Reports on Projects
For examples of work done, you can download reports on some of our projects:
Amhara (Ethiopia) - Clean water and sanitation for 3,500 people
Mongu (Zambia) - Construction of a primary school in remote area where previously there was none
Yaounde (Cameroon) - Equipping and furnishing three classrooms
Wakiso (Uganda) - Water and sanitation for primary school
Here also is some general feedback from projects:
Varanasi, India
‘S.H.A.R.P. has provided us funding on 2 occasions…where their funding kept our small children’s hospital open for two of our busiest months of the year…we again needed to go to S.H.A.R.P. to help set up our community based treatment for children with severe malnutrition…this treated over 250 children for severe malnutrition. I have found the organisation to be dedicated to value for money and being an instrument for sustainable change in the developing world.’
Pat McMahon, Varanasi Children’s Hospital, India
Bong County, Liberia
‘S.H.A.R.P. contributed to the demobilisation and reintegration of hundreds of child soldiers…along with other Children Affected by War. Some of the students…went on to complete university studies…S.H.A.R.P. donated its first grant in 1999 through Sister Finuala Cole…used to construct additional six classrooms to accommodate approximately three hundred students.
S.H.A.R.P. donated €13,000 in support of community-based groups working to rehabilitate farm-to-market roads, construct log bridges, construct new hand pumps and repair several old hand pumps.
S.H.A.R.P. donated €10,000 toward the construction of a teacher education building... Approximately two hundred and fifty teachers from primary schools in Bong County participated in this program.
In 2014, S.H.A.R.P. provided €11,606 for measures to combat Ebola, including food and other assistance for victims and their families. Our intervention working with people at the community level was so effective that all the NGOs…began adopting this approach... Bong County, where we carried out our awareness became…the first county to record zero cases after the height of the crisis…’
Franklin Siakor, Ashdi, Bong County, Liberia
Kalimpong, India
‘…some words about our activities in which SHARP has played such a magnificent part: The children that we support are from the poorest of the poor, the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes in the foothills of the Himalayas. Water is a big issue in the Hills, and we have funded several significant projects with the support of SHARP.
The most recent project, with which S.H.A.R.P has been particularly generous, is the complete restoration of a boarding house for approx.35 girls which was severely damaged in the earthquake… is now beautifully restored…and is fit to be a home for girls for another hundred years…These projects and the provision of… education would not be possible without the vision and generosity of those who support S.H.A.R.P…’
Terence Read, Irish Committee for Dr. Graham’s Homes, Kalimpong, India
Ireland
‘I am writing to acknowledge the very significant contributions made by S.H.A.R.P. to our Society over the years. These have made a huge impact on the lives of many of our clients in Cork and Kerry. The last time S.H.A.R.P. helped was in funding our resource centre in Carrigtwohill which provides vital nutrition and education for disadvantaged children and families, without this help we would have struggled to raise the funds and would have been years in debt.’
Brendan Dempsey, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Kenya, Uganda, Ghana
‘For over 10 years, S.H.A.R.P has given invaluable support…significant impact on improving the lives of some of the poorest communities in Kenya, Uganda and Ghana…water to thousands of people, trained farmers in sustainable agriculture, allowed expectant mothers and sick children to access primary health care, and provided children with access to water… reducing sickness and providing food…’
Tom O’Connor, Aidlink Ireland
Kolkata, India
‘Over the past 15 years, HSE S.H.A.R.P. has contributed…to HOPE projects. Initially, your donation helped to support a shelter for street children. In 2006 S.H.A.R.P. contributed to the HOPE healthcare programme. In 2011, your donation helped to support our Crisis Intervention Centres which are temporary shelters for boys and girls who are rescued from difficult circumstances…your contribution of €11,828 allowed our HOPE Hospital to purchase a ventilator. Our hospital, established in 2008, treats children and young adults who live on the streets and in the slums of Kolkata. The ventilator is vital to the work in the hospital and has already saved lives.’
Louise Haughney, Hope Foundation
Bamyan, Afghanistan
‘An extraordinary change has been brought…projects had been refused by an International NGO but SAFE, with S.H.A.R.P.’s help, managed to commission these projects…financial assistance from S.H.A.R.P…has enabled us to bring valuable and much needed help to several Hazara communities…water, electric light, vital Health Care Training…Without S.H.A.R.P.’s generous assistance many of the projects would not have been possible, and we are proud that they have all been carried out efficiently, and cost effectively…
I personally have visited each project and can vouch for their necessity and effectiveness’
Terence G.K. O’Malley, SAFE, Wexford
Sudan
‘…Sub-Saharan Africa continues to have the highest rate of child mortality..this region has the highest rate of neonatal death and shows some of the least progress in this area. A large percentage of these can be attributed to complications arising from asphyxia. Any interventions to address this could help reduce the significant loss of life at this early age.
We made a… presentation before…S.H.A.R.P… and were thrilled when the Committee agreed to fund equipment that would train up to 400 midwives in Sudan…The S.H.A.R.P. donation has been used 100% in equipment purchase. This generous contribution also solved our problem regarding outside funding needed for our Irish Aid application. Last year HBB in Sudan received Irish Aid funding for 3 years (2014-2016). Since the HBB launch in January 2013, we have trained approximately 140 Regional trainers and 1500 Village Midwives in Sudan, 10% of the total number.’
Professor Tony Ryan, Chairman, Helping Babies Breathe in Sudan
Zimbabwe
‘…an update on the project you sponsored for the new double classroom block. The roof was put on before the end of last year…As soon as the roof was on they started using the building for classes! The alternative was to have classes under a tree. Since I took the attached pictures we have hung the doors and done the glazing…
One picture shows the inside of one of the new classes. You will see two boys sleeping. They are sick with malaria, a very common disease here…. You may also notice the lack of furniture, most of the benches consist of scaffold planks, which are sitting on heaps of bricks. We have not found a donor yet to offer furniture.
May God bless you and all the donors for your kind generosity’
Fr. Tim Peacock, Zimbabwe Rural development Trust