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ANNUAL REPORT 2008
Peace of Christ-
Hand in
Hand Community
Postbox 120, Nkoranza (BA),
Tel: ++233-(0)24273109
Email:handinhand@ghana.com
Website:www.operationhandinhand.nl
Banking details in The
Netherlands:
“The Bresillac Foundation”, Cadier
en Keer, The Netherlands.
Acc. No: 40.06.14.030. (mention:
300.151/Hand in Hand)
Contents:
1.
Summary ………………………….. 3
2.
Purpose of the community ………………………….
3
3.
Short history and sketch
of the present situation ….. 4
4.
Journal of the year 2008
…………………………….. 7
5.
Sheltered Workshop
Report ……………………….. 10
6.
Organization and
management ………………………15
7.
Finances ………………………………………………15
8.
Evaluation of last
year’s plans ……………………… 16
9.
Plans for 2009
…………………………………….. 16
10. Conclusion ……………………… 16
Annex 1: Financial statements 2008 ………………………17
Annex 2: Budget
2009
………………………18
Annex 3:
General Information on
Chapter 5: By Steve Philips
Annex 1 and 2: By Robert Maram
Annex 3: Quoted from among others
Others by: Ineke Bosman
1: Summary.
The “PCC/Hand in
Hand Community” is an inter-religious residential home and rehabilitation
center for abandoned and mentally handicapped children. This non-government
organization was registered in
This year seven new children joined.
Kojo Charm, Kwaku Chairman, Theresa, Kwame Addai and Dede were transferred from Osu Children Home, Steven from Kumasi Children Home, while Shalomina was found deserted at our gates.
Two grown boys moved for various reasons from the workshop dormitory to be permanent residents of our community ( Kojo Owusu, Evans).
At the end of the year 2008 we had in all 53 children and young adults permanently living at our community.
The attached “Sheltered workshop” has been in
operation since 2004. It is meant to provide work and vocational training for
the mentally handicapped youngsters who live at the Hand in Hand Community as
well as for those who live in the surrounding villages. At present 16
youngsters from the outside villages joined at the workshop. Three arrived new
during this year.
We run our family mostly by the contribution
of sponsors overseas. However we make huge attempts to generate more funds
locally so as to one day gain financially independence. The internet-cafe keeps
its central position in town and attracts customers from Nkoranza and far beyond,
our guesthouses were again in top demand, the supermarket brings in income and
the products made in the sheltered workshop are gaining quite a market in
Our Ghanaian team consists of 25 persons and
we provide place for 4 foreign volunteers, who help with various specified
child programmes.
The neighbouring “
2. Purpose of the “Hand in Hand Community”:
In the
rural areas intellectually handicapped children are still sometimes referred to
as “water-children”. Local tradition has
it that these children are born as a result of a woman being raped by a
water-spirit. Water spirits, real or not, are thus causing havoc in people’s
lives and the water children, being half spirits and half human are much
feared. In the traditional way the handicapped child is put back along the
riverside where these spirits have their abode. At night the spirits then submerge
and take the children “back home” to the depth of the river with them.
Luckily
these traditional concepts are rapidly changing.
In
Nkoranza the presence of our many special children has already caused a sustained
positive change. In the beginning we had a real problem finding caregivers who
could rise above the fears and family pressures of the local community and have
enough courage to live with our kids. These early days caregivers came and went
in rapid succession. Some stayed only for a few hours. Now, 17 years later, our
caregivers form a loving and stable team. Clearly the innocent nature of these
special children has helped disarm the troubling traditional belief-system of
the Brong-Ahafo (Bono) people. Gradually the mentally handicapped child is not
only seen as harmless but as truly very special.
Increasingly
churches, schools, the government and many non government initiatives have invested
time in educating the Ghanaian community about the nature of mental diseases
and intellectual and behavioral handicaps. They have been active agents in
campaigning for a more humane treatment of the intellectually handicapped
child.
Apart
from the dangerous traditional belief-systems, the parents of course have to
cope with the universally experienced feelings of agony when faced with having
to raise a handicapped child.
