Sekolo Projects Inc.

Sekolo Projects Inc.
Five Year Review
Nov 2004 - Dec 2009
The Mission of Sekolo Projects Inc. is to prevent
new HIV infection in young people in Namibia by
providing and supporting education, physical
care and psychosocial support for those living
with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Sekolo Projects Inc. Five Year Review
January 2010
Written by Elizabeth Robinson, edited by Mary Dain
Sekolo Projects thanks Geoffrey Silver for his help in producing this
document.
Sekolo Projects Inc.
PO Box 138
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
www.SekoloProjects.org
Photo credits:
Joanne Bouknight
Matthew Brown
Victoria Hackman
Elizabeth Robinson
Goeffrey Silver
Sekolo Projects Inc.
5 Year Review
Table of Contents
Letter from Sekolo’s Founder and Executive Director
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Our HIV ABC
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Sekolo’s Current Programs
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Community Based Organization (CBO) Assistance Fund 10
CBO#1 Sekolo Sunrise Kids
CBO#2 Luderitz Red Ribbon Soup Kitchen
CBO#3 Omuhaturua
CBO#4 Tondoro AIDS Awareness Club
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Small Grants Program
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Clothing and Toiletries for Orphaned and Vulnerable
Children (OVC)
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Meet the Namibian Board
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Financial Information
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Sekolo’s Partners and Supporting Organizations
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Sekolo’s Individual Donors
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Elizabeth Robinson
Founder and Executive Director of Sekolo Projects Inc.
Dear friends,
In the past five years Sekolo Projects Inc. has grown from conversations
at my parents kitchen table to an established non-profit organization.
Thank you for your continued support throughout this journey!
The Our HIV ABC program successfully reached every secondary school
in the country with teacher training and classroom materials. With the
momentum of our first success, we expanded into a comprehensive
HIV/AIDS prevention organization, with varied projects that address
HIV prevention in Namibian youth.
It has been an honor to collaborate with Sekolo Projects Namibia, and
our Namibian Board of Directors over the past several years. Rarely
have I met such talented and passionate individuals. They have shown
dedication to expanding Sekolo’s programs and a great capacity for
growth and development. Their combined skills, experience and
passion for HIV prevention promises an exciting and productive future
for the organization. It is a tribute to their aptitude that they will take
full responsibility for Sekolo’s programs by the end of 2011.
When the transition is complete, it will be my pleasure to remain a
resource to them. My role will continue to be one of support and
guidance, but as a volunteer, not as a full time employee. I am
confident that as Sekolo Projects continues to develop, the plans,
programs and finances for the years ahead could not be in better
hands.
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I wish to extend a heartfelt thank
you to our donors, funders,
supporters, friends and
volunteers, without whom our
monumental progress would not
have been possible.
You have far exceeded our
expectations. Without your
consistent presence and support, Elizabeth and Geoffrey, Sekolo Sensations,
November 2009.
the sound results published in
this document would not have
been realized. Your contributions and support have had an amazing
impact and lasting positive influence on the
Namibian youth.
Geoffrey Silver convinced me, back in 2004, to found Sekolo
Projects Inc., and has supported me and the organization
unfailingly since then. His creativity, diligence and support is one
pillar on which Sekolo stands. The second pillar is the generosity and
encouragement of my parents. They have given of their time, energies,
experience and wisdom without reserve. I cannot thank them enough.
I also want to acknowledge the continuous wisdom and guidance of
the US Board of Directors, both past and present. Their input has been
vital to our success.
I am excited about the future. Once operations are local and
sustainable, Sekolo Projects Namibia will be able to move in new and
exciting directions as they continue to tackle the shifting
challenges of HIV prevention among Namibian youth.
With your support, they will continue our success at educating,
empowering and supporting young people in Namibia.
With all my thanks,
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Our HIV ABC
February 2005 - August 2006
The initial implementation of Our HIV ABC was completed in August
of 2006. The program met with great success and enthusiasm from
teachers and principals at the school level as well as at the Ministry of
Education.
Our HIV ABC provided training, materials and resources for teachers at
secondary schools. Sekolo met its goal of reaching every secondary
school in the country and has
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trained 921 teachers
provided materials for an additional 215 teachers,
provided a classroom video and teacher’s guide for 564 schools,
reached approximately 45,000 young people with the Our HIV
ABC education program.
The materials continue to be used in 564 secondary schools in
Namibia.
In the 53 workshops throughout the country, (pictured below), Sekolo
trained teachers in basic HIV information and the effective use of the
Our HIV ABC Teacher’s Guide and classroom video.
In November 2006, Sekolo
distributed an additional
book of games and activities,
written by our 2006 summer
interns, Miles Canaday, Beza
Tesfaye, and Lindsay Locks.
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Sekolo has consistently
received positive
responses about Our HIV
ABC, including the
comments below. These
comments were received
from teachers in their final
evaluation of the
program.
