Lifesaving Sanitation Project at Grace Orphanage

Dear friends Of Grace Orphanage School

Our academic term ended last week, and we are so humbled with your continued support.

We have been able to renovate a two classroom block, drilled a water bore hole at the compound for safe and clean water, connected electricity and constructed a long drop toilet with a menstruation wash for girls. It’s a good feeling and big positive impact to both staff and the children at Grace Orphanage School.

Elise Nicholson&Michalla Thomson – We are very much obliged with the support during our fundraising for “Lifesaving project at Grace Orphanage” where you have encouraged friends and family to donate to our cause.

Now our goal is to attain sustainability by 2025, working towards this below:-

FY2020 -FY2022 Infrastructure development

1. Renovating the second two classroom block
2. Construction of four more classroom
3. Home for the orphans and Liz
4. Teachers Houses

FY2022-FY2023 Structure development and improvement

1. Empowering and hiring leaders to take on responsibilities of planning and management of the orphanage to improving and develop it for positive long term impact to attain sustainability by 2025.   

FY2023 - FY2025 Sustainability Plan

1. Creating long term financial activity- like (IGA) –Income generating actives. (Crop farming, Motorcycle and Motor truck income generation)

Note: FY - means Financial Year  

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Together we can make a difference

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Dear Friends,

It’s been four consecutive months of giving Life to “Life Saving Sanitation Project at Grace Orphanage “Your support is very instrumental and has move us an extra mile in transforming the lives of the children at Grace orphanage School.

Every single dollar, I can confirm has pushed us close to our five-year plan goal of achieving sustainability, and that’s why we cherish each single. dollar as a treasure to the Orphanage. With your continued support we have achieved 90% of the four project activities under Life Saving Sanitation Project at Grace Orphanage, where we have :-

1.Bore Hole

100% deep water well/Borehole completed and it will be fully in use next academic term starting 9 Aug 2019.

2. Long drop toilet with four stalls, urinal and menstruation wash room for girls is 95% complete thus left with painting and digging a pit soak for the washroom and urinal. Long drop toile

3. (Renovation) Beam strengthen, plastering and roof fixing of a two classroom block is 95% complete, left with painting and fixing window glasses only. Renovated Classroom block

4. Electricity is connected to the home, office and volunteer house and we are left with connecting it to the newly renovated classroom block.

Our five-year sustainable plan summary

Infrastructure development – Constructing a four classrooms block and a home to increase learning space for the orphanage which is estimated to cost $150,000USD. Renovating the second two classroom block estimated cost $20,000UUSD

Income generating Activities– Expand on the farming land and increase farm output by 60%, estimated to cost us $8,000USD for the next five years.

Links:

• Videos of updates at Grace Orphanage