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Program «Public Health and Environment in Regions of the Aluminum Industry Presence». Round 2
The winning projects in the second contest.
Project funding was approved at a Coordinating Council meeting held on May 31, 2006Project title
Sewage Tanks Overhaul
Organization
Vodokanal Municipal Unitary Enterprise
Profile of organization
Business
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: October 31, 2006Project summary
This project will address one of the city’s most pressing issues of modernizing the municipal sewage treatment system. At the start of the project, the deterioration of the municipal primary and secondary radial-flow settlement tanks was 100%. This caused an overburdening of the aeration tanks with pollutants (in primary settlement tanks) and a worsening of the properties of return sludge (secondary settling tank), which, in turn, resulted in the poor quality of the process of sewage treatment and a contamination of the water body to which the treated sewage was discharged (the Olkha River).Project activities will include installing new ridged overflow edges made of high-quality materials at 8 settlement tanks (490 linear m), including 280 linear m (5 for 5 settlement tanks) that will be funded by the project and 210 linear m (3 settlement tanks) that will be funded by the grantee. These overflow edges will replace old equipment made of wood and metal that often fails because of rot and corrosion, thus increasing the amount of suspended matter. The project will improve the quality of sewage and will help reduce the pollution of rivers Olkha, Irkut and Angara. The new overflow edges will serve for 15-20 years unlike the old ones that have to be replaced every 3 years and whose repairs cost $1,200 a year. With co-funding from the grantee, this project will considerably improve the sewage system of the city.
Project coordinator
Victor Yakimov
Contact information
Kultuksky Trakt 3, Shelekhov, Irkutsk Oblast 666034, tel. +8-39510-4 20 57, fax: +8-39510- 5 54 94, shelvoda@mail.ruTotal budget $13,419 Grantee contribution $5,119 Grant $8,300
Project title
Warmth, Care and Comfort Benefit Child Health
Organization
Gymnasium # 19 (Malyshok), a pre-school and elementary school municipal educational institution
Profile of organization
Government
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: October 31, 2006Project summary
This project will create a healthy environment for children through the implementation of the following activities:
- Reducing energy losses in the building by winterizing the roofing and sealing the joints of the building’s wall panes; installing 3 door units at the entrances of the central corridor and 2 air heat shields; and increasing indoor temperature.
- Repairing the ventilation system at the swimming pool and the gym; commissioning the swimming pool and conducting physical therapy exercises.
- Installing modern physical therapy equipment (an ultraviolet lamp, an ionizer, and an air humidifier) and carrying out curative measures.
- Improving the physical and emotional condition of children in a large pre-school child care center (nearly 300 children plus 50 more children a week from neighboring child care centers) by equipping a sensory room (funded by the grantee); applying thermotherapy for hardening the children; massage; and creation of conditions for psychological relaxation.
Energy expenses monitoring is an important component of the project that will be conducted by the staff of the local government’s engineering service (with the aim of further reinvesting the saved funds into the institution and an installation of heat meters) and monitoring child health (disease dynamics, number of children in a risk group requiring emotional therapy).
In the course of the project, an educating video film will be created on how to work with children in the sensory group; and summaries of the training sessions will be copied and disseminated among 19 child care institutions of the city; and 200 children and their parents and 47 teachers will be trained in basic massage skills.
The experience of the Gymnasium will become the subject of a city workshop “Health Techniques in the Practice of a Child Care Center” and will be used in the process of 2 events entitled “The Energy of Young Parents for Public Health Promotion”.Project coordinator
Ilona Klimenko
Contact information
POB 66, 19 Fourth Housing Complex, Shelekhov, Irkutsk Oblast 666036, tel.: +8-39510-4 84 01, fax: +8-39510-2 76-65, Goroo@sheladm.ruTotal budget $ 9,991 Grantee contribution $ 1,619 Grant $8,300
Project title
Health Counts Most
Organization
Kindergarten # 17 (Zolotoi Kluchik), a pre-school municipal educational institution
Profile of organization
Government
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: October 31, 2006Project summary
This project includes a whole range of activities to improve the health of pre-schoolers:
- Equipping a salt mine – a spelaean treatment room – for preventing environmental diseases in children and strengthening their immune systems. Nearly 600 children will receive treatment at this room in the course of 3 months (288 children from the kindergarten, including 45 children from the rehabilitation group of TB infected children, 65 children from the Rucheyok Children’s Home, and over 200 children from neighboring pre-school institutions);
- Using environmental design for improving child health: installing phytoncide plants in an “environmental room”; conducting physical therapy and immunity correction therapy for children, and organizing emotional stress relaxation sessions that will be attended by 300 children in the course of 5 months.
- Improving the indoor environment of the kindergarten by installing 3 PVC heat shields in doorways.
