SPIDER DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
One People, One Community- Purely A Youth Initiative
P.O. BOX 274-50400, BUSIA-(K)
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May 7, 2012
ALL
WELL WISHERS
RE:
INVITATION TO THE PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE LAUNCH OF OUR WEBSITE
AND GRADUATION OF OUR COMPUTER STUDENTS TO BE HELD ON 27/06/2012 AT TANGAKONA
MARKETS.
Spider
Development Network is a Self Help Group
pioneered by young professionals across Busia (Busia County). We are located at Tangakona Shopping Centre, Nambale
District.
The
vision of the group is to see a first
class society where all people live above the poverty line and literacy levels
are of high standards. The mission is to
have an adequate community where all members take part in development activities
The core
objectives are (a) to bring all the
community members together for the sake of development (b) to empower the
community for the sake of development and social networking
The group
started a program (Fight Against Computer Illiteracy Campaign- FACIC) in the
large community. The first 35 students are graduating on 27/06/2012 and at the
same time, the group will be Launching
its Website.
We
therefore request your office to help us in the preparation of the event both
in kind and materially not forgetting attending the event. The deficit budget
is attached.
The group is looking forward
for your cooperation as we help the community to be computer literate.
For any clarification, please
do not hesitate to communicate back.
Thanks in advance.
Okware Ong’aria Benjamin
Coordinator.
benongaria@yahoo.com SPIDER
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
One
People, One Community- Purely A Youth
Initiative
P.O. BOX 274-50400,
BUSIA-(K)
Tel: +254 735 369 516, +254 711 558 512: Email- spiderdevelopment@yahoo.com
WEBSITE
LAUCH / GRADUATION CEREMONY
Date 27/06/2012
Estimate
budget
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The breakdown of the budget: Items that
are not included are already catered by Spider Development Network
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Tents (3) two for @ 3,000/=, one for
1,500/=: transport 1,500/=
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9,000.00
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Plastic chairs- 200 chairs @ 10/=
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2,000.00
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Sodas- 200 bottles @ 30/=
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6,000.00
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Water- 200 bottles @ 35/=
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7,000.00
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Snacks- 200 @ 25/=
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5,000.00
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Branded t- shirts- 25 @ 500/= (for Spider
Members)
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12,500.00
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Banners
2@ 2,500/=
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5,000.00
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Leaflets- 400 @ 20/=
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8,000.00
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TOTAL
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54,500.00
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NB:
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Where the funds
contributed will be more than the needed cash, the excess will help the
Network to buy more computers for the community as the program has to
continue to the whole population.
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Kind
contributions can be send to the lines above (M-Pesa and Zap) or deposited in
the group account (Family Bank, Busia Branch- No. 079000010399- Spider
Development Network S. H. G.) or
(Equity Bank, Busia Branch- No. 0780196822422- Spider Development Network S.
H. G.)
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One Community One People; Purely A Youth Initiative
P.O. Box 274- 50400, Busia Kenya
+254 735 369 516; spiderdevelopment@yahoo.com
INFORMATION OUTLET
Spider Development
Network is a Self Help Group registered in Busia District with registration
number 700877. The group was formed
in the year 2005 and registered the same year with the Ministry of Gender,
Sports, Culture and Social Services on October 3, 2005.
OBJECTIVES, VISION AND MISSION
The core objectives are:
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To bring all the community members together for
the sake of development
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To empower the community for the sake of
development and social networking
Other objectives are:
v To
provide a resource centre in the area
v To
help vulnerable children get education
v To
promote understanding among the youth
v To
offer counseling services in the area
v To
help eradicate opportunistic infections
v To
help the youth in the locality be computer literate
v To
empower the society
Vision
To see a first
class society where all people live above the poverty line and literacy levels
are of high standard.
Mission
To have an
adequate community where all members take part in development activities
BACKGROUND/ HISTORY OF THE GROUP
In 2005, the
Students of Migori Teachers Training College had come to burry one of their
lecturers (Silas Silver Dindi Onyango) who had passed away that year. The
students thought that it would be wise to register a group to remember their
tutor. They registered the group with the name Spider Development Network the
same year as a Self Help Group. The group brought together all students of
Migori Teachers Training College from Busia District, the current Busia County.
College and
University Students from Tangakona formed Tangakona College and University
Students Association (TACUSA) in the year 2009; in the year 2010, they opted to
change the name to Rural Education Aid (REA) Kenya. The group remained
unregistered until late 2010 when they opted to merge with Spider Development
Network to form one umbrella group. As Spider was registered, they opted to
retain the name Spider Development Network as their name. The former members of
Spider Development Network were ready doing their personal businesses so they
opted to live the group for REA Kenya. The group set up an office and started
looking for partners to help it implement its mission. The community responded
well and gave a helping hand in all this activities. Populations Service
International (PSI) Kenya comes in.
