Simwatachela Sustainable Agricultural and Arts Program [SSAAP]
Helping to get debts back for SSAAP-Sierra Leone project
Debts to project in Sierra Leone repaid or work completed
Posted May 22, 2024
Background & Context
SSAAP-Sierra has been digging water wells since 2014 in remote villages. We hired two contractors in 2019 to complete 12 water wells; only 1 is complete to-date. In 2023, we hired two contractors to complete 67 water wells; only 25 water wells are complete to-date. Additionally, our home (funded materials and labour at $6200 USD) has been stolen from the project, so the project is without its headquarters in Sierra Leone.
Immediate Problem
Debts repaid to project or work finished: 11 water wells owed to the project since 2019 need to be completed immediately, and 42 water wells owed to the project from 2023 need to be completed immediately. If these debts are not repaid or completed for the project, 53 villages will be without water.
Work & Deliverables
SSAAP-Sierra has been digging water wells since 2014 in remote villages. We hired two contractors in 2019 to complete 12 water wells; only 1 is complete to-date. In 2023, we hired two contractors to complete 67 water wells; only 25 water wells are complete to-date. Additionally, our home (funded materials and labour at $6200 USD) has been stolen from the project, so the project is without its headquarters in Sierra Leone.
Preparation Phase
- Get information from SSAAP Executive Director (Heather Cumming)
Collaboration Phase
- Working together to review contracts, signed receipts, documents
Wrap Up
- Completion of SSAAP-Sierra Leone Headquarters, 60 water wells in remote villages
Simwatachela Sustainable Agricultural and Arts Program [SSAAP]
We are a grassroots organisation working to help rural Africa (Zambia and Sierra Leone) with clean drinking water via water wells. We also work with food sustainability and nutrition through simple irrigation systems (Water Reticulation Systems) so that people can grow food year-round. We are a small organisation, committed to serving the needs of the local people through basic human needs: water and food! SSAAP is also working in partnership with George Washington University Law School, with their Pro Bono Program (https://www.law.gwu.edu/pro-bono-program). Any attorney who wishes to work with SSAAP on any of its projects may also work with a GW Law student who would do much of the legwork, research, and work for the project, though supervised by a bar-certified attorney.
Simwatachela Sustainable Agricultural and Arts Program [SSAAP]
We are a grassroots organisation working to help rural Africa (Zambia and Sierra Leone) with clean drinking water via water wells. We also work with food sustainability and nutrition through simple irrigation systems (Water Reticulation Systems) so that people can grow food year-round. We are a small organisation, committed to serving the needs of the local people through basic human needs: water and food! SSAAP is also working in partnership with George Washington University Law School, with their Pro Bono Program (https://www.law.gwu.edu/pro-bono-program). Any attorney who wishes to work with SSAAP on any of its projects may also work with a GW Law student who would do much of the legwork, research, and work for the project, though supervised by a bar-certified attorney.