“[The Our HIV ABC video]
became my powerful tool
as before we start with
every lesson or session, the learners demanded for the video to be
shown first!” (Khomas Region, Precilina Hoveka)
Teachers at a workshop in Oshivelo, March 2006.
“I feel much more comfortable to talk about issues like sex and
demonstrating condoms to the learners. I also learned that spreading
the information of abstinence could be a good solution because a lot
of people in our community now abstain.” (Oshana Region, Ashilonga
Maria)
“Other teachers used [the
materials] as well, in their
lessons, especially the Life
Science teachers and the
Life Skills teachers.”
(Oshikoto Region,
Ndinelago Ngulu)
“I really gained most useful
knowledge like how to
Teachers practice demonstrating the female
demonstrate use of a female condom, February 2006.
condom correctly, how to
lead ‘be faithful’ discussions,
and also many games during the workshop.” (Oshana Region,
Aili Amadhila)
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Sekolo Projects Namibia
Founded in August of 2006, Sekolo Projects Namibia brings together
passionate individuals in the Namibian education sector to guide and
direct Sekolo’s programs in response to its mission.
The Sekolo Projects Namibia board of directors will sustain and guide
Sekolo’s work in Namibia, ensuring the sustainability and relevance of
our HIV prevention programs.
The goal of founding Sekolo Projects Namibia was the eventual turn
over of day-to-day management for our in-country programs. We
continue to work together to establish the understanding and skills
needed to implement the best practices in program management and
development, and to make the transition a smooth and successful one.
Sekolo Projects Namibia is a Namibian Welfare Organization (NWO
registration #275) and is the legal equivalent of a US 501(c)3 non-profit
organization.
Sekolo Projects Namibia start-up Board, August 2006. (L-R, David sampson, Geoffrey Silver,
Hildegard Tibinyane, Bonifatius Morwe, Charlotte Bond, Gisela Siririka, Paul Makabanyane,
Elizabeth Robinson.
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Local management is cost-effective; it cuts out the need for multiple
transatlantic flights and expensive phone conversations. It also means
more of our fundraised dollars can go directly into program needs. The
speed and efficiency of our response to programmatic changes will be
greatly improved by building up our local management.
It is vital for a small NGO, like Sekolo Projects, to be able to adapt our
programs quickly to the changing needs of teachers and their school
communities.
In July of 2009, the Board of Sekolo Projects Namibia embarked on the
exciting journey to full sustainability and independence from Sekolo
Projects Inc. The US Board will continue to collaborate with the
Namibian Board during the two year transition period, providing
training and guidance on program management, monitoring,
fundraising, and accounting. The two year transition period serves to
ensure that Sekolo’s programs in Namibia will continue without
interruption, as well as a training period for the Namibian Board and
their new National Project Coordinator.
July 2009 Board Development Workshop. (L-R) David Sampson, Marianna Erastus, Maree
Smit, Bonifatius Morwe, Gisela Siririka, Elizabeth Robinson (not pictured: Helena
Mungunda, Bernhard Kamatoto)
Sustainability:
- Cost-effective, local management
- Immediate response to needs
- Cultural relevance of programs
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Community Based Organization (CBO)
Assistance Fund
With the guidance of Sekolo Projects Namibia, we established two new
programs in 2006: the Community Based Organizaton (CBO)
Assistance Fund and the Small Grants Programme for AIDS
Awareness Clubs.
This fund supports schools and community groups that provide
security, care and a support structure for young people living with and
affected by HIV / AIDS.
Our Directors work closely with CBO project facilitators to build
capacity for program development, budgeting, and administration. When an appropriate and cost-effective program and budget are
designed, Sekolo Projects may support a CBO for up to three years and
assist with finding other sources of funding for the future. Our aim is
to support five (5) CBOs in a calendar year with a grant of ~US$5,000
each.
CBO#1: Sekolo Sunrise Kids - Etango Tali Piti
Etango Tali Piti, which means “the sun also rises” in Oshiwambo, is a
support group for orphaned and vulnerable children from the
Oneshila township outside Oshakati. The second largest city in
Namibia, Oshakati is in the densely populated northern part of
Namibia, on the border with Angola. As a city, Oshakati has developed
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without planning and in outgrowing
its bounds, has created several hidden,
backwater slums or “townships.”
One such township is Oneshila, home
to nothing but a scattering of “homes”
built from cardboard, plastic bags,
corrugated tin and bits of old cars.
A boy dressed and ready for a soccer
match.
A primary school struggles to educate
the younger children in the morning
hours, but at 12:30, the gate is closed
and the teachers leave Oneshila for
their homes elsewhere.
Left to their own devices, children in Oneshila do what children do
everywhere in the
world: succumb to
peer pressure and
the temptations
which surround
them. In Oneshila,
the temptations are
alcoholism, early
sexual activity, pregnancy, glue sniffing,
begging…
Girls with calomine lotion decorating their faces, ready for a
dance performance.