It is not surprising therefore, that some of these
handicapped children are abandoned along the river, or else starved or hidden
away in small rooms and sheds, while others are laid abandoned in more public
places in the hope that someone may find them and keep them alive.
It is to children like these, who are abandoned, that we
want to offer our warm and loving home.
Most of
our children are transferred from two state institutions in the capital: the Osu
Children home and the state mental hospital in
Of late
we have also received children from orphanages in Tamale, Cape coast and
3.
Short history and sketch of present situation:
Our
community was started in 1991 by four health-professionals (3 Ghanaians and one
Ghanaian-Dutch). A Christian spirit and a commitment to provide shelter to
abandoned children with a mental handicap lay at the basis of this movement. In
1991 land was provided by the traditional chief and official registration as an
NGO (non government organization) took place in
The land was
beautiful with natural sources and some awesome rock-formations. With the
contribution of these four initiators, one by one simple bungalows were built,
to house the first abandoned and mentally handicapped children. These were
transferred from horrendous circumstances in state mental hospitals and orphanages.
After a few years the new family was well established and its unique spirit
set, and donations came flowing in to support the upkeep of the children and
the further extension of the village.
More caregivers
were trained to help provide the right atmosphere and one by one facilities such
as a kitchen, a pool, a classroom, a cuddle room and a sheltered workshop were
developed. Presently we accommodate 53 residential children and 16 youngsters
who come from families in surrounding villages to work at the sheltered
workshop with us.
Our very
first child, Nana Yaw Moses, was transferred in December 1992 from the state
mental hospital in
Activities
only temporary slowed down when in 1994 three of the founders left. Dr. Ineke Bosman
took a leave of absence for a Counseling Degree in
Temporarily
between 94 and 96 the “PCC-Hand in Hand project” was left on the shoulders of Mr.
Andrew Osei Takyi alone, but after her return Andrew and Ineke begun to
systematically, one by one, bring the listed children home to this new
residential community. Together they started working through the list of names
of mentally handicapped children who
were barely surviving in the mental hospital and orphanages, where they had
earlier encountered them. Every time a room was ready and there was the hope
for a sponsor, an Accra-trip was made to bring some more new children to our
community.
In 1997 the
then board of the PCC-Hand in Hand Community approved a proposal for the
construction of a special school and the government promised to be in charge of
its management, so the
In June
1997 Ineke and Bob’s fairytale wedding-feast took place at the Hand in Hand
premises, the then 12 handicapped children formed the center and entourage of
the wedding-party. Afterwards Ineke’s husband, Mr.Bob Maram,formally joined the
Board as director in charge of finances.
We
invited a fourth director, Mr. Samuel Baffo, to be in charge of the income
generating projects. He developed the internet-café and facilities for guests
which eventually amounted to 11 guesthouses between 1998 and 2008, in response
to an ever increasing number of visitors to our community. A telephone-connection was established in 2001
and a mini-supermarket and restaurant for visitors was opened around that time.
The idea
and subsequent construction of a Sheltered workshop was realized, with the
financial assistance of the Dutch Embassy in 2003. The volunteer Ellen Seldenthuis
helped to initiate and coordinate the early workshop activities in 2004. Later
the SMA Lay missionary Steven Philips continued the development of the workshop
activities since 2006 ending. Between 2005 and 2008 an extra weaving-hall,
summer-hut, unit to recycle old glass bottles into beautiful beads,
computer-lab and autistic hall were added to the sheltered workshop.
Mr.
Andrew Takyi left in 2006 to fulfill his life long dream of becoming a pastor.
During
2007 Mr. Ema Daasebre rejoined us as PCC-child coordinator after a leave of
absence for further studies.
At the
end of 2008 the Board of Directors consisted of 4 persons, Ineke Bosman
(general director), Bob Maram (financial director), Kwame Baffo, (director of
income generating projects) and Mr. Emanuel, general coordinator.
