Poverty Stops Here

Baseline Study and Assessment
Poverty Stops Here, with the help of local partner organizations, conducts baseline studies and community assessments in order to better determine the socioeconomic status of a village. Click HERE to learn more
Transformative Community Development
The core investments of PSH will put a community on the path to self sustenance and lift its people from extreme poverty over a period of time. Click HERE to learn more
Clean Water and Sanitation
Our goal is to create a sustainable infrastructure where 100% of the people in our partner communities have access to clean water and sanitation services. Click HERE to learn more
Microloans and Small Business Investment
Our goal is to create a sustainable infrastructure that gives 100% of eligible people in our partner communities access to business loans and training. Click HERE to learn more
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Impact::Balogun

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Funds Invested:

$14,290

Access to clean water: 10%

Access to sanitation services: 0%

Access to microloans: 2%

In 2008, during our trip to Balogun village, we asked the elders what the greatest need in the village was and they replied "Omi". Translated from Yoruba to English, Omi means water. This simple gesture of providing pipe-borne water to a community where children had to walk miles in order to fetch water from streams propelled us to start PSH. In 2008, when PSH was only an idea, a group of friends decided to build a hand pump well in Balogun village.

As we work with the people in Balogun village to improve the standard of living by investing in basic necessities, we have gained the trust of the community. Our local PSH liaison in Balogun village, Mr. Isaac Afolabi, helps manage our ongoing investments in the community. This relationship has allowed us implement other initiatives that will help improve the lives of people in the village.

Village Profile

* Partnership start date: November 2008
* Local Organization: Oria International
* Location: Southwest. About 3 hours North East of Lagos - Nigeria's commercial capital
* Population: ~500 people
* Average Family Size: 20
* Main Trade/Industry & Source of Income: Farming and Palm Oil Extraction
* Major Food Source: Farming
* Major Crops: Fruit, Maize, Cassava, Yams, Potato, Tomatoes, Pepper
* Average Meals per day: 2
* Access to Electricity: No
* Access to Sanitary Latrines: No
* Closest Market: Ilie - 8km (5 miles)
* Closest City: Oshogbo - 32km (20 miles)
* Access to Roads: No
* Nearest school: St. James Anglican Primary and Secondary School Ilie - 8km (5 miles)
* Access to water: Borehole
* Closest Clinic:
* Most Prevalent Sicknesses: Malaria and Typhoid
* Governance: Local Village Chief

Past Investments

Investment	Year	Goal	Cost
Hand pump well	2008	Reduction of waterborne diseases	$8,000
Cassava grinder and jack	2009	Increase in efficiency of processing cassava and job creation	$3,840
Provision of mosquito bed nets	2010	Less time sick from malaria	$500
Microloans for two motorcycles	2010	Increased income by using motorcycle as taxi service	$1,500
Cassava jack/press	2010	Increase in efficiency of processing cassava and job creation	$450

Current Development Plan

Goal	Impact
Baseline study	Gives us an understanding of the community and helps foster working relationship with the community
Disburse 10 Loans to community members	Provides capital for investment in small business ideas within the community
Sanitation Assessment, Hygiene Training - One Session	Spreads awareness about the impact of poor hygiene on the community as it relates to unsafe water
Confirm status of existing well. Fix if broken	Provides easily accessible clean water for the community