Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Maternal and child health
Activity Type:
Health: Disease
Summary: The Peanut Butter House produces and distributes Ready to Use Therapeutic Food or RUTF to fight malnutrition in children who live in and around Monrovia, Liberia.
The Peanut Butter House has been producing RUTF for 11 years and distributing it at no charge to malnourished children in Liberia. The Peanut Butter House produces about 1,000 packets of RUTF each year and distributes the RUTF at 3 centers. The centers serve approximately 1,000 children and their families each year. The average length of treatment is 3-4 weeks of RUTF eaten twice a day.
The Peanut Butter House recently expanded its program to provide additional services to children suffering from malnutrition. This expansion included adding a nurse to the staff, providing medicine for the children and their families and providing rice and fish to the families of children suffering from malnutrition. The cost is $1500 a month to run the Peanut Butter House and these additional services.
The cost breakdown is:
$200 for food for families (rice and fish)
$400 for the three workers on the project which includes the Nurse
$100 for the Transformation International boys and girls who work in the Peanut Butter House
$800 for supplies and ingredients for RUTF
Total $1,500/ month
This Grant will provide funding for 4 months. An NGO, the West African Development Support Organization, will provide the remaining monthly expenses for several years.
Funding Request: $4,000 in DDF and $2,000 from Club Donation for a total of $6,000
Paid
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Project listed for the 2022-23 Rotary Year.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Fort Collins-Breakfast (5440)
6-Nov-21
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
Total
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
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History Log Entries
6-Nov-21
by Cynthia Cloyd
System Entry: Creation of project page.
19-Dec-21
by Randall J Looper
Cynthia,
Due to open grant 2855 that is over two years old your club does not qualify for second round grants.
22-Dec-21
by Cynthia Cloyd
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
22-Dec-21
by Cynthia Cloyd
System Entry: Project signed by Cynthia Cloyd.
22-Dec-21
by Randall J Looper
System Entry: Project dropped by Randall Looper.
Reason for dropping: P2855 is over two years old with no updates.
22-Dec-21
System Entry
System Entry: Project signed by Sara Murphy.
10-May-22
by Randall J Looper
System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user.
10-May-22
by Cynthia Cloyd
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
10-May-22
by Cynthia Cloyd
System Entry: Project signed by Cynthia Cloyd.
6-Jun-22
by Randall J Looper
Cynthia,
I'm sorry but I just noticed you only have you as a signer and you need 2 signers you and your 22-23 President. Let me know if you can add them. If not I will cancel the signature process and you can start again.
Randy
7-Jun-22
by Cynthia Cloyd
System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Andy Groeger added to the list of signatories.
7-Jun-22
by Andy Groeger
System Entry: Project signed by Andy Groeger.
7-Jun-22
by Randall J Looper
System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.
1-Sep-22
by Randall J Looper
Cynthia,
I have mailed the check for grant 4357 on 9/1/22. Please reply to this history log when your club treasurer receives the check.
Randy
1-Sep-22
by Randall J Looper
System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.
9-Jan-23
by Randall J Looper
Cynthia,
Please provide a quarterly history log update as to the status of this project.
12-Apr-23
by Randall J Looper
Cynthia,
Please provide a quarterly history log update as to the status of this project.
Randy
26-Apr-23
by Cynthia Cloyd
The Peanut Butter House has been closed by the local health department due to termite damage. The building was constructed with wood and it is literally being eaten by termites.
Rev. Luther Tarpeh has received bids to demolish the wooden structure and replace it with a cinderblock structure. The cost is $8,000. Rev. Luther is reaching out to his contacts to try to raise this money. He is committed to continuing to produce the RUTF (Ready to Use Therapeutic Food) for malnourished children. It will take a few months to raise the money, then a few months to construct the new building. Once the new building is in place, production of the RUTF can resume.
12-Jul-23
by Randall J Looper
Cynthia,
Any updates on the Peanut butter house. Any ideas on how you guys will complete the grant?
Randy
7-Jan-24
by Cynthia Cloyd
Fundraising efforts were successfully completed and $8,500 was raised for the demolition of the wooden structure and construction of the cement block Peanut Butter House in July, 2023 during the rainy season. When to dry season arrived, demolition and construction began. The new cement block structure should be completed by February 15, 2024. RUTF production is expected to begin in March 2024. The District Grant funds should be depleted before the Grant expires in September 2024.
7-Jan-24
by Cynthia Cloyd
Fundraising efforts were successfully completed and $8,500 was raised for the demolition of the wooden structure and construction of the cement block Peanut Butter House in July, 2023 during the rainy season. When to dry season arrived, demolition and construction began. The new cement block Peanut Butter House should be completed by February 15, 2024. RUTF production is expected to begin in March 2024. The District Grant funds should be depleted before the Grant expires in September 2024.
