Children's Home, Clinic & Clean Water Supply for Rural Tanzania
    Spending  MAY 2000 
    by the Bethany Family, Tanzania.
    Sterling
    Pounds
    Admin, Faxes to UK, Photocopying , Postage etc.
    £21.89
    Childcare & Education
    £23.12
    Medicines for Clinic
    £183.82
    Building Materials - maintenance
    £42.91
    Food for 16 children, volunteers, workers, visitors etc.
    £355.33
    Diesel for Landrover, Water Pump, Generators, 
    £113.17
    Charcoal for cooking
    £28.53
    Kerosene for cooking
    £0.00
    Petrol for sludge pump, portable generators, machinery etc.
    £2.39
    Travel, bus fares to Mwanza/Magu + expenses
    £4.62
    Household materials/goods
    £56.73
    Misc and security needs.
    £63.20
    Other
    £0.23
    Wages + NPF + Tax
    £484.56
    TOTAL SPEND
    £1,380.50
    MAY's expenditure was higher than usual due to the yearly increase in wages (10%) which came into effect for April, a cow purchased for Bulumba's presentation (£40+) and also Bethany were hosts to 5 European visitors and two students from Kahangara who stayed throughout the month of May.


    What the above spending provides.

    • All the living expenses for our family, which includes two full time unpaid volunteers (Faresi & Grace) and sixteen children. 
    • Education for our children, 
    • The provision/maintenance/running of the clinic, 
    • The staff wages (including 'doctor', lab technician, nurse, 4 childcare/site/maintenace workers, cooks, night-watchmen etc.). 
    • Running expenses for the Landrover, water pumps, diesel generators, filtration systems etc.etc.
    • Maintenance provision of the solar system used for the pumping of 7,000 gallons of pure water per day serving the Bethany Family and the local villagers.
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