Windows of Hope (WOH) is an HIV prevention program for learners
in grades 4 - 7, developed by UNICEF and now implemented by
Namibia’s Ministry of Education. The program incorporates and
expands on many topics covered in Sekolo’s Our HIV ABC program.
Training and national implementation of WOH occurred in August
2006, eliminating the need for additional Our HIV ABC trainings.
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The children who participate in Etango Tali Piti gather twice a week
for an instructed dance or soccer activity session. The mutual peersupport received through the discipline of learning, performing and
competing builds the self-confidence and self-worth of the children.
The care that volunteers give through after school activities is very rare
in the tough life of Namibia’s townships.
The program is led by a South African Zulu woman named Sisi. Also
an orphan, Sisi is an empowered, strong, educated and courageous
female role model for these young children. The girls’ feet pound out
the rhythms as Sisi beats on the drum: the girls find strength and hope
in fellowship, in big-sister/little-sister relationships and the traditional
stories they perform through their dances.
The boys play and practice in the field next to the girls covered dance
pavilion, running drills in the hot sun with a soccer ball that Sisi brings
each session. The demand of monthly performances and soccer
tournaments quietly instills in these children a self-confidence,
self-reliance, and self-worth that they can only learn through the
experience of being needed, wanted, and relied upon by a trusted and
respected adult, and their peer group.
In Oneshila, these values are survival skills. Sekolo Sunrise Kids gives
these children a chance to be children, to make lasting friendships, to
build their self-confidence through performances and soccer
tournaments,
The children march behind their new banner.
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and to find some hope.
They all have uniforms for the monthly dance performances and
soccer matches that Sisi has arranged. She demands their discipline,
hard work and self-respect. Through the discipline of soccer and dance
routines, these children find a safe space to play and enjoy life as kids.
They also learn self-respect and the value and rewards of hard work.
CBO#2: Luderitz Secondary School Red
Ribbon Soup Kitchen
Luderitz is located at the far south-west of the country, a 3-day
journey from the country’s population center, the northern city of
Oshakati. Migrant labor is a fact of life in Namibia, but its impact,
together with HIV, is only now obvious. Both Luderitz, as the migrant
laborers destination, and Oshakati, as their departure point, have HIV
prevalence rates higher than the national average.
The high number of young, employed men in Luderitz attracts prostitutes. The combination of cash and alcohol available on payday for
shift workers creates the perfect storm for increasing HIV infection
rates and skyrocketing numbers of orphans and vulnerable children.
Luderitz Secondary School is the
only secondary school serving the
growing number of high school
aged learners in the area. Built for
~250, the school is now struggling to
educate over 800. Over half of these
learners are orphaned or vulnerable:
living on grandparents’ pensions,
passed from extended relative to
extended relative, staying with an
older sibling, cousin or other relative
A learner with his cup of soup.
who is away on the boats for three
weeks at a time. For many, there is rarely enough food at home to fill
any belly, much less that of a
growing teenager.
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Learners sit together in the sun during tea-break, some waiting for their soup.
A hungry child does not learn well or retain information well. The
disappointment and frustration of not doing well in school, for these
learners, is often reason enough to leave school to find employment,
or beg, or steal – or to accept the offer of food or money in return for
sex.
Sekolo Projects feeds ~280 learners
a healthy, hearty soup three days
a week at the Luderitz Secondary
School. The school cleaners
volunteer to cook the soup and it is
served during tea-break, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, along with
sliced bread and a piece of fruit. The
teachers who organize and shop for
the Soup Kitchen regularly report
that the Monday soup, for many
learners, is the first food since the
Friday soup.
Two learners enjoy the soup.
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CBO#3: Omuhaturua San Project
Omuhaturua Primary School is situated in the village of
Otjimanangombe, in the Omaheke Region, in the eastern part of
Namibia, bordering Botswana. The school has 240 learners in grades
1 through 7. The learners come from two ethnic groups: Herero and
San.
The majority of the
learners at the school
are Herero. The
Herero are one of the
larger ethnic groups
in Namibia, known
for their cattle
herding culture and
large stature.
Learners helped put up shade netting, provided by Sekolo,
which extends the Namibian growing season, and to prepare
the soil for planting.
The San, or indigenous
Bushman of the Kalahari Desert,
are the smallest ethnic group in
Namibia, both in numbers and in
stature, historically marginalized
and often discriminated.
Although government grants
The old tent where San learners were
sleeping.
cover school fees for children
who cannot afford to pay, they do
not cover the cost of the school dormitory.
Forty San learners were sleeping “rough” – outside the school grounds
in this makeshift tent, when the situation was presented to Sekolo
Projects.
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We provided funding for the learners to join their classmates in the
school dormitory for one trimester and our Namibian board worked
closely with the Principal to secure an additional grant that built a
second dormitory at the school.
Well-placed publicity attracted the attention of the Deputy Prime
Minister of Education, who provided funding for blankets and
mattresses in the new dormitory.
In discussion with
the Namibian Board,
Sekolo decided that it
was not sustainable to
fund learner’s
dormitory fees.
