REFERENCE PROJECT Providing Safe Drinking

PMF ADVANCED 2022 Water access to the people

of Kindi Region, DR Congo
PURPOSE OF REFERENCE PROJECT DOCUMENT
➢To provide the context for the Trainers to provide an example while teaching project
management concepts.
➢Helpful to the Mentor and participants to understand, how project ideas and design
to be included into their proposal.
➢To enhance the perception of the participants of the training, how additional tools
of project management can help to improve their project design.
➢This document should not be copied or replicated in any form by the participants in
their project proposals. This is use as a guide to prepare own project proposal.
 APPLICANT ORGANISATION – PROCLADE CONGO

The Claretian Missionaries (Congregation founded in Spain, in Vic, July 16, 1849) have been present in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) since 1962. They carry on both pastoral and
social/development activities for number of communities and involved in education, livelihood training, gender
equality for rural women and girls, vocational training for the unemployed young people, sustainable
agricultural techniques to improve food security and provision of clear water supply for drinking, domestic use
and for animals.
Social projects are implemented by Claretian Missionaries through PROCLADE-CONGO, a non-profit
association founded in 18th May 2004. It is a humanitarian and social in nature and aims at "The integral
development of Man/women". The organisation focus on education, health, promotion of women equality, food
security, sustainable agriculture, improving rural road infrastructure, water supply and social justice and peace.
The organisation deployed qualified volunteers, equipment, office and management structure to fulfil its
development goals. The volunteers collaborate in the different development activities. PROCLADE-Congo's
main objective is to promote and enhance socioeconomic development of the poorest, working towards the
integral development of the people with whom it involved.
 APPLICANT ORGANISATION

PROCLADE-Congo's main activities are:

▪ Train and educate people for their socioeconomic development;
▪ Promote local initiatives of indigenous irrigation facilities;
▪ To support and equip the most vulnerable in the sustainable agriculture practices and
integrating livestock management to ensure their food security;
▪ Developing and maintaining the rural road infrastructure for better market access for the
village products;
▪ Promote and support justice and lasting social peace among communities;
▪ Promotion of basic education to reduce illiteracy among communities;
▪ Education and healthcare: access to safe drinking water in rural areas, health awareness to
reduce water-borne diseases, access to medicines, prevention of malaria, sexually transmitted
infections and HIV/AIDS;
▪ Working on to reduce climate vulnerabilities, pollution and respect for the environment.
▪ To be a channel of communication that facilitates the solidarity of all those who want to help
the most vulnerable and poor.
PROJECT APPLICANT

Fr. Jean-Claude Makambu, is the Project Implementer based at the project location.

Fr. Stephane Uyungu, the Mission Procurator of Claretian Missionaries in DR Congo,

is the Person Responsible of the project.

