Gonzare, Niger

Small Village South of Niamey, Niger Typical Nigerian village.

Ganzare, Niger; Community Manual Bore Hole Pump

This bore hole will be replaced with a deep borehole and solar water pump to supply clean water to a 20,000 liter storage tank for the village and nearby small scale farms.

Existing Open Well

The existing shallow-open wells used to irrigate the small scale farms dry out 4 -5 months per year

Gonzare Village Small Scale Farm

Irrigation is critical for the small scale farmer in Niger. Tomatoes, peppers and other high demand produce can grow very well if given the proper quantities of organic fertilizers and water

Maranatha Chapel Church, Pageri, South Sudan

The entire town of Pageri was vandalized during the civil war from 2012 to 2021. Maranatha Chapel intends to empower returning families

Maranatha Chapel School

The school is in need of classrooms, furnishings and teacher support

Maranatha Chapel Primary and Secondary School, Pageri, South Sudan

Several classroom only need a roof, windows and doors

Oloolarroi School Campus, Oloolarroi, Kenya

ECD, Primary and Secondary School serving 229 children

Oloolarroi School Kitchen

Up to 235 meals are served here daily!

Oloolarroi School Football field and Toilet Facility

The school currently has 2 latrines serving 229 children!

Oloolarroi School

Typical Classroom - SDF is providing a RACHEL hotspot / server for eLearning

Zion Baptist Church Community Empowerment

First Adult Literacy Graduation

The Zion Baptist Church provides leadership and support to over 200 first generation Baptist churches in Kajiado County, Kenya. The community empowerment projects completed by SDF have proven to be an inspiration and a resource to these churches. The community library has been used as the classroom for adult literacy. The community garden has been replanted and is continuing to thrive and provide nutritious food to the ECD school and local families. In 2023 SDF will provide a World Possible RACHEL (hotspot / server), LCD projector, laptop computer, AC power and 40 tablet PC’s for the ECD school and adult literacy programs. Additional work will include a pilot hay farm and hydroponic sprouted grain fodder facility. Both of these project are intended to demonstrate alternative methods to feed livestock during the dry season.

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Osewan Village, Sustainable Resource Center (SRC), Kajiado County, Kenya

Oloolarroi ECD School Classroom

Phase 1 SRC Water Project

Maranatha Chapel School - Temporary Classroom

Pastor Tobias Aucuban - Boy Solider

Oloolaroi village and school sustainable resource center (SRC), Kajiado county, kenya

School children’s attempt to construct a chicken coop.

The Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) has partnered with the Rotary Clubs of Western Henrico and Kitengela to construct a multi-phased community empowerment project that will address, water, sanitation, basic education and literacy (BEL), community economic development and numerous environmental sustainability issues. Phase 1 of the the SRC will consist of a solar powered borehole serving a 20k Liter elevated storage tank, provisions for phase 2 water needs, livestock watering troughs, water distribution kiosks, cloth washing area and lines, a BEL village intranet (VI) serving up an instance of the World Possible RACHEL eLearning library (the VI will share the AC power for the borehole pump and electrified security fence) and a stabilized compressed earth block micro-business with a 20k block order for Phase 2 structures.  The SRC concept serves as a planning tool to help leverage the investment in water infrastructures so as to maximize its impact to village and improve their standard of living and be more climate change resiliency.  The VI will serve the Osewan ECD school and the Phase 2 (2024) scope will include a Resource Training Center for adult literacy, year-round children education and regenerative agriculture training. 

Maranatha Chapel Sustainable Resource Center (SRC), Pageri, South Sudan

South Sudan is the youngest nation in the world at 10 years old. Youth is normally associated with optimism, vitality and growth. Unfortunately for South Sudan, a majority of these years have been terrible because of the civil war. Today, 2.3 million South Sudanese live in refugee camps in Ethiopia, DRC, Uganda and Kenya with another 2.0 million being displaced and in need of assistance.  Of major note - 50% of the refugees and displaced are children!

