Sotuganda international Expenses
First, let us say thank you to all of our partners and suporters.
Because of your help, we have seen that being an orphan does not mean
that you cannot have a future or a destiny. As you support these
precious kids, they are receiving a future, a hope and a destiny. Thank
you for joining us and becoming a partner with God in fulfilling James
1:27- For the best religion is to care Orphans and widows in their
distress.
Our expenses are divided into two major areas. School Fees and Tuition expenses, and running the Orphanage.
School Fees and Tuition
Every year when school starts, we have to buy dozens of books for
each every one of our 60 kids. We buy shoes, school uniforms, pens and
pencils, reams of paper for each kid as a school requirement, and many
other Basics. You can imagine all of these kids waking up every morning
at Sotuganda Children's Home and every morning knocking at Musenero and Phiona
door asking for various needs or School supplies!
Our total
annual Budget for School Fees or Tuition is USD $8413 (This is split and
paid in three installments). We support a total of 65 Kids, 45 living
in Sotuganda children Home and 20 living with foster families, church
members in the community. Briefly here is the Summary of Kids, and
classes:
Primary/Elementary School
50 kids: tuition per semester =2,340,000 UG
High School/Secondary
15 kids: tuition per semester =3,600,000 UG
Vocational
5 kids: tuition per semster =350,000 UG
Total per term
6,240,000 UG = $2804 US per semester, and there are three semester terms in a year.
Total per Year
18,720,000 UG, an equivalent of $8413 USD
Orphanage Expenses
The monthly basic needs of the 65 Kids under Sotuganda Children Home are
approx $1350 each month, to take care of all the Basics: food, clothing,
utilities, salaries (for staff at Faith Children Home), shoes, bed
sheets, blankets, mosquito nets, vaseline, feminine products, charcoal,
paraffin, etc.
Here is a breakdown of our monthly expenses:
ITEM | QTY | EACH | TOTAL |
SUGAR | 100 kgs | 2,500 | 250,000 |
salt | 1 Carton | 10,000 | |
cooking Oil | 20 litres | 60,000 | |
Soap | 2 boxes | 35,000 | 70,000 |
Beans | 100 kgs | 2,000 | 200,000 |
Posho | 100 kgs | 2000 | 200,000 |
Rice | 100 kgs | 2,500 | 250,000 |
Meat | 40 kgs | 5,000 | 200,000 |
Fish | 8 pieces | 5,000 | 40,000 |
charcoal | 4 sacks | 20,000 | 80,000 |
fire wood | 1truck | 140,000 | |
paraffin | 5 litres | 2,000 | 10,000 |
Brooms | 2 | 3,000 | 6,000 |
tooth paste | 2 dozens | 15,000 | 30,000 |
Shoe polish | 2 Dozens | 20,000 | 40,000 |
Vaseline (babyJerry) | 2 Dozens | 36,000 | 70,000 |
Carry Powder | 1 Dozen | 10,000 | |
Onions | 10 kgs | 2,000 | 20,000 |
Tomatoes | 10 kgs | 3,000 | 30,000 |
Steel wire | 1 Roll | 10,000 | |
Fem. Products | 1box | 30,000 | |
Diapers | 1 Dozen | 20,000 | |
water Bills | 80,000 | ||
Sotuganda international staff Salaries | 1,000,000 | ||
Medical bills | 180,000 | ||
Electricity Bills | 100 | ||
Total in UGH | 2,536,000 | ||
Total in USD | $1,635 |
The reality is that your ability to help a child or an
orphan/abandoned child creates a future, a destiny and a difference
between life and death. By your partnership with Sot-Ugand International,
you are causing a future, hope and a destiny in the lives of the orphans
and vulnerable children. All of the children at Sotuganda Children Home are
total orphans or "at risk" children. They have absolutely no one at all
and need your help.
Please consider partnering up with Sotuganda International both in prayers and financially.