Esmeraldas, Ecuador as a small business development specialist. She assisted with the facilitation of an EcoCostas small business training and provided follow-up support for the
participants. She also wrote a follow-up report detailing future needs for the EcoCostas small business development project. Ms. Turek volunteered a total of 122 hours for a dollar value of
2,202.10 hourly value based on the Independent Sector Value of Volunteer Time Guide; the 2005 dollar value per hour was 18.04.
Year 3 Task Objectives In Year 3, CRC will place at least two volunteers at SUCCESS sites. The exact location of the
volunteers will depend on the needs of the field sites and type of applicants recruited. However, two volunteers are already recruited and planned for assignment. Katie Wolff of the US
Environemental Protection Agency will volunteer in Thailand for two months. She will provide technical assistance in development of a water quality monitoring plan for the Klong Naka river
system and estuary, which lies within the boundaries of the National Park. Mary Ellen Bell, a communication and marketing specialist from the University of Wisconsin, is scheduled to
volunteer in Nicaragua in the Fall of 2006 for three weeks. She will assist with developing a plan for integrating communications strategies and developing an effective communications strategy.
Women are actively recruited for volunteer positions by advertising on professional women’s listservers and websites. The CRC website volunteer section will be maintained with new
assignments, volunteer stories and final product documents produced by volunteers. An evaluation will be made of the effectiveness of the Volunteers for Prosperity Giving Portal and
CRC’s interest in continuing to be part of this initiative. Tasks, Milestones and Schedule
Tasks and Milestones Date
October 2006 i Post SUCCESS volunteer opportunities on VfP Giving
Portal October 2006
i Engage CRC, WIOMSA, EcoCostas and UCA in the volunteer program by identifying detailed volunteer
task descriptions for posting in Year 3 i Post volunteer assignments on various websites and list
servers with emphasis on locating female professionals as volunteers
December 2006 i Recruit and assign a volunteer to either Latin America
or Tanzania January 2007
i Evaluate the effectiveness of the VfP Giving Portal and decide whether or not to become a paying member
March 2007 i Recruit and assign the second volunteer to either Latin
America or Tanzania June 2007
i Develop a preliminary list of new volunteer job descriptions for advertising for Year 4
August 2007 OUTPUTS
i Volunteer assignment descriptions for posting on the web
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H. Key Products and Reports for Year 3
The following table lists key products and reports that will be produced in Year 3 along with the deadline or expected completion dates and key individuals at USAID who will receive copies.
Key Products and Outputs
Schedule Recipient
Program Reports Richard Volk, CTO and
Joseph Schmidt, AO
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Year 3 Workplan 1 October
2006 30 October
2006
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PMP report 30 January
2007
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Semi-annual Report PMP Report July 06–Dec 07
30 April 2007
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Progress Report December – March 07 30 July
2007
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Semi-annual Report PMP Report Jan 07–July 07
Financial Reports quarterly
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Forms SF 269, 269a Richard Volk, CTO
R. Volk, CTO www.dpm.psc.gov
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Forms SF 272,272a win 30 days
of event
TraiNet Data
USAID TraiNet database
Volunteer Reports
upon request VfP Coordinator
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Volunteers for Prosperity win 30 days
of pub. Richard Volk, CTO and
Publications USAID Clearinghouse
Quarterly - win 45 days of Dec 31, March 31, June 30, and September 30 PMP Report - evidence for all dataentries for each indicator on file at CRC, available on request
Financial Reports - submitted by URI Controllers Office TraiNet Data - includes as applicable stakeholder compacts, liability waivers, individual
participant information, training cost summary and drug use waiver forms on file at CRC, available on request
Volunteer Reports - limited information provided in PMP Report, detailed data for the VfP annual report available on request
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IV. Associate Awards
During Year 1, a key objective for associate awards was to inform USAID Missions about the Integrated Management of Coastal and Fresh Water Systems IMCAFS SUCCESS LWA
mechanism. SUCCESS cooperated with the USAID Water Team and the Global Water for Sustainability GLOWS Program to develop and distribute a joint SUCCESS–GLOWS flyer
targeted primarily at USAID Missions and Bureaus. CRC also developed a stand-alone flyer with information specifically on the SUCCESS Program.
One Associate Award—the Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Program in Thailand —was made to URICRC on March 14, 2005 under the SUCCESS Leader Award. Missions are
also supporting and funding complementary activities in Tanzania and Ecuador. Although not awarded through the LWA mechanism, these are considered leveraged and complementary
funding for our activities. The expectation and hope is for additional associate awards in the years ahead and these will provide opportunities for additional engagement by the family of
SUCCESS partners. The LWA Associate and non-associate USAID supported activities in SUCCESS countries are briefly outlined below. Performance management and reporting on
USAID indicators and Life-of-Program LOP indicators for the leader award does not include data from associate awards. Such data, however, is included in Performance reports submitted to
the Missions that issue the associate award and copies are furnished to the cognizant technical officer CTO for the SUCCESS Leader Award. A summary of past and projected Year 3 results
for the Thailand Associate Award are also provided below. Thailand
The Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods SCL Program is a model Program to demonstrate sustainable coastal communities that are resilient to economic and environmental
shocks. This Program was created in response to the December 26, 2004 tsunami disaster. The USAID Regional Development MissionAsia RDMA provided an associate award to the
Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island in the form of a grant of US3.26 million to rebuild and diversify sustainable coastal livelihoods of severely affected fishing communities
on the Andaman Coast of Thailand and to demonstrate effective practices of community-based disaster preparedness. The Program has a 30-month time horizon, with an end date of September
30, 2007. It is implemented in a partnership with the Asia Institute for Technology AIT and the University of Hawaii-Hilo.
Five tsunami-affected villages in Ranong Province were selected for the demonstration initiative. Located within Laem Son National Park, these villages have a population of about 5,000 and are
dependent on fishing and agriculture for their livelihoods. The relatively small, compact area makes it suitable for modeling an integrated approach to coastal disaster rehabilitation. The
communities suffered from the death of over 160 of their residents, and the loss of over 220 fishing boats, engines and gear. Also destroyed were homes, public buildings, and coastal
infrastructure. The tsunami had its greatest impacts on rural coastal communities, many of which were already poor and economically vulnerable with few livelihood options. Recovery is
especially difficult because many of those that survived lost the ability to practice their livelihoods.
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