Recently there is good news. Stability and tranquility have returned and the South Sudanese living in the refugee camps now desire to return home. Those willing to return home worry about many of the basic necessities of living; housing, food, clean water, and basic skillsets to earn a living. SDF is partnering with the Armor of God Community Based Organization (CBO) and the Maranatha Chapel located in Pageri to create a Sustainable Resource Center (SRC). SDF’s main goal will be to provide refugee assistance, education and vocational training and economic development.

SDF is currently supporting reconstruction of school buildings and funding for teacher salaries. Pastor Tobias Abuchan, Maranatha Chapel pastor and a former child soldier, is leading the effort to reintegrate and train refugees.  Pastor Tobias has a vision to use the vandalized church building to become a center for discipleship and vocational-skill development.  The returning refugees will have the opportunity to be trained with hand-on skills like carpentry, welding, block molding, brick laying, and tailoring.  Additionally, and most importantly, they will receive biblical discipleship throughout the period of their training.

SDF’s goal is to construct Phase 1 of the SRC mid 2024.

The Oloolarroi village and school is located on the Tanzania border between Namanga and the Amboseli National Game Reserve. The school serves 229 children and provides early education (ECD), primary and secondary education. The school is unable to provide the Kenya school competency based curriculum (CBC) required farming education due to a lack of water. Currently water must be purchased from a private borehole or is trucked in from Namanga. Due to the extreme drought that southern Kenya has experienced for 3 years, the school provided lunch is the only meal many of the children can count on. SDF is furnishing (2) demonstration rocket stoves for the school kitchen to reduce the wood consumption and teach the children about forest conservation and the importance of trees

SDF is assisting the school by providing a World Possible RACHEL (hotspot / server) to improve the school’s ability to provide eLearning. In 2024 SDF is planning to construct the first Phase of a sustainability resource center which will include a water project, urine diverting dry toilets (UDDT) for the total school population, and a small regenerative farm comprised of a greenhouse, gardens, small scale poultry, swine and dairy operation. A tree planting day will also be sponsored for the school grounds and require each child to nurture their own tree.

School Clothes for Oloolarroi school children! It is quite common for parents to not be able to afford the school uniforms required in Kenyan schools. While the schools will still admit improperly dressed students, they stand out and have to live wi
Nimo Kimani receives a goat! Nimo is the president of Hami Imani Africa, an NGO focused on women's empowerment and social justice. She is a wonderful woman of God, a friend, and an advocate of SDF. The Oloolarroi community and school honored her lov
Saving Trees in Kajiado County! SDF partnered with the Enkolili CBO to install high-efficiency rocket stoves constructed of interlocking compressed earth blocks (ICEB) for 11 widows and 3 school kitchens. The school stoves were used as educational ex
Heroes of Faith (Heb 11) SDF was extremely blessed to have exceptional Christian education missionaries (Monica and Bennett White and Marisa Ellis) to conduct Heroes of Faith Bible program at 3 schools in Kajiado County, Kenya. The pre-K through 3 c
Excessive Joy! Children at Oloolarroi school The balloons used for SDF's Bible program on Hero's of Faith were put to good use. It is amazing and warms your heart when you see so much joy in the faces of Children who have never played with 🎈 or tas
Jesus Film at Oloolarroi School Friday SDF had the privilege to show the Jesus Film to 100 teenagers! We had the opportunity to follow up the next day and share the credibility of the Bible and the claims of Christianity. The Children were amazing
Quality Education is a top priority for poverty eradication SDF in partnership with the Rotary Club of Western Henrico and Hami Imani Africa has provided a wireless eLearning system for the Zion Baptist Church ECD school and the Oloolarroi Primary/Se
Heroes of Faith at the Osewan ECD School We had an amazing day with the Children at the Osewan ECD school. The children made crafts, had delicious snacks, and had fun games while they learned about the Heroes of Faith: Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jes
Stars of Heaven! Each child enrolled in the Zion Baptist Church early education and development (ECD) school received a pinwheel to conclude the day's Bible program, Hero's of Faith. It was a sight to see!
Zion Baptist Church Watering Trough Improvement SDF upgrades water trough piping so that the trough can fill in 2 hrs versus 2 days! This is a much-needed upgrade to the water trough due to the persistent drought in Southern Kenya.