Projects
The Rome group presently counts some 112 members and the entire amount of their contributions, around US$92,000 a year, is allocated directly to projects, without overhead costs since the Fund is managed by members themselves, all volunteers.
Since 1983, nearly $1,200,000.00 were disbursed by the Rome group to fund some 230 projects! Some of these projects and their project description are available in this section - select the subcategories (regions) from the menu bar or from the options below.
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Vocational training of youngsters (male orphans) to become plumbers and work in the various villages in the surrounding districts.
Basket making programme for the sustainable development of rural poor women in drought-affected villages. To provide self-employment scheme for women, victims of drought and famine and improve their socio-economic conditions.
To establish community-based (1) seed bank for production, quality control and marketing of indigenous African vegetable seeds, (2) composting facility for production and marketing of high quality fortified compost from local biodegradable material and (3
Improvement of post-harvest handling and trade of peppers.
A large roof that connects two buildings used for pedagogical, cultural, artisan and agricultural activities (roof is approximately 6,50mq x 17mq).