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DOMINICA CURRENT & URGENT NEEDS
December 09
1. $$ or food to feed
the new 60+ orphans living in the dormitories +
drinkable water & gas
2. Shoes and underwear for them -2 to
14 years old (and a few older kids )
3. $$$ to pay for the
8+ helpers who take care of them .. those 3 items are about $5,000 a
month
and a security guard at night,
4. $1,000/month for
telephones/internet and electricity/trash pick up
5. $800/month for gas
& repairs for
the Jeep and bus and insurance
6. more computers
Pentium
IV ( or better), especially laptops
for the teenagers as it is one of their requirement. (older ones are also
welcomed).
7. $700 to $1200/month
for extra teachers in English, computers, sowing, art and music
8. And of course
towels, bathing suits, vitamins, (expired medicine welcome), dried fruits, nuts, batteries,
crayons, color books, backpacks, toys, games, seeds for the garden, stickers
to reward students and lots of hugs and smiles!
Once this is taken care
of, then we have a
- need for $10,000 fund
to install SOLAR energy for fans/batteries for refrigerator and washing
machines, inversor when electricity is cut off etc...
- a new classrooms project for upstairs
 Dominica's goals are:
two children kinder garden for age 2 to 5
years old.
A Basic school from first grade to high
school.
A system of hygiene including showers and
washing clothes.
A kitchen department service with three
meal per day for 85 children or more.
A music class to lift up their soul while learning how to play an
instrument.
A computer & information
department with 50 students & and two teachers.
Afternoon English classes with 80
students.
Our Circle of Women in Crisis Project.
Funds to run telephones,
electricity, salaries for 18 people, general
maintenance , fluorescent lights for classrooms and security at night,
detergent, daily garbage pick-up, batteries, vegetable, chicken,
cereal, bread, oil.
Bring in more sponsors and volunteers. A child at $100/month covers his
food/education/books/ clothes/medicine/snacks in the morning or clinic bills if child is sick.
All of these are our current activities
or expenses which we deal with on a daily basis. We would prefer to
have all these projects covered before starting a new one. After that
we can create or add new things. Blessings to you and your continuous
support - Dominica
*****
We also need to build
4 new classrooms (40 students each) to teach older
children. Here is the 2007 budget given to Dominica by her
contractor: $35,000. Add 20% for inflation.
The
proposal from an architect runs $50,000 per floor. ($1 = about 33
PESOS). It is very needed.
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Km. 19 Autopista Las Americas, Sector La Ureņa |
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Santo Domingo D.R
Tel.809-335 6154 |
  What is always needed: bathing suits, towels, games, vitamins.
11. Better
protection around
the whole area,
(orphanage side) wires etc... to protect the equipment (inverter,
refrigerators etc) That security budget is about $3,000.
Internet at school
$100/month for the computer room.
The age of the 85 children are
roughly:
1 to 4 years: 15
girls and 17 boys
5
to 8 years old: 10 girls and
10 boys.
9 to 12 yrs old:
1 0
girls, 10 boys
13 years to 18:
6 girls and 6 boys
Here are Dominica's
other dream
one day
To train 17 kids to be teachers one day and to
start another orphanage if possible, so they
find a job. Marienis , Rosana, Erydalis, Yeli, Paola, Athenas & more are already taking care of small children in the morning
and studying in the afternoon. As Dominica wants orphans to give back
to the school that raised them!
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