The anticipated cost to refurbish the old buildings for both the Learning Centre and Day Care is about $50,000 USD. We have reached our financial goal. The monies will flow through the Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale to The Rotary Foundation and then to India.
Our Rotarian friends in India will purchase the items needed for the village including:
- New windows, doors, screening and irong grating for the windows
- Concrete mix
- Lumber
- Paint
- classroom furniture including chairs and bafricating kits for desks
- blackboard and associated materials
- computers
- specific items to repair the rooms and buildings for external repair and painting
- waterproofing the terrace
For the electrical needs:
- 6 light points including light fitting
- 2 fan points including fans
- 15 of the 5 ampere sockets
- 2 of the 15 ampere sockets
- 1 telephone point
- wiring for the ten computers
Specific furniture items:
- Teacher's chair
- 5 computer tables
- 20 chairs for students
- 6 foot by 3 foot cupboard
- 8 foot by 4 foot pinup board
- 4 foot by 3 foot blackboard
Specific equipment includes:
- Generator - silent diesel GenSet 20 KVA for power outages
- 10 computers ( AMD 3600 )
- 10 monitors ( 17 inch )
- one printer
- one UPS (uninterruptible power supply)
We are providing the operational costs for the Learning Centre for one year for:
- $7,895 computer teacher salary
- $3,158 computer assistant salary
- $ 789 each for two security guards to provide 24 hour security of the premises
- $ 789 for a cleaner salary
- $7,684 for diesel for the electric generator approx. 8 hours per day
- $1,055 to cover inflation & USD drop vs Indian Rupee.
$22,160 Total for the Learning Centre
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