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Round 36 | Completed

Philippines : Paracelis Mini Hydro Development

Grantee: Empower Consultants Limited

Grant Value: $155,675

Timeframe: 1 February 2006 to 30 June 2006

Stage A of this assignment provided a technical, social, environmental and financial feasibility study relating to the provision of a multi-purpose hydro-electric and irrigation scheme on the Siffu River , in the Paracelis Muncipality, Central Autonomous Cordillera, Philippines . The proposed project that the feasibility relates to involved constructing a 50 metre dam on the Siffu River to permit generation of an estimated 3.8 MW of electricity and water storage that would bring a further 108 hectares of land under irrigated cultivation and provide water for the irrigation command area during the dry season.

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Sri Lanka : Rural Community Water Supply

Grantee: Fraser Thomas

Grant Value: $500,000

Timeframe: September 2005 to May 2007

This assignment provided rural communities throughout Sri Lanka with increased access to safe water and adequate sanitation systems. It aimed to improve acceptance of Rain Water Harvesting (especially in areas where RWH represents the only viable source of safe drinking water); develop a user-oriented system of water quality testing to improve the safety and management of rural community water supply systems; and establish and incorporate lessons learnt from previous activities into a Community Based Organisation management of their water supply and sanitation facilities thereby ensuring sustainability of the systems.

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Sri Lanka : Nuwara Eliya District Group Water Supply and Sanitation

Grantee: Fraser Thomas

Grant Value: $500,000

Timeframe: June 2005 to June 2006

This assignment aimed to develop a replicable approach for the investigation, planning and design requirements for appropriate water supply and sanitation systems for district towns in Sri Lanka . This approach formed the basis of a water and sanitation project, covering five district towns, that was to be submitted by the Sri Lanka government's National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) for funding under Danida's Mixed Credit Programme for Developing Countries. Preliminary engineering designs and drawings were produced as were procurement materials and construction specifications, work, materials and equipment scheduling and quantity estimate and project costings.

Round 33 | Completed

Philippines : Capacity Building Foundation for Sustainable Community Driven Development

Grantee: Tear Fund

Grant Value: $149,320

Timeframe: August 2004 to January 2006

The goal of this assignment was to enhance the capacity of ASKI as a development institution capable of implementing/facilitating effective community driven development in the poorest municipalities of Nueva Acija. The objectives of the project were to ensure that a select group of seven ASKI field staff had the capacity to facilitate an integrated process of community driven development by December 2005 and to establish the institutional capability and commitment within ASKI to strategically plan and manage an integrated approach to community development and micro-finance which aligned with the national anti-poverty agenda by December 2005.

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Viet Nam : Flood Prevention and Preparedness

Grantee: AC Consulting Group

Grant Value: $381,563

Expenditure as at November 2006 : $285,916

Timeframe: July 2004 to December 2007

The aim of this assignment was to help fulfil basic needs and contribute to the sustainable livelihoods of the communities in Central Viet Nam by reducing the loss of life and property during flood events, through increasing their understanding of flood hazards and preparedness. This involved preparation of publicity materials for public awareness and preparedness campaigns on flood hazards; a pilot programme of public awareness and preparedness of flood hazards; a training seminar for 160 officials involved in flood and storm control on flood hazards; a study tour for three officials and an interpreter involved in flood and storm control; installation of flood warning towers and provision of relief equipment; installation of flood measuring posts and historical flood markers along with a set of preliminary food hazard and extent maps.

Round 32 | Completed

China : Community-Based Cultural Heritage Tourism Systems

Grantee: Performance Excellence Ltd

Grant Value : $500,000 (Community Development)

Timeframe: March 2004 to April 2006

In conjunction with the Guizhou Provincial Tourism Administration, Performance Excellence aimed to establish a model for community-based cultural tourism in rural areas of Guizhou Province . The idea was to both diversify the tourism product and to alleviate rural poverty, focusing initially on a demonstration village cluster in the Bala River Valley .

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Mongolia : Mongolia Water: Project Support

Grantee: Synergine Group/World Vision

Grant Value : $497,940

Timeframe: April 2004 to October 2005

This assignment aimed to facilitate development of a Village Water Point Management Plan for drinking water and vegetable garden irrigation systems in the Gobi Desert area. The Plan was to cover issues of ownership, management, long-term financial management, appropriate technology, operations and maintenance systems.

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Nepal : Diversification of Tourism in Manang

Grantee: Empower Consultants Ltd

Grant Value: $441,714

Timeframe: March 2004 to May 2005

This assignment intended to help the Nyeshang, a minority ethnic group of Tibetan origin, to develop more widely distributed and higher incomes from the tourism that is their economic mainstay. The target beneficiaries are located in Manang district, a remote area near the border of Tibet . The assignment intended to offer ways to create new attractions for tourists, such as guided tours, home stays and a museum.

Round 31 | Completed

Philippines : Institutional Strengthening: A Research Consortium for Development and Poverty Reduction

Grantee: Waikato University (IGCI)

Grant Value : $144,209

Timeframe: April 2004 to June 2005

In conjunction with the Office of the Governor of Bohol and the Central Visayas State College of Agriculture and Forestry Technology, IGCI aimed to establish a network of organizations to address poverty reduction in Bohol Province . The idea was to enhance communication and collaboration, attract funding, and improve public access to research outputs so as to strengthen development initiatives impacting on the province.

