haiti school update
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Dada Gopalakrsnananda sent news in Nov 2008 from his school in Port Au PrinceTRANSCRIPT
AMSAI Haiti Update Oct 2008AMSAI Haiti Update Oct 2008
Prepared by: Dada Gopalkrsnananda
Namaskar!!!Namaskar!!!
Dear brothers and sisters, welcome again to Our AMSAI Haiti Update NEWS.
In this presentation we want to highlight more on the school activities as this is the first month of the school.
The children are coming with new expectation and new uniform.
Kindergarten 3rd Grade: 15 kids
Kindergarten 2nd Grade: 18 kids
Kindergarten 1st Grade: 15 kids
Sport Activities
Playtime with Volunteer
Sense of Neo-Humanism
Library ProjectMrs. Emily from New Hampshire visited our school several times and was very inspire. She had initiative to start a library for helping the kids in their learning and expand their knowledge.
This idea was supported by Bhaskar (Peter Dodge) from New haven, CT.
We are preparing the hall for the library.
One thousand USD had been spent for ceramic floor and paint. Next we need to build book-shelves, tables, chairs, etc.
Work in Progress: Wall need painting!!!
World Food ProgramThis Room for Food Depot
Need Repainting
Current Status: Almost DoneCurrent Status: Almost Done
•It is our policies that the income from the student fees are mean for paying teachers salary and school materials.• Since the school was open, we collected 137,550 Haitian Gourde (approx: 3450 USD), and still more is to be collected.• With this collection we will have enough money to pay teachers salary until Dec 2008.• Our monthly expenses for teachers and staff salary is: 2000 USD
Finance Report for Oct 2008Income:Donation: 105,405 Gds (USD 2,635)School Entry: 137,550 Gds (USD 3,450)
Expenses:Salary: 81,500 Gds (USD 2,040)Construction: 52,490 Gds (USD 1,315)Office expenses: 6,500 Gds (USD
162)Food & Kitchen Supply: 27,800 Gds (USD 700)
Balance : 1,868 USD