I. Cure for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM Disease)
A. Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF)
B. Treatment approved by World Health Organization (WHO) and Word Food Program (WFP)
C. Area recommended by WHO and WFP
II. Project Peanut Butter (PPB)
A. Fully Sustainable history
1. 14 years Malawi
2. 10 years Sierra Leone
3. 2 years Ghana
B. Works cooperatively with WHO, WFP, USAid and UNICEF
III. PPB Sierra Leone Prepared to expand programs
A. Sierra Leone endured a 18-month fight against the Ebola Virus, a fatal disease with a death toll of almost 4,000.
B. The epidemic traumatized families and communities across the country, disturbing all aspects of life.
C. Sierra Leone must endure a long road to recovery. Improvements seen prior to 2013 evidently reversed, the country must persevere, restoring stability in all sectors of the country.
D. Project Peanut Butter is instrumental in this recovery
IV. Project Peanut Butter new TRF Global Grant GG1747173
A. In addition to the current
B. program in Sierra Leone, Project Peanut Butter has selected a new target location in the Southern province for nutrition and health interventions:
C. Pujehun District a large district i with a population of about 375,000, but has one of the lowest population densities.
D. World Food Program (WFP) selected this area as a major need in Sierra Leone and has agreed to work with Project Peanut to start work in this area.
E. This district had the second largest percent of stunted children under 5 at 46 percent and under 5 mortality rate, 217 deaths per 1,000 live births.
F. An area with many barriers within the district that made access to healthcare difficult and coverage scarce.
G. A program in Pujehun is not going to be effortless, but hungry kids, malnutrition, can't wait for roads and bridges to be built.
V. Pujehun has the highest percentage of young mothers with almost half of (48%) adolescents between ages 15-19 already in motherhood and has the highest fertility women on average having 6 or more children.
A. These adolescent mothers are still growing themselves , consequently the fetus has to compete for nutritients, the outcome is smaller, shorter, and preterm babies. These poor infant outcomes are often then related to poor growth in childhood
B. Project Peanut Butter therefore will consentrate on maternal health and education as well.
DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.
Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.
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History Log Entries
18-Nov-16
System Entry
System Entry: Creation of project page.
30-May-17
by Kevin Button
System Entry: Pledge of $1,500 DDF by Kevin Button of the Rotary Club of Corona, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Richard Lemire of the Rotary Club of Riverside East, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Bob Stadum of the Rotary Club of Yucca Valley, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $700 by Pat & Cole Graf of the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm, District 5060.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Barbara Sky of the Rotary Club of San Bernardino Sunset, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Barry Valdez of the Rotary Club of Rialto, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Dan Foster of the Rotary Club of Vancouver, District 5100.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Mary Sansone of the Rotary Club of Arroyo Grande, District 5240.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Suzanne Potter-Zmudosky of the Rotary Club of Moreno Valley, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Suzanne Potter-Zmudosky of the Rotary Club of Moreno Valley, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $500 by Betty Folsom of the Rotary Club of Jurupa Valley, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $600 by Jean Brownie of the Rotary Club of Beaumont-Cherry Valley, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by John Russo of the Rotary Club of San Gorgonio Pass (Banning), District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $2,000 by Gerry Porter of the Rotary Club of Cambria, District 5240.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $900 by Cheryl Moxley of the Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead, District 5330.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Dan Foster of the Rotary Club of Camas-Washougal, District 5100.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Jean Gagnon of the Rotary Club of Montreal, District 7040.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,250 with $1,250 DDF by Robert Rose of the Rotary Club of Boise Southwest, District 5400.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Michael Driebe of District 5300.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,500 by Tom Bell of the Rotary Club of Morinville, District 5370.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by David Legg of District 7500.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by R. Vasu of District 2982.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Jane Shirley of the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm Daybreak, District 5060.
25-Jul-17
by Dennis Spurgin
System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Patsy Orr of the Rotary Club of Murrieta, District 5330.
12-Aug-17
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $608 DDF by Phillip Barlow of the Rotary Club of Jurupa Valley, District 5330.
21-Aug-17
by Barbara Dreis
System Entry: Pledge of $1,264 by Barbara Dreis of the Rotary Club of Indio, District 5330.
23-Sep-17
by Chehab Ekawar
System Entry: Pledge of $1 with $500 DDF by adibmounla@yahoo.com of the Rotary Club of San Bernardino Sunset, District 5330.
3-Oct-17
System Entry
System Entry: Pledge of $1 with $1,264 DDF by Barbara Dreis of the Rotary Club of Indio, District 5330.
2-Sep-20
System Entry
System Entry: Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.