Instead, Sekolo
invested in the
school’s ability to
produce their own
food for their
dormitory kitchen.
Sekolo provided
additional shade
San children in front of the new hostel (dormitory) building.
netting and posts to
expand the plot of the hostel garden and its growing season. Learners
at the school now work together to grow vegetables that supplement
the meals served at the hostel.
CBO#4: Tondoro AIDS Awareness Club (TAAC)
Mini-Magazine
This project empowers learners to believe in themselves and the
power of their own convictions. Once given the knowledge of how to
protect themselves from HIV, young people need support and
reassurance.
Tondoro is a village, 40 kilometers from the tarred road, and 150km
from the major town of Rundu. All the learners in the Tondoro AIDS
Awareness Club (TAAC) attend the Tondoro Combined School.
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The TAAC after one of their planning meetings.
TAAC has been active since March 2008. The Club provides a forum for
discussing HIV/AIDS related issues in an environment where the youth
feel safe and welcomed. The Club encourages conversations and has
worked to develop an environment that nurtures asking questions,
and respecting other people’s points of view.
The 20 learners currently participating in the Tondoro AIDS Awareness
Club (TAAC), wanted to spread the message about HIV to their peers
at the Tondoro Combined School, and other schools nearby. After
discussion, the TAAC learners decided to write a mini-magazine to tell
their peers about HIV.
Petrus Musongo, at left, in grade 9 said,
“I would like our magazine to hold more
information about HIV/AIDS. We are
sending it to other villages so that they
may also know about HIV/AIDS. I would
also like our magazine to teach other
people who think that HIV is something
to joke about. I would like to tell them to
stay away from sex without any
protection.”
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In 2008, the Club cultivated the learners’ understanding of HIV/AIDS.
In 2009, they produced their first magazine, which served as a means
of expression for the learners:
- To build on their knowledge and empower the learners
directly involved with the confidence to protect themselves from HIV/
AIDS and other STI.
- To obtain basic computer literacy.
- To ensure that the ideas and protective health measures
reach a wider audience and opens up a community dialogue.
A Windows of Hope drawing “My Special
Balloons.”
Learners paint HIV prevention messages on a
school wall in Gobabis.
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Small Grants for AIDS Awareness Clubs
The Small Grants Program provides funding for AIDS Awareness Clubs
and Windows of Hope Clubs, up to $150. The grants support
team-building activities to strengthen self-confidence and community
outreach activities which share information between learners and the
adults in their communities. Activities that build self-confidence and
team spirit create networks that help keep young people healthy.
Encouraging young people to help educate others empowers them to
make their own decisions and take control of their own future.
The Small Grants Program will fund forty grass roots, creative
activities at the school level: 10 grants each in 4 of the neediest regions
of Namibia.
The Small Grants Program is active in the Kunene, Kavango, Omaheke
and Karas Regions. Both Kunene and Karas Regions, in the far
north-west and the far south, are fairly un-populated. Because of their
inhospitable terrain and the distance from the capital city of
Windhoek, these areas of Namibia are often overlooked by
government programs and other non-governmental organizations
(NGOs). Omaheke is on the edge of the Kalahari Desert to the East,
and like the Karas Region further south, is the inhospitable home of
the marginalized and minority San and Tswana ethnic groups.
The Small Grants Program
Small grants Regions in Namibia
has real impact: At its roots, it
supports young people to
Kavango
participate in educational
Kunene
activities that help prevent the
spread of HIV. These activities
Omaheke
reach between 40 and 500
students each, depending on
the size of the school and HIV/
AIDS Awareness Club.
Karas
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Clothing and Toiletries for Orphaned
and Vulnerable Children (OVC)
Clothing is routinely collected by
adolescents in AIDS Awareness
Clubs and church youth
programs in the US. The donated
items are sent directly to the 13
Regional Counselors who work
directly with OVC.
Children at dayschool in the shack-town
outside of Swakopmund, receiving their
winter clothes.
These learners at the Swakopmund Primary
School lost everything in a house fire. They
now have new clothes from Sekolo Projects.
Groups who have supported this
Two learners from the Swakopmund
program include:
Primary School with their new clothes.
• Deerfield Academy
• Christ Church Choirs
• Greenwich High School AIDS Awareness Club
• Confirmation Class at Christ Church
One Regional Counselors wrote to Sekolo Projects, saying: “I like to
express my gratitude for the special packages which you sent us…we
really appreciate the nice clothes which are very useful for the young
ladies and the tee-shirts for the boys.”