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Uzbekistan : Development of a National Waste Management Strategy

Grantee: UNDP/Environmental Management Ltd

Grant Value : $365,340

Timeframe: April 2004 to October 2005

This assignment assisted and guided local experts with the development and implementation of a National Waste Management Strategy for Uzbekistan and the first 5-Year Action Plan for Waste Management. The initiative included establishing pilot waste management audit systems in key industrial complexes. Uzbekistan 's Government Environment Programme, as well as the Government of the Republic of Slovakia , supported the project.

Round 27 | Completed

Philippines : Community-Based Hybrid Diesel-Wind Generation

Grantee: Empower Consultants

Grant Value : $489,224

Timefame: July 2002 to June 2003

This assignment aimed to demonstrate the use and benefits of hybrid wind/ diesel systems for the provision of quality electricity supplies to remote communities without power, and to provide a managerial and technical template for replication of the systems. The intention was to reduce costs per kilowatt-hour of electricity for poor and isolated villages (barangays) by minimising the use of diesel fuel wherever wind energy is available. The barangay of Malaguicay in Leyte Province , which has the required wind resource, was selected as a target group.

The local counterpart for the project is the PNOC Energy Development Corporation (PNOC-EDC), who were to continue the electrification process using the new system.

Round 26 | Completed

Viet Nam : Developing National Guidelines and Testing Methods for Organic Tea Production in Thai Nguyen Province

Grantee: International Global Change Institute (IGCI), Waikato University

Grant Value: $499,000

Timeframe: September 2002 to November 2005

This assignment aimed to develop the knowledge, skills, and infrastructure required for the production of organically produced and certified crops and products. It will achieve this at the national level by enabling the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to develop National Organic Production Guidelines for organic tea and other crops in Viet Nam . At the local level it intended to develop and trial technologies and processes for adopting organic production methods for tea and other crops in Son Cau and Tan Cuong communes, Thai Nguyen Province . It was intended that this would enhance the economic viability of small-holders and the well-being of farming families.

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India : Sustainable Development of Village Watersheds to Alleviate Poverty in Rain-fed Areas of Gujarat State

Grantee: NOSD/CFCE

Grant Value: $500,000

Timeframe: May 2003 to April 2005

The goal of the project was to improve the capture, storage and equitable allocation and distribution of harvested rainwater for resource poor farmers in three villages in rain-fed areas of Kheda District, Gujarat State , India . This was in order to help restore watershed systems and alleviate farmer poverty. The assignment focus was on building local capacity and developing leadership qualities of the communities; implementing strategic rainwater capture, storage, supply and irrigation projects; and fostering equitable allocation and distribution of rain water sources.

Round 24 | Completed

China : Promoting Early Childhood Education and Development in Poor Areas

Grantee: China-NZ Education Trust

Grant Value : $494,568

Timeframe: April 2002 - November 2005

In partnership with the China National Institute of Education Research and the China Ministry of Education, CNZET facilitated, monitored and evaluated the development of training guidelines and parent resources for early childhood education in China . The Guidelines were to be based on the New Zealand early childhood education model of holistic learning and teaching that includes parents as participants in their child's learning and thus parents as recipients of education as an integral part of the process. The proposed model of early childhood education has been identified with alleviating disadvantage by increasing children's ability and readiness to learn and expanding parents' knowledge of health, nutrition and education needs of their children.

Round 18 | Completed

Viet Nam : Development of Protocols to Overcome Quarantine Barriers for Vietnamese Exports

Grantee: Hort Research

Grant Value: $499,573

Timeframe: June 1999 to August 2003

This assignment aimed to increase rural incomes within the Uva Province, Sri Lanka by increasing returns from fruit production. This was to be done by establishing pear and strawberry nurseries in Badulla District, Uva Province ; and establishing improved pear and strawberry production technologies, varieties and techniques for use by 100 farms in the Badulla District.

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China : Community-Based Farming Systems, Yinchuan

Grantee: Performance Excellence Limited

Grant Value: $500,000

Timeframe: November 2005 to July 2007

In conjunction with the Yinchuan City Council, Performance Excellence aims to implement and extend small-scale sustainable community-based pastoral farming systems for beef cattle and sheep. The objective was to empower the Liang Jian Township to implement sustainable sheep and beef cattle pastoral farms and convert land to productive pasture.

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China : Community-Based Farming Systems, Yinchuan

Grantee: Performance Excellence Limited

Grant Value: $500,000

Timeframe: November 2005 to July 2007

In conjunction with the Yinchuan City Council, Performance Excellence aimed to implement and extend small-scale sustainable community-based pastoral farming systems for beef cattle and sheep. The objective was to empower the Liang Jian Township to implement sustainable sheep and beef cattle pastoral farms and convert land to productive pasture.

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Viet Nam : Improving Maternal and Child Health

Grantee: Marie Stopes International (MSI)

Grant Value: $468,601

Timeframe: November 2004 to October 2007

In this assignment, MSI Vietnam provided technical assistance to build the capacity of local provincial and district health authorities in women's health, specifically maternal and newborn health, and to train a network of Traditional Birth Attendants and commune health workers. The project was to be undertaken in the northern Vietnamese mountainous Province of Lao Cai .

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