Fr. Jean Baptiste, the Delegate Superior of Claretian Missionaries in DR Congo, is the
Legal Holder of the Project
 PROJECT LOCATION
The proposed project is located in sub-Saharan Africa, in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, in the village of Kindi and its
neighbourhoods (Mulopo-Kindi, Kiyengi, Kinzadi, Kitsakala,
Masamba, Yebele, Malaba), which is in the Sector of
Mosamba, Kwango Province (formerly Bandundu Province), in
the Territory of Kenge in the area of Mosamba.
Kindi is an inland village that is located more than 90 km
from the capital of Kenge Province and 370 km from the
country's capital, Kinshasa.
DRC CONGO– COUNTRY DETAILS
The Democratic Republic of Congo is part of a green area under the Saharan desert in Africa. The
greenery is the result of the country’s major topographical features include a large river basin, a
major valley, high plateaus, three mountain ranges, and a low coastal plain.
The Congo River, including its 1,336,000-square-mile (3,460,000-square-km) basin, is the country’s
main drainage system. Soils are of two types: those of the equatorial areas and those of the drier
savanna (grassland) regions. Equatorial soils occur in the warm, humid lowlands of the central
basin, which receive abundant precipitation throughout the year and are covered mainly with thick
forests.
Most of Congo lies within the inner humid tropical, or equatorial, climatic region extending five
degrees north and south of the Equator. Southern Congo and the far north have somewhat drier
subequatorial climates.
Plant life is lush and varies between climate zones. The heart of the Congo basin is blanketed by
an intricate forest system commonly known as the equatorial rainforest. The country’s main
economic resource is its mineral deposits; mining produces almost nine-tenths of total exports.
 SETTLEMENT PATTERNS
AND LIVELIHOOD
More than one-half of the Congolese population is rural, with most people living in scattered villages. The style
of housing varies regionally, as does the general size of the villages. A village with 10 to 25 houses is
generally considered small, while one with 150 to 200 is large.
The most populous areas are the savanna woodlands of the south-central regions and, to some extent, the
coastal regions, where the largest villages shelter some 300 to 500 people. The eastern grasslands areas
have isolated farms and hamlets. Domestic agriculture is the main source of food and income for the majority
of the population.
Agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, and forestry combined provide employment for more than three-fourths
of the labour force and, on average, account for more than two-fifths of GDP. Although the country is rich in
agricultural potential, deterioration of the transportation network and agricultural services since independence
have led to a return to subsistence agriculture and a collapse of market production.
 DEMOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION
More than 200 African ethnic groups live in Congo; of these, Bantu peoples
constitute a large majority of the country’s population. There are other small
non-Bantu African populations. Adamawa-Ubangi and Central Sudanic groups
that settled in the north include the Zande (Azande), the Mangbetu, the Banda,
and the Barambu (Abarambo). Nilotic peoples live in the northeast and include
the Alur, the Kakwa, the Bari, the Lugbara, and the Logo. Tutsi from Rwanda
have historically lived in the eastern lake region.
More than 200 languages are spoken in Congo. Communication between
groups has been facilitated by four “national” languages: Swahili, Tshiluba
(Kiluba), Lingala, and Kongo. French is the official language and the language
of instruction, business, administration, and international communications.
Traditional African religious beliefs in a supreme being, the power of the
ancestors, spirits of nature, and the efficacy of magic have been greatly
influenced by the introduction of Christianity in Congo. There is a very sizable
Christian population, the largest proportion of which is Roman Catholic.
 LOGICAL FRAMEWORK („LOGFRAME“)
General ideas:
➢Things don‘t „just happen“ but there are connections between the things that happen („Effects“) and
the things causing other things to happen („Causes“)

➢Through projetcs we usually try to change the things that happen, the effects, for the better

➢The chances for a successfull project increase, if you understand how causes and effects are
connected and when you use this understanding to plan the project accodingly, using a logical
approach (instead of, for example, a mythological approach)

➢Core tools of Logframe approach are the Problem Analysis to understand the connections between
effects and causes and the Logframe-Matrix, used to plan the project
 INITIAL PROBLEM EXPRESSED BY THE PEOPLE

The lack of clean drinking water is the main problem addressed by the
proposed project. The problem is affecting Kindi area and its neighbours
such as Mulopo-Kindi, Kiyengi, Kinzadi, Kitsakala, Masamba, Yebele, and
Malaba village.
People also acknowledge that they have poor knowledge about water
borne diseases and how to preserve water for drinking purposes.
EXPLORING THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM
1. Lack of infrastructure and poor management of services.

2. Poverty and inequality - Some people are still unable to access these
services due to their ethnicity, gender, social status, disability or inability to
afford the high costs.

3. Climate change and pollution - Climate change and an increase in

unpredictable and extreme weather is a growing challenge. Long periods of
drought affect clean water supplies while flooding can pollute clean water
sources and cause outbreaks of disease.
 SOME EFFECTS OF THE PROBLEM NOTICED BY THE PEOPLE

Because of the consumption of contaminated water people are exposed to fatal diseases like cholera,
typhoid, and hepatitis A.
Kindi village has number of cases of diarrheas, worms and hydric diseases. This has resulted in
considerably high level of child mortality.