- Improving the outdoor environment around the kindergarten that is located near a highway and an industrial area by creating a green belt between the highway and the kindergarten that will be made up of 50 trees capable of catching pollutants (rowan-trees, larch, and white poplar). The green belt will be planed under the targeted municipal program “2004-2006 Preservation and Development of Shelekhov Vegetation Resources”.
- Carrying out joint activities for children and their parents: designing information stands, attending sports events; and conducting a master class for parents.
- Organizing a seminar “Spelaean Therapy: Health Improvement Measures at Child Care Centers” intended for heads of such centers in the cities of Shelekhov and Irkutsk, and with the participation of representatives of SUAL-Holding, health care establishments, the Teachers’ Extension Course Institute, and Irkutsk Television.
- Broad coverage of project activities and dissemination of experience in spelaean therapy: publication of articles in the local newspaper Shelekhovsky vestnik, opening a home page on Shelekhov Administration Website, and airing a video film “A Healthy Child is a Happy Child” on local television devoted to spelaean therapy.
- The project involves 288 children from Kindergarten # 17, 65 children from the Rucheyok Children’s Home, 200 children from nearby kindergartens who are frequently ill, 60 staff members, and 200 parents.
Project coordinator
Tatiana Zhukotskaya
Contact information
45 First Housing Complex, Shelekhov, Irkutsk Oblast 666035, tel.: +8-39510-4 63 11, fax: +8 -39510-4 13 34Total budget $9,307 Grantee contribution $1,007 Grant $8,300
Project title
“Let’s Give Warmth and Care to Children from an Orphanage”
Organization
Specialized Orphanage # 2, a state public health institution
Profile of organization
Government
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: September 30, 2006Project summary
This project will carry out energy-efficiency activities at the building of the Orphanage that accommodates 60 permanent inmates aged 0-4 years old:
- old window frames in the bedrooms will be replaced by new plastic ones;
- ionizing and air purification equipment will be installed in the Orphanage.
A series of activities aimed at improving the surrounding outdoor area will be carried out (new sandpits will be put in, flowerbeds will be planted, and the poplars growing on the area will be pruned).
Project activities will also include establishing media relations to increase public awareness (among the population and the city’s organizations) of the need to address the issue of preserving the health of children left without parental care, including such measures as raising non-budgetary funds for supporting the Orphanage. A broad public education campaign has been launched devoted to modern forms of interaction between citizens and orphanage inmates.Project coordinator
Tatiana Nevyantseva
Contact information
21 Belyaeva St., Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovskaya Oblast 623401, tel.: +8-3439-33 35 96/45 79, fax: +8-3439-33 41 24, e-mail: kamensk-rodnik@yandex.ruTotal budget $ 9,347 Grantee contribution $1,047 Grant $8,300
Project title
Learning to Save Water
Organization
Boarding School # 27, a municipal general education boarding school
Profile of organization
Government
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: October 31, 2006Project summary
This project will carry out educational and practical activities aimed at studying and preserving water bodies:
- The pupils of the boarding school will visit unique areas along the banks of Iset and Kamenka rivers.
- They will learn about water body inhabitants; the importance of water for nature and humanity; environmentally friendly approaches to water use; and water-saving techniques.
- They will also take part in excursions to municipal water preparation and water discharge facilities.
A contest will be organized at the boarding school of projects for improving a local nature monument protected by the regional government – Kodinsky Warm Water Spring; the winning proposal will be implemented under the project. A celebration - Kamenka River Birthday – will be organized to initiate and establish new traditions of caring for the city’s water bodes. Contests of drawings and posters will be organized among the pupils; and educational materials devoted to the methods of saving water resources will be produced. A bactericidal device will be installed in the building of the boarding house where the pupils spend 24 hours a day. An active public information campaign will be launched in the local media.
Project coordinator
Daniil Abelinskas
Contact information
67 Kalinina St., Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovskaya Oblast, 623426, tel.: +8-3439-36 98 42, Abelinskas_ku@uraltc.ru; Eco-action@mail.ruTotal budget $ 3,454 Grantee contribution $555 Grant $2,899
Project title
We Will Grow Up Healthy
Organization
Kindergarten # 89, a municipal pre-school educational institution
Profile of organization
Government
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: October 31, 2006Project summary
This project will install a universal water treatment system Aquafor Viking in the kindergarten’s kitchen; organize a phyto bar with herbal teas; and equip the gym, the musical room, the physical therapy room and group rooms with ultraviolet air decontamination devices.
Project activities will also include providing the bedrooms with salt lamps, installing ultrasonic and compressor nebulizers, and decorating the premises with phytoncide houseplants (following the experience of School # 4 - SUAL USAID Grant), and acquiring special balls for exercises that help form and correct body posture and strengthen muscles.
A sports event – Mother-Father-and-I Olympic Games – will be organized.
A series of seminars devoted to phytoncide design will be conducted for teachers and parents.
