What is the Jef Jel Project?
The Jef Jel Project was started to help the village of Ndangane, Senegal in the areas of health, education and job development. Men have few opportunities to find work in the rural areas and are forced to move to the larger cites. Most do not return and a breakdown in the family structure has resulted. Our projects to date have been small but very effective. We have been able to provide the village of Ndange with running water, millet machines, fruit trees, a fishing boat and a few other items. We are working on a project to provide computer equipment for the local school in Latminque which covers about nineteen villages in the area.
Our current big project has been the development of the Women's Clinic. This would be in Latminque and would service these same nineteen villages. The clinic there now is too horrible to describe. Three weeks before the accident, Kellie had developed a package that she and Karim had worked on as a foundation for seeking funding. This was really a passion of Kellie's. This project would honor Kellie and provide this area with a much needed clinic. The funding needed to complete the Women's clinic is estimated to be about $150,000 USD range which is a lot more than our small group could generate by itself.
