Repaired generator used for fetching water from a deep well
Built school for 180 school children, who had been learning under a tree
New shoes for all the school children
Repaired a water trough for their animals
Built a small, one-room clinic (the hospital in Isiolo (which is a 4-hour walk from Gambella) was so excited, they donated a bunch of supplies)
Two volunteer nurses saw 400 people the day the clinic was dedicated
Built chicken coops for a cooperative income-producing effort
Demonstrated brick-making, for possible future income generation
Initiated a partnership with water district officials, for future water projects
Taught the entire village two CHE lessons (Community Health Education)-hand washing and teeth brushing-and gave everyone toothbrushes and toothpaste
Two nurse volunteers worked with the village CHE Committee (two women and two men) to further their health knowledge
As GHNI has been teaching the villagers that they can get out of poverty, if they draw on their resourcefulness, several women started a business selling tea and chipate at the local watering hole (literally), and are now making $10/day (20x their previous income)!
Installed a drip irrigation system in an experimental acre (and have since expanded that acre)
Not only has this acre provided food for the villagers, but they have also been able to sell some of their produce to people from other villages—this is HUGE for a village that has just begun to incorporate agriculture into their lives!
Demonstrated to the villagers how they can create their own biosand filters (which filter the dirtiest water to 99.8% pure-clean enough for anyone in the world to drink in good health)
Built dorms for the teachers
No girl in Gambella has ever gone to school past eighth grade-getting “hang time” with the female teachers will be a HUGE bonus (not to mention, the teachers pay a small fee to stay in the dorms, which goes into the village’s development fund)
600 mosquito nets were delivered, because a man from NY with a t-shirt biz made and sold t-shirts for the sole purpose of buying nets
