Orphanage Update

June, 2006

St Joseph Orphanage Idum-Mbube has come of age. The Orphanage is expanding and the children are growing and graduating into new classes. The need for a secondary section has become too obvious as we intend to keep the present complex purely as an orphanage with kids of the primary or elementary level. We propose to our donors through Gospa Mission to help us fulfill our dreams as we propose the following capital projects for our Primary Section and our Secondary Section:

Needs of the Primary Section

1. Build and equip a library with books and computers - $15,000
2. Build and equip 1 vocational center with musical instruments and sewing machines - $50,000
3. Provide a satellite link for the internet.  Initial hardware and installation - $3,395. 
4. Complete the water supply project - $15,000
5. Provide playground facilities - $15,000
6. Provide a better electricity generator - $35,000                      
7. Provide a school farm - $25,000
8. Provide additional staff quarters - $50,000
9. School bus and administrative car - $45,000
10. Additional school buses (15) – add 5 per year at $35,000 each
11. Running/ overhead costs - $96,500/year                      

This is our further proposal in terms of priorities:

Year 2006

Water project, generator, library, and school bus/car

Year 2007

Vocational center, satellite link, school farm, playground, 5 school buses

Year 2008

Additional staff quarters, and 5 school buses

Year 2009

5 school buses

Needs of the Secondary Section

1. Build and equip 4 dormitories with 25 double-decker beds in each - $55,000 each
2. Build and equip 1 academic block with vocational center/assembly hall - $100,000
3. Build and equip 2 staff quarters - $100,000
4. Build and equip a library/computer place - $40,000
5. Build and equip a chapel Block - $25,000
6. Build and equip a clinic Block - $25,000                      
7. Build and equip a kitchen building - $25,000
8. Build and equip a banking facility - $25,000
9. Equip a school farm -  $25,000
10. Equip a water project - $15,000
11. Equip a generating plant - $35,000
12. School bus and administrative car - $45,000
13. Running/ overhead costs - $50,000/year                      

This is our further proposal in terms of priorities:

Year 2006

2 dormitories for boys and girls, academic block, kitchen and refectory

Year 2007

1 staff quarter, 1 dormitory, water project, generator, and school bus/car

Year 2008

1 dormitory, 1 staff quarter, library, clinic, banking facility, chapel and school farm

Smile! St. Joseph Orphanage School is home to some 550 Nigerian children. The number of orphans in Nigeria is increasing daily with disease taking the lives of many parents and poverty forcing others to abandon their children. We have developed a "Sponsor an Orphan" program.

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