(10.09.2009) The Basic Income Grant (BIG) pilot project is implemented in Otjivero-Omitara for people living in this area and who have been registered by the BIG Coalition on July 31st 2007. For a period of two years a grant of N$100 per person per month is paid there to everybody below the age of 60 years. The Basic Income Grant is paid out since January 2008 and the pilot project will come to an end in December 2009. The evaluation of the pilot project documents a resounding success of the BIG on the improvement of the living conditions of the people in Otjivero-Omitara, as a powerful tool in poverty alleviation and as an effective stimulus for local economic development. Please see the reports on this website for more detailed information. (www.bignam.org)

The BIG Coalition has raised enough money to pay out the BIG for the two year period of the pilot project. However, the BIG Coalition aims to support the community of Otjivero-Omitara beyond the period of the pilot project in order to help to maintain the social changes achieved by the BIG. The exact form of the support for the community will be decided in a participatory process with the community during September to November 2009.

The BIG Coalition is therefore still collecting funds for the Otjivero-Omitara community in order to be able to offer this support. If you are willing and able to donate money to this fund, your help will be highly appreciated.

You can transfer your donation to one of the following accounts:

Namibian account:

Account name: ELCRN - BIG Namibia

Name of Bank: First National Bank

Account number: 62146088457

Branch number: 281972

Branch name: Windhoek Commercial Suite

European account in Germany:

Account name: Blumhardt-Gemeinde HD-Kirchheim

Reference: BIG Namibia

Name of Bank: H+G Bank Heidelberg

Account number: 100 027 61

Branch Number (BLZ) 672 901 00

BIC: GENODE 61 HD 3

IBAN: DE66 6729 0100 0010 0027 61

THANK YOU!

If you require a proof of donation from the European account for the receiver of revenue, please provide your address on your deposit slip.

Please provide us with your email address for the project news distribution list, if you wish so. Please email to: web(at)bignam.org