Il
primo atto ufficiale |
Meeting
minutes between Sololo Community Leaders and CCM Organization Sololo |
on
12th April 2005 at CCS Hall |
Present 1. Mr. Galma Dabasso - Senior
Chief Sololo - Chairman |
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Min/1/05 - Opening Remarks The Chairman who is also the Senior Chief Sololo welcomed those who attended the meeting. He calls upon Mzee Okotu Wario to open the meeting with few words of prayers. He then expressed his gratitude to the almighty God for his wisdom to have brought all of them together while in peace and good health. He briefed the meeting that it is what they will resolve here which will make the future of this community to prosper and urged them to come up with constructive ideas aimed to support this community in coming future. Min/2/05 - Review of CCM Organization Projects from 2003 to date The Chairman thanked the CCM Organization for the vital role it played in assisting Sololo Community over the period in review. He lamented that there was no one single organization which could entrust the community to undertake projects on their own without supervision from donor agencies but the CCM representative in Sololo had shown exemplary example to others led by Dr. Pino Bollini and his wife Margot for risking large sum of donor funds to the local community to decide their future destiny without an authorial leadership from the donors. All this had been done by none but the Bollini family which felt the community will be able to manage themselves without outside support. We therefore give our sincere gratitude to Dr. Pino for his commitment and trust he forged for Sololo Community. He mentioned several activities left with the community to be managed by the locals during his departure back to Italy in May 2003. Among these were: 1. Mobile Curative Programme All these programmes were undertaken in their absence by those entrusted with the project where the persons in those positions proved to be responsible people ready to sacrifice their effort with what they were given to serve the community to the best of their ability. The Senior Chief said all was well even in their absence and hence thanked the officers on the ground for their devotion and commitment. Several elders contributed similar sentiments in their speech and all commended the programme undertaken by the CCM as a community driven project. Dr. Bollini instead thanked the community leaders, not himself Bollini as expressed by several leaders. He said, the project was theirs and he had nothing in it, though his role was only to seek assistance from friends and well wishers on their behalf. He said the leaders of Sololo ought to be given appreciation for the success of the projects undertaken. He said, he had moved in several African countries and communities but what he found in Borana Community was different in culture, behaviour and attitude. He said, what he learnt from the Borana Community is that it is not normal for any Borana to beg and once he begs he has found himself to be miserable and he comes to plea to the person whom he expect will assist him. This poor person will come to explain his situation and then give a solution to the same problem he wants to be assisted. Dr. Pino said it is not in any African community one could give a solution of his own problem and therefore commended their ways of solving problems. On the CCM programmes, he said, he too recommends the effort of the officers left on the ground to carry out the project because they even did more than when a mzungu (white man) would have been here. The little funds left in their hand was properly utilized to the single coin and that there was even some surplus. He urged the communities to co-operate with Mr. Gufu Duba, Paul Guyo and Wako Kadu even in coming future. Min/3/05 – Obbiti Orphanage Home The Chairman notified the meeting that he had written a proposal to CCM office to seek support in starting an Orphanage Village in Sololo to assist children whose families died in HIV/AIDS related disease or any other natural cause. He said, the future of these parentless children will be our burden in future unless leaders will sit together to decide their fate. He further expressed such children were increasing annually as a result of rapid growth of the HIV/AIDS endemic. To date those on record in my office had gone to over sixty. This number will increase every year since the number of people affected will be added. He therefore noted an Orphanage Village is a felt need of the community. Dr. Pino responded by explaining how he received the proposal and how he concurred with the proposal having visited every corner of the two Divisions he knew, how such orphaned children will remain under the mercy of no one. He therefore had taken the proposal to his friendly donors to see how it could be successful. He said, he had to start off with the following, once he will get funds from friends, well wishers and donors. 1. Two houses of ten boys
and ten girls. Dr. Pino said after putting in place these facilities he will further look for other funds to add more houses and same facilities. He therefore requested the community to provide the following to seek for donor support 1. Land – where these
plots could be put Response from Leaders: 1. The Community Leaders thanked
Dr. Pino for his effort to start the Orphanage Home here in Sololo as
requested by the community. They said they had allocated a land behind
Daka Kate hill opposite Ramatta Dam which extends along the foot slopes
of the hill to the much which could serve the purpose of the Orphanage
Home. Dr. Pino was happy with the recommendation made by the leaders and assured them that every thing possible will be done to ensure that the orphanage home will become a success one day if all goes well. Min/4/05 – Any other business There being no other matter to discuss the meeting was closed at 2.30 pm
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