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Partners and supporting organizations
[November 2004 - December 2009]
1919 Foundation
AOC Fine Wines, Old Greenwich, CT
ATI Holidays, Namibia
The Bonafair Family Foundation
The Brinkerhoff Family Foundation
Central Middle School, Greenwich, CT
Christ Church Choirs, Christ Church, Greenwich, CT
Christ Church Outreach Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Cold Stone Creamery
The Commy Johanbein Foundation
First Congregational Church, Old Greenwich, CT
Franklin Lakes United Methodist Church, Franklin Lakes, NJ
The George J. & Jessica Harris Foundation
Global Fund for TB, Malaria and HIV (donation in kind)
GoodSearch & GoodShop
The Grace Notes
Great Beginnings
Greenwich Academy Community Service Club
Greenwich High School AIDS Club
The Heimbold Foundation
Henry B. Plant Memorial Fund
The Hultquist Foundation
Mrs. Dunkelberger’s Advisory at Stanwich School
Nicholl’s Wildlife Art
The Old Stones Foundation
The Peter J Hart Family Trust
Philanthropic Education Organization Sisterhood
Priceline (donation in kind)
Red Ribbon Foundation
The Relyea Zuckerberg Hanson Charitable Trust
Round Hill Community Church, Greenwich, CT
Scarsdale Community Baptist Church, Scarsdale, NY
Second Congregational Church, Greenwich, CT
The Slater Foundation
The Stuart Family Foundation
Trinity Episcopal Church, New Haven, CT
United Nations Federal Credit Union
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Sekolo Projects Namibia
Board of Directors
The Namibian Board of Directors now consists of 7 passionate
individuals working in the HIV prevention field in Namibia:
Marianne Erastus (Chair) joined the Board
in July 2009 and works as the Coordinator for
the Namibian Women’s Network. Marianne’s
background in community development and
gender issues adds a unique and necessary
perspective to the Sekolo Board.
Bernhard Kamatoto joined the Board in July
2009 and currently works for Lironga Eparu,
which means “learning to survive,” a support
organization founded by, run, and serving
individuals living with HIV. Lironga Eparu
provides much needed counseling and
support to individuals living with HIV in
Namibia.
Bonifatius Morwe (Treasurer) joined the
Board at its inception, in August 2006. He
currently teaches mathematics at Centaurus
High School in Windhoek, but previously
taught at the Mokaleng Roman Catholic
Combined School with Elizabeth Robinson.
Helena Mungunda joined the Board in 2009
and currently works for the Academy of
Educational Development (AED). Although
her work focuses on adult HIV prevention,
Helena is enthusiastic and passionate about
working with young people to prevent the
spread of HIV. She is also a registered nurse.
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David Sampson (Vice Chair) has been on
the Board since 2006 and served as its first
Chairperson. David works at NIED, the
National Institute for Educational
Development in Namibia. His focus is on Life
Skills and Social Studies, both of which
incorporate HIV and AIDS into their curricula.
Gisela Siririka has been on the Board since
2006. She also works with the Ministry of
Education at NIED in multi-grade teaching.
Gisela’s background and experience in the
development of HIV prevention curricula
in Namibia are a crucial foundation to the
Board’s knowledge and resources.
Maree Smit has been on the Board since
2006 and currently works with the Namibian
Ministry of Education as a Regional School
Counsellor. Her main responsibility is to
provide care and support for orphans and
vulnerable children in the school system in
the Karas Region of southern Namibia. Her
task is monumental, with hundreds of
children under her supervision and care.
July 2009 Board Development workshop, with co-facilitators
Adelheid Awases (far left), and Hermen Ormel (center).
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Financial Information
Sekolo works hard to keep overhead costs down and put the vast
majority of your donated dollars to work in Namibia.
The following graphs combine our expenses over the past five years
and divide them into three categories: Program, Fundraising and
Management.
Program costs are all those directly related to Sekolo’s HIV
programming in Namibia. The fundraising category includes the
Sekolo Safari fundraising events, and other presentations.
Management includes all general administrative costs.
Total expenditure over 5 years: $443,082
Program: $298,403
Fundraising: $70,344
Management: $74,334.10
Use of Funds: Nov 2004 - Dec 2009
Fundraising
17%
Management
16%
Program
67%
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Breakdown of Program Expenses: Nov 2004 - Dec 2009
Small Grants Program
CBO#4: Tondoro AIDS
Awareness Club
CBO#3: Omuhaturua
Our HIV ABC
CBO#2: Luderitz
Red Ribbon Soup
Kitchen
CBO#1: Sekolo
Sunrise Kids
Resource Provision
OVC Donations
Total program expenditure over the last five years is shown here,
divided among Sekolo’s programs.*
Our HIV ABC (2004-2006): Resource Provision (Ongoing): OVC Donations (Ongoing): Small Grants Program (2006-present): CBO Assistance Fund (Total of 4 CBOs): CBO#1 Sekolo Sunrise Kids (2006-present): CBO#2 Luderitz Soup Kitchen (2007-present): CBO#3 Omuhaturua (2008-2009): CBO#4 Tondoro AIDS Awareness Club (2009): $127,249
$13,161
$5,130
$27,640
$125,222
$58,796
$45,808
$11,925
$8,692
*Please note the years in which years different programs have been operating
and received funding.
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Sekolo’s Individual Donors - Thank you!
