ENDOWMENT FUNDING SECTOR.
On the obvious reality that Donor funding is NOT always forthcoming, the SACDEP Board of Trustees and Management have continued to build self funding mechanisms.
Through offering of goods and services at subsidized fees, some surplus is created. The generated income is then given to the SACDEP Management for project funding.
To ensure that the SFS works hard enough to achieve the tasks, each year projects are identified. Then their costs are estimated and a specific figure is given to the team. The sector therefore works towards raising and providing the target for project implementation. This is after the sector has been able to meet its running and maintenance costs.
Profile (Pictorial set up) of Thika Centre.
2. Goods and services provided at cost:-
Seminar and Conference facilities.
An agriculture and Development Training Centre continues to be built and equipped in Thika Town situated 40 km North of Nairobi. Hostels with a capacity of 40 double rooms are available. The centre is built using the Sustainable Agriculture and Development Principles. Among the unique offers made in the Centre include.
Maintenance of Natural habitat. Co existence with nature.
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Using renewable energy
Sustainable Agriculture demonstration units
Serving of Organic foods in the dining hall.
Recreation facilities. There are recreational shed under trees, indoor games and Natural lawns.
Training and lecture halls.
Outside catering.
This is mainly undertaken to provide demonstration on consumption of Organic Foods. SACDEP believes in creating awareness on people consuming healthy foods. This is based on the superiority o f SLOW FOODS rather than the unfortunately expanding and unhealthy FAST FOODS.
2. Projects that have been supported by the sector.
Past ones.
These include:-
- Thika Boxing team forYouth.
- Makongeni Police Station building roofing – Thika town.
- Thika Yatta, migwani food security and Nutrition Project
- Picture: Makongeni Police Post.
Ongoing and prioritized ones.
- Kilimambogo Police Post
- Wundanyi farmers small scale mining projects
- Kajiado Masai herbal medicinal plants projects.
3. Future plans for SFS. SACDEP continues to receive an overwhelming number of requests and invitations from communities in Kenya and the East African region. Our funding Partners themselves have their limitations. They cannot support all our good and worthwhile project applications.
Therefore, SACDEP must of necessity expand its Self Funding Capacity. Towards this end, the Organization seeks to undertake the following expansion projects.
- 30 more accommodation rooms
- 2 new meeting/seminar rooms
- Networking and information Centre
4. Future Plans of the SFS. SACDEP has always aimed at setting up a good example. The example is that indigenous Development Agencies – (NGOs) need not be dependants on external funding agencies forever. As such, they have to develop own endowment resources. This means that their vision, Mission and Objectives will be obtained, funders or no funders.
Therefore, SACDEP invites all well wishers committed to development for East Africa farming communities. The invitation is to enter into SACDEP’s fraternity through contributions to the Organization’s Endowment building Programme. The process is designed to take 2 development paths as below:-
Full or part contribution to the construction and equipping of any of the expansion projects shown above.
Making a contribution to the proposed SACDEP endowment fund. The facility is aimed at keeping in the banks Ksh. 50 million (US $ …….. ) The interest gained to fund at least 2 projects per year.
The project will be focused to change the lives of marginalized communities in Kenya and in the East African region.