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Guide to Gogo Grandmothers Giving Click here to Donate |
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$58.00 |
Monthly cost for the care and feeding of 80 orphans & vulnerable children in a village preschool. |
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$22.30 |
Sodas and bread rolls for a Gogo Grandmothers monthly village meeting.
60 grandmothers ($.37 per grandmother) who gather for encouragement, prayer, Bible teaching and training on health, nutrition and child development topics. |
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$8.50 |
Gogo Grandmothers Village Meeting Prayer Guide (30 group prayer lessons in their native Chechewa lauguage) |
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$135.00 |
Monthly Salary allowances for 9 village preschool teachers ($15.00 per teacher) |
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$30.00- $80.00
(Approx. 3 times higher than last year.) |
For fertilizer. In Zomba area, Makungula, Simeon (Simiyoni), Mtogolo, and the other villages; commercial fertilizer is necessary for a good harvest of maize, the staple food. In the northern region, Thowolo/Chinteche village, where cassava is the staple, fertilizer is not needed. (Fertilizer prices doubled in the last year. However the very poor, if registered by the village chief, were given a government subsidy coupon which reduced the purchase price) |
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$2.50 to $7.00 |
Vehicle petrol (gasoline) per Gogo Grandmothers village meeting visit in the Zomba District to guide and teach the grandmothers. (Petrol is $5.88 per gallon) |
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$10.00 |
Blanket for an orphan |
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School Supplies/ School Uniforms for orphans |
$1.50 - Theme exercise books ($.15 each - 10 per term, per orphan)
$.25 each - Ballpoint pen
$25.00 - Fabric and local tailor for Uniform (Each school has its own colors)
$10.00 - Sweater in school colors
$15 - $30.00 – Heavy leather Shoes |
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$133.00 |
Annual s chool fees for 3 terms at a government secondary school (high school) |
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$5.00 |
Mosquito Nets (A treated netting that hangs over the mat/bed to ward off/kill the Anopheles mosquito which carries the Falciparum parasite causing Malaria) |
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Month of Donation |
Items Gogos and Orphans need |
When needed |
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November – December |
School Fees and Supplies |
January 2 |
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April – May |
Blankets |
June – July (Winter there) |
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April – May |
Sweaters |
June – July (Winter there) |
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August – September |
Commercial Fertilizer |
September - October |
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November –
Early Dec. |
Food Packages (Christmas) |
December |
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Anytime |
Mosquito Nets |
All the time |
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Anytime |
Clothing (Good used clothing can be bought at any time in the market for $1. - $3. per item! Sending funds to purchase is more cost-efficient than sending clothing from the U.S.) |
Always a need | |
