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Refurbishment of the community multi-purpose hall

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Location: Lodung’okwe
Year: 2022
Objectives:
- Equipping and repairing the facilities of the community multi-purpose hall for training and human promotion sessions, as well as to facilitate meetings of the local communities
- This is an unprecedented project in the region

Direct beneficiaries: 900 people
Total budget: 7.218,73 €
GAM funds: 6.616,03 €

Literacy programme for women of the Samburu community (3rd phase)

Location: Lodung’okwe
Year: 2022 (3rd project phase)
Objectives:
- Provide education for Samburu women to enable them to develop a family business and to meet their children’s schooling needs.
- Empowerment of Samburu women

Direct beneficiaries (2020-2022) : 200 Samburu women
Total budget (2020-2022): 15.017,38 €
GAM funds: 5.005,78 €

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2nd phase of the "Literacy program for Samburu women"

Location: Nkutuk Lmuget and Nonkek
Year: 2021
Objectives:
- Provide women of the Samburu people with an education that will enable them to develop a family business and thus provide for the needs of their children.

Direct beneficiaries: Women from Samburu communities from the villages of Nkutuk Lmuget (from 16 km de Lodung’okue) and Nonkek (from 10 km).
Project leader: Luis Carlos Fernández
Total budget for 3 years: 15.017,38 €
GAM funds: 5.005,78 € (2nd phase)

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Provision of technical material for training sessions at the Training Center in Tuum (project supported by GAM asbl in 2014)

Location: Tuum
Year: 2021
Objectives:
- Technically equipping the Tuum Training Center so that the local population, but also the population in more remote areas, can benefit from the training sessions effectively and efficiently
- The number of beneficiaries will therefore be higher

Direct beneficiaries: 500 people
Project leader: Gyaviira Katerega
Total budget: 33.434 €
GAM funds: 4.179 €

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1st phase of the "Literacy program for Samburu women"

Location: Lodungokwe
Year: 2020
Objectives:
- Provide women of the Samburu people with an education that will enable them to develop a family business and thus provide for the needs of their children.

Direct beneficiaries: Women from Samburu communities from the villages of Nkutuk Lmuget (16 km from Lodung’okue) and Nonkek (10 km)
Total budget: 15.017,38 €
GAM funds: 5.005,78 € (1st phase)

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Solar water pump for the education center

Location: Barsaloi
Year: 2020
Objectives:
- Purchase of a solar water pump to ensure the provision of drinkable water to the education center in Barsaloi.

Direct benefitiaries: Users of the education center
Total budget: 10.190,96 €
GAM funds: 9.784,59 €

Sewing training project for women in Opiroï community

Location: Opiroï
Year: 2020
Objectives:
- Promote, in a sustainable way, the empowerment of 22 women by providing them with comprehensive training in clothe making
- Once trained, these women train other women who will then be integrated into the project

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Direct beneficiaries: 22 women
Total budget: 3.000 € (250 € par sewing machine (x12), including transport)
GAM funds: 1.500 € (6 sewing machines)
Project partners: Association «Active Africa». Mr. Diego Canga Fano and her wife, Mrs. Pilar Rosa Manzano, are also important project benefactors.

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Construction of housing for training sessions for development project agents

Location: Tuum
Year: 2019
Objectives:
- Allow the inhabitants of Tuum and the surrounding villages to participate in long term training sessions (literacy, development management, etc.) for women and young villagers, in the Leaders Center built by GAM in 2014.
- The aim of the project is to have a suitable place for housing for those who offer training and those who receive it, as well as to have a place of reception for representatives of organizations that support development actions in the community.

Direct beneficiaries: 560 people: 50 children (7 to 13 years old), 80 young people (13-18 years), 400 adults, 30 people (Samburu Language Translation and Study Committee)
Total budget: 54.485 €
GAM funds: 15.000 €
Link with other projects: "Village Group Leader Training Centre in Tuum, Kenya (2014)"

Support for the Samburu Women's Training Centre

Location: Opiroï
Year: 2017
Objectives:
- Completion of the Samburu Women's Training Centre.
- Training of Samburu women in different fields, such as sewing, agriculture, hand crafting, etc.
- Complete the structure of the training center: septic tank, pipes, water tank, glass for windows, floor slab, etc.

Direct beneficiaries: 300 Samburu women
Total budget: 7.000 €
GAM funds: 2.300 €

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Ad-hoc support of GAM asbl to students

Location: various places
Year: 2017
Objectives:
- In addition to the annual projects, GAM asbl offers support to initiatives that are in line with the general objectives of the organization. These initiatives can arise during field visits, during a meeting or be organized by GAM asbl.
- Support for two students engaged in nursing studies in Nairobi, Kenya.

Direct beneficiaries: 2 students and schooled children in the Tuum region
Total budget: 10.000 €
GAM funds: 3.673 €

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Training Center for Leaders of Village Groups

Location: Tuum
Year: 2014
Objectives:
- Support training programs for community leaders (livestock, agriculture) for better social development. The training program was aimed at potential leaders who were identified according to their abilities and charisma by leaders and members of family groups as well as by the community and local human promotion agents.
- To train leaders of a certain modern social framework at Tuum, with the firm conviction that local development must concern them all and come from the communities themselves.
- Have an adequate place to house those who provide training and those who receive it.
- To have a place of reception for representatives of organizations that support development actions in the community.
- Have an adequate infrastructure to train potential leaders of the region (and men and women occasionally) and for the work that will be developed by the Tuum Training Center.

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Direct beneficiaries: 360 people
Total budget: 10.000 €
GAM funds: 10.000 €
Link with other projects: "Leadership Training Centre in Barsaloi, Kenya (2010)" and "Construction of housing for training sessions in Tuum, Kenya (2019)"

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Leaders Educational Center

Location: Barsaloi
Year: 2010
Objectives:
- Construction of a training centre for leaders of village groups and construction and equipment (furniture and materials) of a suitable place for the housing of those who give the training and those who receive it.
- To have a place of reception for representatives of organizations that have supported development actions in the community.
- To have an adequate infrastructure to train potential leaders of the region (and men and women occasionally) and for the works that were subsequently developed by the Cultural Center of the local ethnic group Samburu.

Direct beneficiaries: 360 people: 50 children (7 – 13 years old), 80 youngsters (13 – 18 years old), 200 adults (helpers, committee members, teachers, leaders), 30 people from the Translation and Study Committee of the Samburu language.
Total budget: 45.000 €
GAM funds: 29.000 €

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