Spider
Development Network works with a view that as a Spider, you have to land where
people do not imagine you can land there. Put a chair and a table in a room and
live that place for a week, when you come back, Spiders will have developed a
way out of that mess. You can fail to understand how it reaches and builds that
path, but at the end of the day, a path has been build. This is how the members
of this group operate- taking development
where no man can dream to reach.
The Office of the
Prime Minister- Ministry for State for Planning, National Development and
Vision 2030 predicted that by 2012, the population of youths in Busia County
would be 88,433 (Age 20- 39). In our estimates, we find that this is a very big
number of people that need help to get a form of employment. The group thus
comes up with internal measures that can help the general population to achieve
this. Projects are the best measure to propel development in the county.
GROUP PERCEPTION
The group
believes that the youths in the locality have a lot that they need to achieve.
The young population had a mentality that agriculture is for the older
generation; this is among the issues that Spider Development Network is
fighting in the community. The projects that the group ran are towards income
generating activities that will help the group to be among the top.
PROJECTS
The group will at all times make sure that the projects benefit the
community members first as the group comes second, the specific members of the
group will also be involved as they will be the first to benefit in everything.
Summary of Projects undertaken
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Project
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Location
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Description
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Poultry Project
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Tangakona Shopping Centre
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Rearing local poultry for protein i.e. chicken meat, eggs and manure
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Pig Keeping
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Individual homes of members who are within Nambale ans Teso South
District
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Keeping pigs for commercial purposes
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Horticulture Farming
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Within Nambale Sub- Location
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Planting of horticulture crops like Sukumawiki, cabbage among other
crops
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Table Banking
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Within members of the group
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Having a rotational channels of cash where members can get some cash
to improve their businesses
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Health and other campaigns/ Computer
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As per the MOU with the specific partners
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This includes Malaria Prevention, HIV/ AIDS Education, BCP Workshops,
Free Computer Trainings, Capacity Building & Empowerment among others
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Maize farm
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In the
community
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Planting maize
for commercial purposes and if possible incorporating beans or soya
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FUTURE PROJECTS
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Project
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Description
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Rabbit Keeping
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Keeping rabbits for commercial reasons
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Restaurant
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Have a place where the community can have a fordable standards meals
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Horticulture Farming
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Planting of horticulture crops like Sukumawiki among other crops
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Revolving Youth Fund
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Help youths have a fund that can encourage them invest in projects
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Web site development
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Have a web site that will help all partners access the information of
the group online and reach a more wide area
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Internet connection
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Internet where the community can have a link with the outside world at
affordable fees- a community cyber
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Furniture- Office
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Well-furnished office with enough furniture, tables and other material-
this need to be in the group shamba
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BCP in schools
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Training the primary pupils the need to abstain, have proper virtues in
life and change general behaviors
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Youth Tournaments
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Mobilize the youths to participate in games as away of talent
development and fostering unit
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Members Empowerment
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Take members out for tours/ trainings on community development and self
advancement and where possible take them to colleges
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Exchange Programs
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Visiting other groups to see what they have done and compare with what
we do as a group
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Buy Land
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Have land that the group can have an office and all the projects that it
runs brought there, this includes plantings
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SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE GROUP
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Strengths
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Weaknesses
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Community
backing
Good relations
with provincial administration and government departments
Committed donor
support and community good will
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Some
uncommitted membership
Poor politics
in the community
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Opportunities
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Threats
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Many people
willing to invest in youths
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High insecurity
level at a times
Unpredictable
weather conditions
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Challenges in the
group include lack of resources i.e. computers, stationeries- chairs, tables among
others, financial constrains and lack of skills within some members.
PARTNERS
Among our
partners we have the Community at large, Populations Services International
(PSI) Kenya, Aligned Ministries and Departments, Local Government, CACC,
Provincial Administration, Nyanza Health Reproductive Society (New- yet to
begin) among others.
The group tries
to bring the community together so as it can achieve a stable development; Thus
the need for Behavior Change Communication.
With these and
other, we do tend to believe that the group is doing well in the community and
hope for the best in the near future. We wish that we got more partners to link
us to more resources in order to help the community of Busia County and beyond.
IF
EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE, TRY IGNORANCE;
Have good moral and live as per the
social norms and respect the rule of law.
CHANGE
BEGINS WITH YOU AND ME AND THAT YOU ARE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE…
The journey that we started is long
but we are optimistic that one day we shall reach the end.
We request that you be part of us. If you
want the society to change, then be the change….
Regard,
Benjamin Ong’aria
Coordinator
benongaria@yahoo.com
