This project will help invest a small business at the HTDC orphanage. When we've raised $500 per child, the orphanage will be able to buy a bus and make $750 of profit a month. That profit will provide for Lovely. Lovely was abandoned by her mom. She's a girly girl and loves nothing more than helping the younger play dress-up! By contributing towards the orphanage's business you'll help provide a sustainable income and give Lovely a secure future.
The orphanage receives no financial support from the government, so they have to care for kids like Lovely on their own. Lovely was traumatised when she arrived, and she needed support at first. The staff at the orphanage used funds donated by people living overseas to ensure Lovely could cope with her difficult past. The orphanage is thankful for the donors who helped Lovely, but relying on handouts leaves them vulnerable. They need to be financially independent.
By helping the orphanage start a business to make its own profit, you reduce the orphanage's reliance on the kindness of strangers. That means that the orphanage will be able to meet the needs of kids like Lovely without having to hope for donations. Financial independence helps all the kids in the orphanage's care have a more secure future!
This project will fund the purchase a bus and a set of new tires. The bus will be rented out to local drivers who will pay daily or weekly for the use of the bus. Depending on monthly service costs the bus will earn between $900 and $750 for the orphanage every month. Those profits will move the orphanage toward financial independence and ensure that the orphanage can survive into the future regardless of where donors choose to send their funds.