[November 2004 - December 2009]
Dan Abbasi and Deb Smith
Shereen Abdel-Meguid
Robert Ainsley
Robert and Persis Alden
Walt and Diane Alder
Michael Alliston and Sarah Moden-Alliston
James Anderson
Ty and Cyndy Anderson
Jack Appelbaum
Bernie and Mitzi Armstrong
Holger and Eleanor Arnell
Alicia Arnold
David Atlas
Patty Auchincloss
Casey August
Peter and Linda Austin-Small
Neil and Christina Axelrod
Adina Ba
Theodore and Lyn Babcock
Sue Baker
Merl and Rita Baker
Katherine Barba
Nancy Barbe
Rosemary Barbour Mygatt
Wensley and Jinah Barker
Bruce and Nancy Barker
Craig and Rosalia Barnes
Bob and Ellen Barolak
Jon and Pam Barry
James Barton
William Baskin
Richard Batchelder
Elizabeth Bates
Jon and Abby Bates
Armin and Annie Baur
John and Evelyn Bausman
Suzanne Beatty
Antonea Beckerman
Matthew and Hilary Bernard
Ted and Patty Beyer
Ashish and Leslie Bhutani
Pieter Bierkens
Libuse Binder
Joan Binkerd
David and Christina Birkic
Dieter Blennemann
Anne Bloomdahl
Adam Bodner
Neil and Joanne Bouknight
Jeff and Terry Boyd
Valerie Boyd
Roger and Sarah Boyle
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Christina Brant
Jim Breen
Tim and Jane Breen
Jennifer Bresler
Tom and Kelly Broadhurst
Philip and Ellen Brous
Jane Brown
Matthew Brown
Owain Browne
Muriel Brownlie
Betsy Buell Pepe
Henry Burdick
Kip and Kathy Burgweger
Christine Byrne
Donna Petkunas Byrne
Diane Caldwell
Dwight and Sally Calhoun
Woody and Cynthia Canaday
Barbara Cantwell
Jerry and Lynn Carnegie
Jonas Cartano
Nick and Sue Carter
Jack and Patricia Cassidy
Mary Cattan
Eilleen Cavanaugh
John and Patricia Chadwick
Curtis and Margaret Chapman
Barbara Chintz
Rosemary Clancy
William Clark
Janet Clausi
Laura Clise
Jane Condon
Connie Connelly
Michael and Joan Connery
Gillian Cook
Susan Corbett
Anthony Correale and Cora Burnham
Earle and Mary Jane Cote
Peter Coviello
Nancy Coviello
Ralph D. Coviello
Richard and Barbara Crouter
Elizabeth Cryer
Michael and Brooke Dabrowski
Bruno and Betsy Damez
George Darder
Mary Davies
Tim and Anne Davies
Gregory Davis
Sheri Dean
Thomas Decoene
Nancy Del Genio
Arthur and Wynkie Delmhorst
Flore Desjardins
George and Sherry Dey
Nancy Dickenson
Michael Difonzo
Jeffrey Dishner
Patrick Dolan
Rajnesh Domalpalli
Harry Dombrowski
Andy and Christine Dommerich
Mac and Susan Dommerich
Dan and Judy Donahue
Kate Downing
Bill and Anne Drake
David Drebus
Bill and Jane Drebus
Pie G.K. Dumas
Yves Durif
Diane Ebzery
Steve and Bobbi Eggers
Eric and June Einhorn
Bob Elliott
David Ewald
Virginia Ewald
Megan Farley
Arnold Fink
Daphne Finney
Scott Fisher
Mark Fitzhugh and Cheri Smith
Beth Fitzpatrick
Jan Flaska
Edward Fogarty
John Ford
Lisa Forrow
Brian and Eleanor Forrow
Scott and Petria Fossel
Nancy Fountain
Anne Fox
Stacy Fox
George and Pam Fox
Abby Fox
Kenneth and Carol Franklin
Donald and Frosty Friedman
Eric and Carolyn Fure-Slocum
Chris Gabbitas
Pauline Gaden
Yves and Monique Gaden
Christian Gaines
William and Beth Gallagher
Peter and Ann Galloway
Susie Gans
John Gantz
Tolman and Laura Geffs
Richard and Pat Geismar
Christine Gerli
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Margaret Gianquinto
Dick and Kathy Gildersleeve
Ray and Sue Gincavage
S. Mackenzie Glander
Bob and Judy Goodchild
Everett C. Goodwin
Walter and Robin Gore
Christy Graf
Shelley Granger
Mary Ann Graves
Elise Green
Bob and Sue Grele
Dick and Joanne Griffin
Silvana Griffith
Albert Gubar
Kathryn Guimard
Nathalie Guimard
Maureen Gupta
David and Traci Gwodz
Victoria Hackman
Hadi Hajjar
Susan Hanna
Eileen Hanna
Anne Marie Hannon
Dana Hanson
Louis and Amanda Hanzlik
Kathleen Harbort
Finley Harckham and Palmer Sloane
Brian and Lucinda Harriss
Peter and Mimi Hart
Lee Hawley
Brannon Heath