Our
premises are large. They measure 24 acres of hilly land with a lovely natural
setting. The buildings where the children with their caregivers live form a
half circle of small cottages. The caregivers live like parents with their
children. They sleep together, play together, bathe their children, eat with
them and bring them to school. The caregivers also have general assignments in
the group, such as running daycare, shopping and cooking, weeding and farming, computerclasses,
weaving, supervising the swimming-hour, etc. Emphasis is laid on warmth, fun
and love. Parties are small but frequent events.
We
loyally adhere to a precise daily routine so that the children may feel safe.
Highlight of the daily schedule is the 4pm swimming-time where the children
bathe, exercise and have fun with the water. This “pool-happening” is also the
beginning of the end of the day. Afterwards kids and caregivers eat together
and then retreat to look TV or move to their cottages. At 8 all is quiet and
asleep.
At the
other side of the semi circle of children-cottages lay the very picturesque
guesthouses for our visitors. By staying with us the visitors generate income
for our project. We also do that by way of selling cards and other items at the
kiosk. The satellite internet-cafe in town generates income and is a great
service to the community included our visitors. The beautiful products produced
at the sheltered workshop are becoming popular among our friends and visitors
and sell very well. All this is much needed for the continuation of our
project.
Eight of
our children have Down’s syndrome. Ten children are autistic. Three suffer from
various rare hereditary congenital diseases (Rett’s disease, Recklinghousen’s adeno-fribroma
and Friedreich’s ataxia). Eleven children have cerebral palsy and the others
suffer from non-specific intellectual handicaps, often combined with epilepsy
and physical handicaps. The majority of these syndromes are caused by
birth-injuries.
4. Journal of the year 2008:
This year our community celebrated its sixteenth birthday.
Another seven children joined us this year!
Theresa
Kwaku Chairman
Kojo Charm Patrick
Stephen
Kwame Addai
Dede
Shalomina.
Theresa, Kojo Patrick and Kwaku Chairman were brought to us in January, by the Director of Osu Children Home.
Theresa is an abused and depressed 6 year old girl who is still hardly able to smile as I’m writing this report a year later, but she has improved.
Kwaku is quite a strong-willed 5 year old, an ‘indenpendent thinker’ and most likely an autistic child.
Kojo has cerebral palsy and is charming but extremely demanding in his search for personal attention from whoever he meets during the day.
Steve is a intelligent 4 year old boy with
a physical deformity of the legs, his only disability. He was brought by an
American volunteer who worked with him at the orphanage in
In December Kwame and Dede were brought from Osu. Both children are only mildly handicapped, Dede is 9 and has Down syndrome, Kwame should be 2 or 3 years old. In the meantime he has learned to walk and when Kwame smiles he knows that he is irresistible!
During Christmas we took in the 6 year old Shalomina, a spastic girl found deserted at our gates, at a time that no-one was around to witness who had left the child behind. Shalomina is quiet and friendly, she loves to eat!
Our staff position increased with one more caregiver and while Geordie Woods left as interim acting. coordinator of the workshop, Steve Philips arrived. Steven is a lay missionary of the SMA congregation and the present workshop coordinator.
Mr. Ema, PCC- coordinator, became the 4th board-member in the course of this year.
Infrastructure multiplied again. An office for Mr.
Baffo was realized, a bungalow added, semi-independent living quarters along
the west side extended, the workshop got new autistic hall and computer room as
well as an extra sewing room. We renewed equipments and lawnmower. Computers
were added and software updated.
As usual the enthusiasm of our children and caregivers
reached its peak during the Christmas events. The number of visitors again peaked
over the Christmas.
It is
clear and awe inspiring that our visitors get touched by the happy simplicity
of our community. Many return and become volunteers or/and established friends.
Our children in all their disarming spontaneity are at the heart of the
attraction.
