2005 Table of Needs in the 3 Villages

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2005 Assessment Survey for
the 3 Villages: A Table of Needs

Jeff Hall asked his close friends Brima and Sheku in Jokibu to develop and update a survey of needs of their own village and its two nearby sister villages. The results are below. As Jeff says, there are "LOTS of kids in primary school! You can see 2/3rds drop out before secondary school. The number of widows and orphans is staggering. There always were widows and orphans (I'm not sure how many) because people die from sickness and disease, but obviously the war made things much worse." Here are the 2005 results:

CURRENT NEED ASSESSMENT SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING
VILLAGES IN KAILAHUN DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE WEST AFRICA – 2005

Number of People	Jokibu	Foindu	Pujehun
Men	595	560	392
Women	640	581	416
Children	850	592	425
Total number of people in each village:	2,085	1,733	1,233

Types of Need	Jokibu	Foindu	Pujehun
No. of widows in each village*	41	30	43
No. of orphans in each village*	71	40	30
No. of houses w/zinc-metal roofs** (such roofs are desirable)	67	29	25
No. of houses with tarps** (zinc/metal roofs needed)	103	173	57
No. of houses with thatch** (zinc/metal roofs badly needed)	20	25	36
Total number of houses in each village:	190	227	118

*primarily from the protracted civil conflicts of the 1990s; a majority have no housing

**Zinc (metal) roofing, which SLPP is providing, is relatively permanent. Traditional thatch lasts a year or two. Tarpaulins (mostly provided by UN assistance) may last two or three years. Holes in thatch and tarps lead quickly to degradation of mud brick walls that otherwise would last many years without replacement.

Number of Students	Jokibu	Foindu	Pujehun
PRIMARY	Male 130	120	130
PRIMARY	Female 170	190	145
SECONDARY (more opportunities needed)	Male 75	70	53
SECONDARY (more opportunities needed)	Female 25	45	30
COLLEGE (more opportunities needed)	Male 8	6	5
COLLEGE (more opportunities needed)	Female 2	3	2
Total number of students in each village:	410	404	365

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The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author.
The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.