Evangeline Henselmann
Phyllis Herman
Alfred and Briggita Heynen
Vanda High
Jim Hinman
Lisa Ho
Julia Ho
Robert and Katherine Hogan
Dick and Frankie Hollister
Laura Hom
Rich and Bobbie Hopkins
Michael and Kim Horton
Stig and Jeanne Host
Bill and Martha Howland
Randy and Mary Jane Huffman
Theodore Huffman
William Hughes
Timothy and Cindy Hultquist
Henry Huth
Bruce and Simone Ingram
Joanne Inman
Norimichi Ishikawa
Greg and Anne Islan
Helen Jacobson
Sekolo’s Individual Donors (con’t)
[November 2004 - December 2009]
Janine Jandrositz
William and Hazel Jarvis
Bon and Becky Jasperson
Mary Jennings
Brodie Johnson
Sabrina Johnston
Gregory Joseph
Jack Kamerman
Gina Karjanis
Jim and Carol Keane
Brian Kelly
James Kennerley
Don and Irene Kerr
William and Kathie Kiernan
Lesley King
William and Barbara King
Laurette Kittle
James and Mieke Knight
Adam Koren
Edward Kozelka
Elizabeth Kreuter
Kenneth Krieger
Jenny Kyne Malseed
Karen LaChance
Daniel LaChance
Jennifer and Dennis Ladd
Mike and Kay Langan
Kacia Lee
Michael Kasemeyer and Deborah Lee
Gerry and Courtney Lees
Bob and Tina Leinbach
Ellen LeMoult
Mary Ann Lendenmann
Christopher Lettich
Jamie Levine
Julia B. Lewis
Sandra Libbey
Maggie Liebenguth
Sherise Lindsay
Kristina Lindstedt
Lindsey Locks
Kenneth Lockyer
John Lohr
Dan and Ginny Losito
James and Robin Loughman
Nigel Lovett
Bob and Lynn Lovett
Bob and Bea Luce
Dennis and Bunny Lukas
Kate Lund
Linda Lund
Frank Lyon
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Brian and Mary MacDonald
Jim and Paulette MacPherson
Peter and Claire Macy
Tom Maguire and Patricia Dempsey
Kevin and Diana Mahaney
Tom Mahoney
Cathleen Mahoney
Laura Maisey
David Maitland
Mark and Jenny Malseed
Richard and Mary Mammana
Andrew Marcus
John and Michelle Margherita
Marijane Marks
Terry Martin and Lynne Jordal-Martin
Robert Masotti
Barbara Mauk
Nancy Maulsby
Ralph Mayo
Jeanne McParlund
Steve and Sheila McAleer
Malcolm and Dana McAvity
Stu and Sue McCalley
Elizabeth McCann
Miles McDonals
Margaret McGirr
Peter and Barbara McSpadden
Philip McWhorter
Jack and Lynn Medoff
Helena Mertens
Aleshia Meuller
Bill Meurer and Andie Fraleigh
Jan Meyer
Jon and Prill Meyer
David and Linda Michonski
Jane Miliken Roberts
Len Miller
Katharine Minton
Morgan and Betsy Mitchell
Daniel and Angel Moger
Patrick and Amy Mooney
Frank Moore and Nichola Bott
Robert and Peggy Moore
Deborah and Paul Morant
John Morris
Rob and Susan Morris
Joyce Munschauer
Dale and Sherry Myer
Samdaye Nandlal Sharma
Ron Nelson
Ethan and Stephanie Nelson
Peter Ness
Kit Newman
Nigel and Alison Nicholls
Jamie Noble
Elizabeth Norfleet
Barbara Norrgard
Francis Norris-Olivia
Peter and Patricia O’Brien
Tammy O’Conner
Kayo and Mary Beth O’Reilly
Patrick O’Shea
Frank Olson
Bella Op’Thof
Anne Orum
Elena Oxman
David and Phyllis
Mary Lee Paine
Geoffrey Parkinson
Heather Parkinson-Webb
Christina Parsons
Anne E. Patrick
Terry Paule
Wulf and Renate Paulick
Roberta Pecora
Robert Petersen
Katie Petersen
Judith Petersen
Tom and Kathy Petersen
Robert and Maggie Pettinato
William Pezzuti
Robert and Adriana Phillips
Marian Phillips
Al and Carol Pierce
Dan and Jane Pietrowski
Judy Pollack
Robb and Jackie Prince
Mediha Qureshi
Richard and Mary Radcliffe
Thea Ragatz
Andrew and Kirsten Rastrick
Karyn Ratcliffe
Jim and Patty Read
Giff and Ruth Reed
Angela Reynolds
Lynda Reynolds
Barbara Richards
Spike and June Richey
Kristina Riegle
Charles and Ausra Riegle
Tom and Adriana Riles
Susan Rinker
Rob Rioseco
Joe and Kathy Rizzo
Ann Robb
Terry Robinson
Bruce and Cathy Robinson
Geoff and Didi Robinson
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Bruce and Kathy Robinson
Greg Robinson and Colleen Boggs
Janet Rogers
Beatrice Rosenberg
Diane Rousseau
