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WATERLOO
VILLAGE COMMUNITY
PROJECT
W.V.C.P.
Waterloo district is situated within the West
African state of Sierra
Leone. The devastation left by a decade of
civil war has left this already poverty stricken community without
electricity, running water, sanitation, decent housing, education &
health facilities, training/work opportunities. This community have the
skills needed to help themselves, but lack the basic tools and resources
needed to do so.
WVCP is
a charitable project set up in Cardiff,
working in partnership with individuals, schools and donor organisations.
In the short term we aim to assist the Waterloo
community by collecting items that we no longer need, and ship them to Waterloo
by freight container. These include desks, chairs, benches, library/study
books, toys, footwear, garden & household tools e.g. fork, spade,
pickaxe, hammer, chisel, nails, corrugated sheeting for roofing.
In the
long term we aim to be involved in enabling Waterloo
Village to continue
its reconstruction by helping to rebuild community facilities e.g. community
centre, schools. We also aim to be involved in the improvement of the local
infrastructure, education system and healthcare provisions.
Aim
- To improve the quality of life of the most disadvantaged
people within the Waterloo
district community; to tackle the causes of poverty and deprivation,
through sustainable development to bring about long term change.
Objectives
- Consult with Waterloo
village community to produce a needs analysis through the medium of
visual aids & discussions.
(achieved
June 04)
- Establish collection point
for items/goods donated; secure storage space.
(achieved
- June 04)
- Edit Waterloo
video for distribution to schools & possible donors.
(achieved
- March 04)
- Form effective network
partnerships with individuals and donor organisations.
(achieved
- June 04)
- Develop positive relations
with overseas contacts relevant to the social and economic development
of the Waterloo
community.
(achieved
- June 04)
- Research funding
opportunities both in the UK
and overseas.
(on-going)
- Ship goods to Freetown,
Sierra Leone for
distribution to Waterloo
Village.
(October 2005)
Community
Based Organisations (CBO's) within Waterloo
and West African parliamentary members have pledged their full support with
the development of this project and welcome opportunities to work in
partnership with external agencies that seek to benefit the community as a
whole.
Sierra Leone
contacts
- Chief of Village, Mr.
Fortune - No1. Fortune Lane, Waterloo
- Mr. Mannah - General
Manager, National Power Authority
- Mr. Emir Wright - Headman,
Waterloo
Village
- Mr Amadu Lee - Chairman of
Waterloo
Village
- Mr. Moses Conteh - Elder,
(displacement area)
- Mr. Bockarie Fortune -
Community Headman, York
Rd.
- Miss Hannah Cole -
Community Leader
- Mr. Saidu Kamara -
Assistant Headman/ York
Rd. Youth Development Association
- Ishmael Daramy - Chairman,
amputee association
- Mr. Lamin - Principal, Peninsula
Secondary School
- Mr. Alimamy Eullah,
Caretaker, Mohal Vocational Training Centre
- Mr Emmanuel Lansana -
Co-ordinator, Ministry of Labour ( work permit bureau)
- Church of God
Nursery & Primary School, Off Benguma
Highway, Waterloo
- W.A.Y.A.D.O. committee
members (Waterloo Youth Agricultural Development Organisation)
- Adventist Health
System Hospital
- York
Rd. community (newly formed)
- St. Thomas
Church, Hastings
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