Since the crops and grains are produced with the contaminated water, the bacteria and disease spread
among those who consume such agricultural products.
Migration of youth to the cities due to lack of profitable agriculture
STAKEHOLDERS OF THE PROJECT
The target population are women, children, youth and men living in Kindi and neighbours. The target
population is made by economically vulnerable farmers living below the poverty line.
The direct beneficiaries of this project are:
• 16,500 inhabitants of Mulopo-Kindi, Kiyengi, Kinzadi, Kitsakala, Masamba, Yebele, and Malaba.
Of the total above:
• 9,840 are women;
•4,662 are children;
•1,998 are men.

The indirect beneficiaries are:

• 17,500 inhabitants of villages in the area of Mosamba.
 PROBLEM-ANALYSIS („PROBLEM-TREE“)
Effects of the problem: Which things are we observing, which can not (as much) be observed in other places?
[The leaves of a tree can be easily seen – the effects of the problem can be (fairly) easily observed]

Sometimes it is difficult to decide, if something is an effect or part of the problem. Don‘t worry: it doesn‘t matter too much
where you put it, as long as you generally „keep it in the picture“.

Problem: Why do the observed effects occur? Why are they happening here, but not in other places?
[The trunk of a tree connects leaves with the roots. If you want to get rid of the leaves, usually you would try to cut the
trunk – the problem connects the observed effects with the root causes in a way, if you get rid of the problem, the effects
will disappear or reduce even thought some root causes still persist]

Sometimes it is difficult to decide, if something is part of the problem or causing it. Don‘t worry: it doesn‘t matter too much
where you put it, as long as you generally „keep it in the picture“.
Causes / Roots of the problem: What are the deeper „conditions“ which „feed“ / maintain the problem? Why does it no
go away just by itself?
[The roots of a tree keep it alive and provide stability, but usually they are not directly seen; the roots of the problem
maintain it / make it difficult to solve it, but are usually not directly obvious and often difficult to address directly]]
 Diarrhea Worms
Typhoid Hepatitis A
Cholera
Waterborne
diseases
Effects of the
problem
Contaminated
Migration
Drinking of food (when fresh)
of youth
contaminated water

Watering of crops
Lack of (access to) with contaminated
clean drinking water water
Problem
Poor level of
Poor level of awareness about
knowledge water management

Causes of the
problem
 Description Indicator Means of Baseline Assumptions
verification

Impact Improve population health, especially: • Frequency of dirty water consumption Records of health Numbers of
1. Reduction in dirty water consumption • Number of cases of hydric diseases in people stations year 2021
2. Reduction in hydric diseases in people • Number of sick children being treated
3. Reduction of infant mortality & morbidity in area • Rate of child mortality
4. Increase in knowledge and awareness about
water management

Outcomes (1) Improved access to clean drinking water for • Number of people in Kindi and • Conducting local • Numbers of • People make use of their access to clean drinking water
[Purpose] population of Kindi and neighbourhood neighbourhood having access to clean census year 2021 • Waterborne diseases are locally a core threat to the
(2) Increase in knowledge and awareness about drinking water (disaggregated by age, • Interview • Status quo peoples‘ health
water management gender, social status, disability…) before the • The local health system is maintained
• People can explain the differences of project
consumption of clean and polluted water and
how to properly manage water sources

Outputs a) 12 pumps functioning are installed and deliver • Number of people using the waterpump to • Physical Status quo • Waterpumps are properly used and maintained
[Results] clean drinking water to 8 villages get clean drinking water during an ordinary observation / before the • Ground water doesn‘t run dry
b) Beneficiaries are aware of means to prevent, day counting [to project • Beneficiaries apply their knowledge and will use pumped
promote and rehabilitate health – and especially • Number of liter of water pumped for drinking check water, even if it means longer waiting time etc.
the role clean drinking water plays in it and how on an ordinary day susatainability: • People are not kept away from clean drinking water
to maintain clean sources of drinking water • Beneficiaries can explain the advantages of repeat after 6 consumption (for example because of poverty, ethnicity,
c) Local trainers are trained to conduct workshops clean drinking water to their health months, 12 lack of transport…)
in future • Number of workshops planned by local months, 24 • Pumping spots are not polluted by external factors (like
d) Local trainers are connected in a network trainers within the next 3 months months] floods ) or accidents (like spills)
• Number of fellow-trainers, local trainers have • Workshop- • Beneficiaries apply their knowledge about dirty water also
been in contact with concerning water- concepts, plans, to watered crops
and/or health issues during the last 3 months calenders • Local trainers will increase their respective knowledge
• Interviews through exchange and will continue to conduct workshops
– free of charge