5. Report from the
Sheltered Workshop
(by Steve Philips)
2008 saw growth and expansion at the PCC
Sheltered Workshop. A new weaving hall
was completed as an extension of the necklace making hall. The old weaving hall was remodelled and
turned into a computer room, making it possible for the computer classes to all
take place in one location. The
“Autistic Table” in the necklace making hall was also relocated to an airier
and brighter location and was renamed as “Nana Yaw’s
Each part of the workshop had structural and personnel changes which led to growth and expansion:
Necklace
Making Hall
The storeroom of completed products was moved to the office. A new flooring was installed. The “autistic table” was moved to its own hall (Nana Yaw’s Paradise), giving more space for rearranging the other tables, making supervision easier and providing a less crowded feeling in the necklace making hall.
The leadership and other personnel also had restructuring to give caregivers new challenges and the workshop new ideas. A National Service student joined us (more on the NS student in the office section of this report). A couple of the youth left the workshop for various reasons, and three new boys, Kwame Evans, Kojo Owusu and Kojo Yeboah, joined us.
Quality control for the necklaces and bracelets greatly improved. Inspection of completed products became routine and more strict – looking at length, balance, quality of the locks, matching of completed product to its description, etc.
At the end of the year, a competition for new product designs was made. Ten new necklace designs were chosen, 5 new bracelets, and 3 other bead products (Light Catchers, Key Holders, and Picture Holders) have all been added to what is made from the Necklace Making Hall.
At the end of the year, the breakdown of the kids in the Necklace Making Hall was as follows:
Dormitory
kids:
Day kids: PCC
kids:
Abigail Suzy Ayuba
Afia Nyarko Yaw Owusu (Nfanti) M’Adjoah
Amoakoah Samuel Owusu Della
Naomi Evans
Simon Kofi Asare
Kojo Owusu Zacharia
Kofi Baidu
Kwame Evans
Ata Larbi
Kojo Yeboah
Total number of kids in the Necklace Making Hall at the end of 2008: 19
Weaving
Hall
The Weaving Hall was moved into a new building that adjoins the Necklace Making Hall. A new caregiver has been trained to supervise the youth. Two kids from the Necklace Making Hall, Evans and Suzy, are gradually learning how to weave.
With the new caregiver, new ideas for designs and colours are being tried and the production and organization of the Weaving Hall has greatly improved.
At the end of the year, the breakdown of kids in the Weaving Hall was as follows:
Dormitory
kids: PCC
kids:
Charles John F.
Kwame Nkrumah Kojo Evans
Computer
Hall
The Computer Hall was moved to the former Weaving Hall, behind the Necklace Hall and the new Weaving Hall. This has facilitated more organization and consolidation of the computer resources. Kids with potential abilities for learning computer skills were assessed and a small waiting list set up. Goals were set and are being worked towards for the kids currently in the computer classes.
The caregiver in charge of the computers left for further education, so new caregivers have also been trained to take over. Volunteers brought some new programs for learning and communicating with computers. At the end of the year, 13 kids were in the computer classes:
Kojo Evans John F. Paa Yaw Mabel Suzy
Emma Jerry Samuel Owusu Ata Larbi Ayuba Bright
Evans Philomena Emanuella
Nana
Yaw’s
The “Autistic Table” from the Necklace
Making Hall was moved to a new location in the workshop “compound”. It’s lighter and airier. Workshops/trainings were done regarding
autism and records were kept listing interests in new activities that each
child in the Nana Yaw’s
Income generating activities that these kids were involved with throughout the year included making hipstrings and door curtains as well as painting greeting cards and envelopes.
At the end of 2008, the 7 kids in Nana
Yaw’s
Cynthia Mariella Yaa Yaa Ntiamoah
Yaw Balloon Boadu Afia
Bead Making
Making our own glass beads continued this year at a different pace. Instead of daily firing of the ovens, we reduced the firing to two times per week. We also started offering loose beads (beads that have not been made into necklaces or bracelets) that were made at PCC for sale both on the website and in the store on PCC grounds. Throughout the year, Jerry was the primary supervisor of making the beads, and one of the other caregivers (Ebenezer) also began to learn the process of bead making so that he could fill in if Jerry needed to be absent and to help during the vacation times in case Jerry needed assistance.
