsored projects

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A Sampling of Projects Sponsored by the 1% for Development Fund Click on a photo to enlarge it; click "Back" to return.
	Benin 2010/01 After fire ravaged the market of Agonsa Waî in Sakété Arrondissement, the 1% for Development Fund helped local non-governmental organisation GERAPIA rebuild with fireproof materials. Beneficiaries include not only the vendors and their families - some 300 persons - but all the customers who will enjoy a cleaner and safer market.
	Albania 2009/01 Two schools in remote towns have been provided with computers, furniture and training. Pupils, teachers and staff can develop the same knowledge and skills as their counterparts in less isolated communities.
	Burkina Faso 2009/02 In the village of Sigui-Vousse in northern Burkina Faso, the mayor samples water at the inauguration of a well drilled with 1% help. A local association is revitalizing a farm where young people can learn horticulture, fish farming and poultry raising. The 1% Fund has supported many successful projects in Burkina Faso. The most thoroughly documented is the mobile library in Ouagadougou described here.
	India 2009/02 In Howrah District, West Bengal, the 1% Fund helped local organization Itarai Asha Deep establish community health clubs that prepare and distribute food as well as information on hygiene and nutrition. This kitchen garden is one of their resources.
	Niger 2009/01 After earth-walled classrooms in the Talladjé District of Niamey were washed away in floods, funding from 1% helped the Association Suisse-Niger and the local Parents Association build a new 65-seat classroom in masonry. In the first year after completion of the new facility, 460 children had been schooled there.
	Thailand 2009/01 This project is funding eight "mini-projects" overseen by our partner 1% organisation in Thailand. In one, to improve the employability of rural Thai youth and improve access to markets for local crafts and food products, training in information technology and basic business skills was offered in February 2010 to 20 residents of Chiang Rai province. A whole album of photos is available on the Picasa site. Other sub-projects from which we have received pictures include a poultry-raising facility at a school for migrant children and 5 biogas units in a village in Tha Song Yang District.

	Bangladesh 2008/01 Small fermenters to produce biogas from poultry litter and cow dung are under construction in the area of Magura. Some 21 were already in operation by mid-2009, providing cooking gas, fuel for generators and fertilizer for 105 families. Environmental degradation due to deforestation and the accumulation of untreated animal waste has been correspondingly reduced.
	Congo, Democratic Republic 2008/01 In the town of Gungu, the Swiss-based association TEMO, with a contribution from 1% for Development, has worked with a local association to build a kindergarten and elementary school (three classrooms and a teachers' office) on land provided by local authorities. Each step in construction can be seen in a slide-show on TEMO's own website.
	Mali 2008/01 Wassa is a nutritious flour made of millet, beans and peanuts. In a project managed by RESO-Femmes (http://www.reso-femmes.org/), the 1% for Development Fund has helped a cooperative equip itself to prepare and package the product.
	Haiti 2007/01 The budget of the teachers' training institute at Liancourt will be relieved by the installation of solar panels to reduce the use of generators that are both unreliable and hungry for expensive fuel. This source of electricity offers new possibilities in information technology and communication, both for the students and for the larger community. (Visitors with high-speed Internet connections and knowledge of French can watch a documentary on the institute by clicking this link.)
	Uganda 2007/02 A women's cooperative received and put to work draft animals and equipment to improve the productivity of their fields. Alley cropping methods help control erosion. This project was one of several visited by Thomas Morgan and Maarika Kulmala in 2010. A PowerPoint (pptx) slideshow of their presentation to the January 2011 General Assembly of the 1% for Development Fund can be viewed here.