Teachers Pay

I am sending the monthly salaries for the teachers at the Christian Mission Academy. I usually just look a the bottom line and it is intimidating to me.
( to raise their salaries every month) ~$900 per month just for the teachers salary. Today I looked at each line item.
Madam Nakifuro cooks for 400 children every day over a camp fire. She is paid the equivalent of $29.00 per month. A little more than $1.00 per day.
The Pre-School and Kindergarten teachers makes $59.00 per month. No assistant and more than 50 children per class.
The top paid teacher at the school is $112 per month.
2 years ago we double their salaries and they were so grateful.
My 2014 goal is to double their salaries again. SPONSORSHIP!!!! Sponsor a child - It pays their school fees which pays the teachers salaries and feed 400 children porridge every day.
Loving a Village One Child at a Time!

Second Week in January

The funds for the well were finally transferred!  Many thanks to Steve Cushing for making it happen, it  was not an easy task!
The well construction will start on Monday!

The teachers will be returning to school on January 27th,  to begin preparing for the students return.   We were planning on hiring 3 more teachers.  A 3rd grade teacher to replace Esther, Esther will move into a new role an English teacher and Science teacher. English and Science as have been identified as a weakness in our students when they get to middle school.
3rd Grade teacher hired!
Farouq's surgery was cancelled, due to bone deformation which is crushing his organs and causing swelling. The good news is all his organs tested normal.   He is  first being treated for a cough and  then will start another prescription regiment, to help bone growth to alleviate the pain caused by the crushing.

Farouq is 16 years old 4' 10 inches tall and weighs 30 pounds.  He is in the 5th grade.  This young boy has battled health issues his entire life.  In 2010 when I first met him he could barely breath, he was very close to death from spinal tb. Yet he attempted to go to school every day.  Other students at the school would take turns carrying him. Many days he would be so weak they would have to carry him home in the middle of the day.
In every picture I have received  and every  time I visit this young boy is smiling.  His suffering never shows in his face or in his action,  he is always grateful and praising God for the goodness in his life.

Week one

The first full week of the year has started with gusto
1. Katie and I have our tickets. Ready for our visit! A month away!
2. A new teacher was hired for the 3rd grade!
3. Esther  can be move into her new position. Monitoring the children's attendance and health.
4. The bore hole will be started this week, it should be completed before the children return to school.
5. Prayers needed for Farouq. He is having surgery on Monday for a hernia plus bone deformation which is crushing his stomach and other organs. 

In the next couple of weeks we should find out how our 7th grade did.  They will need uniforms and school supplies. A class of 20 children X 100 dollars each, cost $2,000.00. Let the fund raising being.  :)  I am hoping to raise enough to bring it with us when we go.

2013 Extra's above and beyond the budget

Health Care Cost for 2013

8 months of medical care 271 patients treated cost $1,647.00. 

99 of these patients were treated for malaria.

Deworming the entire school 3 times during the year $390.00

Caring for Families that are HIV positive (3 families) $60.00 per month per family.

Mosquito Net  for every child $4,000

Shoes for every child.  $1,200

Hog Project

Providing 192 families with a Hog - $5,000.00

Extra Activities at the school

Field trip for students- $2,500

Christmas dinner -$1,200

Meal when we visited $1,200

A gift for every child when we visited $4,000 

Keeping the education going into Middle School

Secondary Education for 16 children  $3,840.00

School uniforms for secondary Students-  $1,300

Total $24,240  raised above the monthly budget.