Consultation Paper 8

Thankyou for your reply. I would suggest the following three possible courses of action but will await further instructions before we make any decisions of course.

1. In the first instance, I would suggest we look into costings for the things suggested so that we can decide which we can go ahead with initially:

a. Reading books (are these for classroom use only?)
- How much per child? & for the whole school?

b. School stationery (Exercise books & pencils?)
- Again how much per child? & for the whole school?

c. Uniforms for most needy (would this cause similar problems perhaps if only a few could be helped?)
- How much per uniform?

d. Teaching books: How much per class & for entire school?

e. Repairing of classrooms:
- How many in need of repair? How much would it cost?
- Could parents of the classes involved help with the repairs?

2. Larger project: Provision of a clean water supply for the whole village.

a. Would it be possible to repair the existing system & if so how much is it likely to cost?

b. If this was feasable -how much would it cost per annum to keep it in good working order?

c. Are there people in the village with the required expertise to keep it in working order? & if not would it be possible for us to arrange training for some of them? & how much would that cost?

d. If it is not possible to repair the existing system -what alternatives would be feasable & how much would they cost?

3. Longer term feeding plans:
- perhaps in the longer term we could look again at the possibility of providing meals (perhaps when more funding is available) but this time look to providing food for larger numbers even if less frequently e.g.a full year group but not every day.

I accept that many of these ideas are long term & will take time to cost & consider but hopefully we can start implementing some of the ideas in "1." before too long.

First & foremost, I would request that anyone interested in this project join us in prayer so that any decisions we may make will be according to God's sovereign will & purpose - we are simply the stewards of His money & privileged to be His servants in this project.

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