Activities i. Construction of 12 pumps in 8 villages • Number of waterpumps installed • Site-visit Status quo • Groundwater is clean drinking water
[Inputs] ii. Adaption of workshops to different beneficiary • Beneficiary-specificity of workshops • Workshop- before the • Waterpumps tap the clean groundwater
groups • Number of workshops conducted concept project • Targeted beneficiaries attend the conducted workshops
iii. Conducting 6 workshops on health issues, the • Number of people how attended a train-the- • Workshop • Beneficaries are interested and capable to be trained as
importance of clean drinking water and the trainers workshop reports future trainer
role, management / protection of water sources • Disaggregated
play attendance lists
iv. Train-the-trainer in conducting workshops
adapted to different groups of beneficiaries
 PROPOSED ACTIVITIES
The main activity of the project will be the construction of the 12 pumps in eight villages: Mulop,
Kindi, Kiyengi, Kinzadi, Kitsakala, Masamba, Yebele, Malaba.
Since the project also aims to increase the level of knowledge and awareness about water
management, six workshops are planned. The workshops cover healthy practices in pregnancy,
childbirth and the immediate postpartum period, the care of new-borns and children under 5
years of age, HIV/AIDS, prevalent diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, Covid-19.
These workshops will be adapted to the different beneficiary groups so that the needs of each of
the groups can be met; children, women, youth and men, and in them, great importance will be
given to the areas of prevention, health promotion and rehabilitation. The aim of health training is
to ensure that the current situation (high rates of infant and maternal mortality) are not
reproduced in the future, since the aim is to train and strengthen local networks, strengthening their
capacities in such a way as to ensure the sustainability of the action in the long term.
 PROJECT
MONITORING

❖ Committee made by village leaders and Proclade Congo’s staff will monitor the
project once in two months.
❖ The monitoring will be done by visiting the locations of the pump construction,
having discussion with village leaders and physically verifying the construction.
PROPOSED TIME FRAME
June 2023: February – May 2024:
- kick-off meeting with local leaders - workshops on water conservation
- purchase of building materials

June 2024:
July 2023:
- Evaluation
- visit to the 12 locations
- selection of workers

August 2023 – January 2024:

- construction of 12 water pumps
 BUDGET
REQUIREMENTS
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET:
Construction of 12 water pumps
TOTAL PROJECT COST: 78,500 EUR
Workshops on water management
AMOUNT REQUESTED: 62,000 EUR
Monitoring and evaluation
OUTPUT OF THE PROJECT

1. Kindi : 3 pumps 6. Masamba : 1 pump

2. Mulopo-Kindi : 2 pumps 7. Yebele : 1 pump
3. Kiyengi : 1 pump 8. Malaba : 1 pump
4. Kinzadi : 2 pumps 9. Workshops on water
conservation
5. Kitsakala : 1 pump
 IMPACT OF THE PROJECT
QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE POPULATION OF KINDI AND NEIGHBOURHOOD IMPROVE

Improve population health, especially:

➢Reduction in dirty water consumption
➢Reduction in hydric diseases in people
➢Reduction of infant mortality & morbidity in area
➢Increase in knowledge and awareness about water management
PROJECT VISIBILITY

Once the project is completed a plaque with all the necessary details
about the donors will be placed in the different location.

The project will be promoted through social media and the donors will
be always mentioned.
PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY

❖The Committees of each village will be responsible for the distribution

of water to the population.

❖A small collection will be made by the Committee from the population

every year to maintain the pumps.
❖The Project is expected to provide water for a minimum period of 10
years.