WVII to continue Kalimantan project<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): World Vision International Indonesia (WVII) will
\nreceive US$100,000 in aid from Hong Kong-based World Vision to
\ncontinue its health project in Sanggau, West Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
Edy Sianipar, the WVII area manager for Jakarta, West and
\nCentral Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan, told The Jakarta Post from
\nPontianak on Tuesday that the funds will be used to finance the
\nthree-year old project.<\/p>\n
\"Although the amount is only small, we are sure that it will
\nbe very helpful,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The starting fund of US$860,000, which came from the United
\nStates Agency for International Development (USAID) and World
\nVision Relief and Development (WVRD), is expected to run out at
\nthe end of September.<\/p>\n
Larry Casazza, director of health\/child survival programs of
\nthe WVRD, said that the project could not receive additional
\nfunds from either USAID or WVRD because their request lost out to
\nother grant-seekers.<\/p>\n
\"The USAID receives about 40 proposals each year and only 20
\nof them are funded,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"It demands a progress report and details of the next
\nprogram,\" which, he added, were not included in WVII's request
\nfor additional funding.<\/p>\n
The child survival project is located in Batang Tarang and
\nTayan Hilir, which are two sub-districts covering 19 villages and
\n84 hamlets with a population of 31,147.<\/p>\n
Untung Sidupa, the project manager, said that WVII will
\ncontinue to cooperate with the Ministry of Health as well as
\nSamaria and the Harapan Katulistiwa Foundation, two local non-
\ngovernmental organizations.<\/p>\n
According to Untung, both sub-districts were chosen because of
\ntheir high maternal and infant mortality rates.<\/p>\n
\"Our main target is to reduce the rate by motivating the
\nvillagers to take part in our project,\" he explained. \"So when
\nthe project is finished, the people are expected to be able to
\ntake care of their own health.\"<\/p>\n
Untung said that the project has assisted local public health
\ncenters in both Batang Tarang and Tayan Hilir in the training of
\nvillage health care workers.<\/p>\n
The project also operates village drug posts, health insurance
\nplans and health service posts for mothers and their infants in
\nvarious villages.<\/p>\n
It has also installed nine gravity-flow, piped-water systems
\nand built 22 public latrines. (05)<\/p>",
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