A volunteer work day will take place with the participation of parents and teachers.Project coordinator
Natalya Gorinova
Contact information
16 Tsentralnaya St., Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovskaya Oblast, 623405, tel.: +8-3439-39 37 42Total budget $9, 169 Grantee contribution $874 Grant $8,295
Project title
Soul Ecology
Organization
ROSTOK Rehabilitation Center for Children with Limited Abilities, a state educational institution and Young Natural Scientists Center, a municipal educational institution
Profile of organization
Government
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: November 1, 2006Project summary
This project will create conditions for promoting tolerance and a humane attitude toward children with limited abilities attending the Young Natural Scientists Center through interaction between children and teachers.
Project plans include:
- Setting up a “Green Island” (an environmental room with plants and animals) that will acquaint the children with various occupations and provide them with knowledge they will be able to use in the future (about such professions as horticulturist, greenhouse worker, zoologist, teacher, ecologist, etc.).
- Improving the surrounding outdoor area: planting 3 flowerbeds of a total area of 32 sq.m; installing 4 decorative components made of natural materials; and creating a Health Trail from natural materials.
The joint activities of the children and teachers of the Young Natural Scientists Center and the ROSTOK Center will facilitate a more tolerant and humane attitude to people with limited abilities through taking caring of animals and plants; participating in theatrical activities; setting up an environmental room at the Center, and informing the community about the positive relationships between the teachers and children.
Project coordinator
Tatiana Lyakhova
Contact information
ROSTOK Rehabilitation Center: 21 Popova St., Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovskaya Oblast 623406, tel.: 39-91-28; fax: 39-91-28
Young Natural Scientists Center: 77 K.Marksa St., Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovskaya Oblast 6234, tel.: 33-34-16 e-mail: kamenka@k-uralsk.ruTotal budget $12,736 Grantee contribution $4,436 Grant $8,300
Project title
Organizing a Folk Crafts Center for the Social Rehabilitation and Adaptation of the Disabled
Organization
Boarding School # 14, special (correctional) municipal educational institution
Profile of organization
Government
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: October 31, 2006Project summary
This project will organize a Folk Crafts Center for the Social Rehabilitation and Adaptation of the Disabled at Boarding School # 14 where disabled children will be trained in traditional folk crafts: basket weaving, fabric weaving, creating folk toys, Karelian painting, and building ship models from wood.Project coordinator
Svetlana Fetulina
Contact information
3a Lenina St., Nadvoitsy Settlement, Segezhsky Raion, Republic of Karelia 186430, tel.: +8-81431-38180, e-mail: internat@onego.ru; okhobot@yandex.ruTotal budget $ 8,300 Grantee contribution $0 Grant $8,300
Project title
Founding an Environmental Information Center at Nadvoitsy City Library
Organization
Segezhskaya Centralized Library System (CLS), a municipal organization and Nadvoitsy City Library, CLS Branch # 2.
Profile of organization
Government
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: October 31, 2006Project summary
This project will promote healthy life styles, organize an open and unlimited dissemination of environmental information, and involve the residents of Nadvoitsy Settlement, primarily, the local youth into socially significant and environmentally oriented activities.The uniqueness of this project is that it will set up a single information center in the settlement for accumulating all local environmental information in interaction with industry and various organizations and will further disseminate it among the broad public.
Project coordinator
Nina Ivulyova
Contact information
Segezhskaya Centralized Library System - 16 Mira St., Nadvoitsy Settlement, Segezha, Republic of Karelia 186420
Branch # 2 of Segezhskaya CLS (project implementer) – 3 Lenina St., Nadvoitsy Settlement, Segezha, Republic of Karelia 186430
Tel.: +8-81431-3 84 56Total budget $ 5,471 Grantee contribution $1,236 Grant $4,235
Project title
Prishvinskaya Trail School Ecotourism Club
Organization
Nadvoitsy Settlement Middle General Education School, a municipal educational institution
Profile of organization
Government
Start date: June 1, 2006 End date: October 30, 2006Project summary
This project will found an ecotourism club and form a mobile team of the children’s environmental group at the school; organize patrolling, hiking and environmental expedition activities among the pupils; study the anthropogenic impact on nature objects and historical landscapes; and preserve the unique natural heritage of the region.The pupils will study, promote and practically apply the environmental ideas of the Russian writer Mikhail Prishvin on a location that he had described in his writings. The pupils will clean from trash and improve the unique historical and nature areas around the Voitsky Waterfalls and Voitsky Mine; organize environmental trails; conduct public education and information activities at the school and community; analyze the recreational and tourist potential of the surrounding areas; and prepare a package of information materials.
Project coordinator
Lubov Pomortseva
Contact information
1 Stroitelei St., Nadvoitsy Settlement, Republic of Karelia 186430, tel./fax: +8-81431-39-670, lami@onego.ru; LUBA-POM@yandex.ruTotal budget $9,806 Grantee contribution $1,400 Grant $8,406