Regular Centre Requirements

The centre has in the day to day running required some needs that include;

o       Meals

o       Clothing taken care of regularly at about KES 120 per child monthly

o       Medical Care – Insurance cover at KES 375 per child monthly

o       School supply at an average of KES 275 per Child monthly.

o       Amenities Bills.


 MEALS AND TOILETRY

Cereals being the stable consumables in the centre we need supply of maize meal {corn}, Rice, Beans and vegetable. This is a average of KES 1,900 per child admitted.

A TYPICAL MONTHLY ALLOCATION

Serial

Item

Qty

Factor KES

Amount

  1.  

Maize

270 kg

33

9,000

  1.  

Rice

60 kg

120

7,300

  1.  

Beans

90 kg

100

9,000

  1.  

Vegetable

390 kg

15

5,850

  1.  

Cooking oil

36 kg

120

4,320

  1.  

White mill Sugar

50kg

100

5,000

  1.  

Laundry soap

48 kg

90

4,320

  1.  

Fish

40 kg

200

8,000

  1.  

Fresh dairy milk

100 ltr

35

3,500

  1.  

Beverage {breakfast}

1kg

330

330

  1.  

Toiletry

2 carton

400

800

  1.  

Fuel wood

2 light truck

9000

18,000

 

 

 

 

75,420


The centers amenity charges include electricity supply bills, maize meal grinding and administrative elements as communication and stationary averaging to KES 9,600.00


LONG TERM GOALS AND REQUIRED RESOURCE
The long-term needs of the centre are the actual plans of having to construct a 50 bed capacity bed dormitory, supply of clean water and setting up an out patient clinic to cater for medical needs for not only the orphanage but also the surrounding community.

Over few of the goals in the term 2011-2012

1. Construction of a 50 Bed Capacity Bed Dormitory.

Serial

Item

Qty

Factor KES

Amount

  1.  

River sand

50 T

1500

75,000

  1.  

Rough stones

45 T

1200

54,000

  1.  

Cement

170 bags

800

136,000

  1.  

Labour

unit

150,000

150,000

  1.  

Doors

3

5,500

16,500

  1.  

External doors

3

8000

24,000

  1.  

Wooden windows

10

1500

15,000

  1.  

Glass panes

84 ft

48

4,032

  1.  

Paint

100 ltr

200

20000

  1.  

Steel rods R 10,

30

900

27,000

  1.  

Steel rod R 6,

15

560

8,400

  1.  

Roofing trusses

1880 ft

22

41,360

  1.  

Facing boards

256

20

5,120

  1.  

Roofing nails

40 Kgs

150

6000

  1.  

Roofing sheets

100

800

80,000

 

     Total

662,412


2. Setting up an outpatient / day clinic within the current administration block.
 
Setting up a clinic shall entail refurbishment and equipping the room. It will also require two staff members – a nurse and a clinician. Cleaning will be carried out by the current care takers. It shall require basic medical equipment and supply in place.
Once through it will serve the orphanage from monthly medical insurance charges and ease the need to move through 5 Km to the nearest health facility incase of health attention requirement both for the orphanage and the surrounding community.

This project will be under finance generating category to run the centre as the patients that will be attend to from within the community will be charge a subsidized fee that will directly supplement the orphanage expenditure. This gives it priority 

An estimate initialization cost reflection.

Serial

Item

Amount

  1.  

Premise renovation

78,000

  1.  

Furniture and fittings

43,000

  1.  

Basic diagnosis equipment – electric binocular microscope with power X 100 ability.

54,000

  1.  

Sample handling facility as slides , rack and strainers

7,000

  1.  

Manual centrifuge six tube

5,000

  1.  

Basic sterilization equipment

6,500

  1.  

Stationary and  medical record books

6,000

  1.  

Legal certification and licensing.

12,000

  1.  

First line medication { assorted }

72,000

 

Total

283,500

3. CLEAN WATER SUPPLY ESTIMATE BREAKDOWN.

This will be achieved by channeling piped water from the local council reservoir at a distance of about 3 miles away. Once the goal is attained the centre will have readily available water without necessary open fire sterilization that will in turn safe on fuel wood supply.

It will also ensure availability of water for the medical clinic in the near future plan.
Clean water will also reflect a reduction on water related infection among the admitted children in the centre.

Serial

Item

Qty

Factor KES

Amount

KES

  1.  

 P.V.C 2 ½” pipes

465

365

169,725

  1.  

Reservoir tank

2

36000

72,000

  1.  

Steel Pipes and plump fittings

Assort’

 

58,000

  1.  

Labour

Contract

 

60,000

 

Total

359,725


Summary of the projects in the centers plan indicating values and priority.

Priority

Title

Projected Value

  1.  

Girls dormitory

662,412

  1.  

Clean water supply

359,725

  1.  

Setting up a medical clinic

283,500

 Cumulative estimate

1,305,637

 

Spectrum International Children, Inc.
2020 Pennsylvania Ave NW # 240
Washington DC 20006
 (877) 340-5544  (877) 340-5544 or  (202) 340-5544  (202) 340-5544

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