Karen Royce
Chuck and Deborah Royce
Lisa Ruggiero
Philip and Sally Russell
Ken and Sharon Russell
Solomon and Sara Rutzky
Rosemary Ryan
Barry Schaller
Peter and Jeannette Schieferdecker
Tim and Susan Schieffelin
Milicent Scrivan
Renee Seblatnig
Harry and Sharon Seelig
Anne Semmes
Ian Shearson
Paul Sheridan and Fifi Sheridan-Barbian
Robert and Starr Shippee
Susan Shollar
James Shukie
Debbie Siegel
John and Sally Silver
Geoffrey and Elizabeth Silver
Artemis Simerson
Robert Simonson
Peter and Ann Simpson
Sandra Sisk
Arthur Sjogren
Walter Slack
James Smith
Cecily T. Smith
F. Clawson Smith and Olivia Holt
Scott and Lynn Smith
Robert and Carolyn Snow
Robert and Ronnie Snow
Maren Snyder
Katie Souder
Christopher Spain
Diane Staab
Charles and Nancy Standard
James Starkweather
Walter
Christine Stiassni-Gerli
Peter Streich
Pamela Strobel
Paula Suarez
Luz Suarez
Scott Sullivan
Mary Sullivan
Kristin Sundt
Pat Swasey
Naomi Tamerin
Harold and Vicky Tananbaum
Sharon Tanner
Tracy Taylor
Robert Taylor
Richard and Alix Taylor
Horst and Lisa Tebbe
Philip Temple
Georgia Tenore
Beza Tesfaye
Alison Tepper
Gerald C. Thayer
Irving and Nancy Thode
Rhod and Janet Thomas
Lauren Thomas
Joseph and Avis Toochin
Mark and Jean Tredinnick
Alexia Tuccinardi
Nick and Tracy Utton
Bill and Shirley Vance
Louis VanLeewan
Ilse Vietor-Haight
Frederick Waldron
Mary Waldron
Jay Walker
Jeffrey and Liz Walker
Michael Warde
Candee Weed
Willis Wendell
Nana Wenger
Graham and Gabrielle Whitehead
Tony and Diana Whyte
Geri Wiles
Marie Williams
Lee and Deb Wilson
Steven Caldicott Wilson
Louisa Winthrop
Lynda Withiam
Susan Wohlforth
Roger Wolfe
Robert Wood and Rimi Mosley
Jeanne Wright
Richard and Barbara Wyton
The Sekolo Safaris
In 2006 and 2008, Sekolo Projects Inc. held large silent auction events to raise funds for our programs
in Namibia. The auctions, called the Sekolo Safari,
took place at the Milbrook Club in
Greenwich. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres were
served during the black tie silent and live
auctions. The items auctioned were primarily
Namibian art and craft items. Both events have
been extraordinarily successful, in total raising over
$100,000 to support Sekolo’s programs in Namibia.
Kate Bloomer, Katie Petersen and Gillian Morris enjoy
themselves at the 2008 Safari.
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A hand-painted
carved wooden
giraffe.
Many thanks to
all our volunteers,
and especially
Joanne Bouknight
and Mieke Knight
for their time and
energy to make the
Safaris so
successful!
Sekolo Projects Inc.
Board of Directors (US)
Tom Mahoney (Chairperson)
William Kiernan (Treasurer)
Katrina Robinson (Secretary)
Joseph Toochin
Former Directors: Geoffrey Robinson, Bob Elliott, Elizabeth
Robinson
P.O. Box 138, Old Greenwich, CT 06870 USA
tel: +1 203 987 5293
Sekolo Projects Namibia
Board of Directors (Namibia)
Marianne Erastus (Chair)
David Sampson (Vice Chair)
Bonifatius Morwe (Treasurer)
Gisela Siririka
Maree Smit
Helena Mungunda
Bernhard Kamatoto
P.O. Box 8463 Windhoek, NAMIBIA
tel/fax: +264 61 225 487
Honorary Advisors
Charlotte Bond, David Cartwright, Patricia Chadwick, Bobbi
Eggers, Caroline Ferrari, Paolo Ferrari, Felicity Haingura,
Heinrich Heinrichs, Joshua Kahikuata, Irene Kerr, Gonnie
Kruger, Paul Makabanyane, Gebhard Mbatara, Frank Moore,
Hermen Ormel, Karen Royce, Geoffrey Silver, Hildegard
Tibinyane, Fidelius Tibinyane, Avis Toochin
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Sekolo’s Funding Base
Novmeber 2004 - December 2009
Organizations
43%
Individuals
57%
Thank you!
Sekolo Projects Inc.
P.O. Box 138
Old Greenwich, CT 06870 USA
tel: +1 203 987 5293
sekoloprojects@gmail.com
www.sekoloprojects.org