The 5 kids assisting with the bead making were:
Zacharia Amoakoah Ayuba Kofi Baidu John A.
Sewing
In the last few months of the year we added
a sewing department. The sewing
instructor from
At the end of 2008, the 4 kids being trained were Ayuba, Suzy, Ata Larbi and Abigail.
Office
The office became more organized with its record keeping. After the first few months of the year, an ongoing inventory has been maintained, along with a sales record, production record, value of stock, and a list of prices for the beads and other products needed in our workshop and purchased mostly in Kumasi and, at times, in other parts of Ghana. The extra room in the office also became the primary storage area for the completed products from the Necklace Making Hall. Records are kept on the computer, and backed up monthly on the laptop. These changes made the process of removing the weekly production, inspecting it, labelling it, moving it to the storeroom, recording production and sales on the computer and restocking the shop have a more routine and natural flow. An ongoing count of the items in the inventory also has made it possible to better direct the workshop in which products to produce.
The Workshop Coordinator has also been training a couple of caregivers and a National Service Student in running the office (quality control, recording sales and production, restocking, reading the inventory and sales records to direct the production, making decisions of which beads to buy in Kumasi based upon inventory and sales, etc.).
A file providing instructions for performing the various tasks the workshop needs to complete – including: preparing and shipping parcels, restocking the shop, completing financial reports, reading and interpreting inventory information, etc. – has been started.
Shop/Store
The Sales Shop became more organized in its
presentation of the products and also in its management, including recording of
sales and restocking. Inventory of the
items in the shop has taken place several times. Faulty items are more readily removed. Products are better labelled with the correct
codes and prices. A new display was made
for the woven cloth – greatly increasing the sales and the awareness of this
product. Nana Yaw’s
Income/Expenses (see attached sales and expenses report, 2008 for details)
The expenses and income reported here and on the attached form are representative of the local sales and expenses related to the workshop.
At the beginning of the year, no monthly financial reports were made. The inventory was being organized, counted and recorded. The value of the inventory was being calculated, the recording of sales was being organized and reworked, and the primary sales people were being changed. The bank statements show total deposits during this period as Gh˘ 663.28. This amount was added to the income taken from the monthly financial reports of May – Dec to give a total local income, 2008, of Gh˘ 7,750.43. This includes local sales, money given from PCC monthly for payment of the workshop kids, other donations that came to the workshop and bonuses received from customers.
The expenses are representative of the months May – Dec, and include payment of the workshop kids, bead purchasing trips, promotional discounts, bank service charges and some workshop running expenses (firewood, etc.). The total expenses for this period came to Gh˘ 3,691.28.
The bank balance on 31 December, 2008, was Gh˘ 3,691.28.
Shipments: Over 30 parcels were shipped to
At the end of the year, the local retail value of the inventory in stock equaled approximately Gh˘ 13,400.00.
6. About our Organization
and Management:
In 1992
our project was registered in
Its aim is
to give integral care to abandoned and mentally handicapped children in
The
caregivers who live and work with the children consider their service as voluntary.
They receive a monthly allowance as well as free board and lodging with their
children.
The children
and caregivers have a coordinator in Mr. Emmanuel.
The
workshop has its separate coordinator, Steve Philips, who is responsible for
the activities at the workshop.
Other
employees are 3 watchmen.
In 2008
the board consisted of: Dr. Ineke Bosman
(chairman and founding director), Mr.Robert Maram (financial director),
Mr.Samuel Baffo (director for income generating projects) and Mr. Ema Dasebre (Coordinator)
We have
work for 4 volunteers at the same time, who help on a one to one base with
special kids, help in the computer lab and at the autistic workshop. Ema, with
the help of Felicia, coordinates the volunteer program.
The “Araba memorial Internet café” runs as a
separate enterprise. There are 3 staffs and a cleaner employed. The guesthouses
also run independently. A hostess, Charity, an assistant, Mercy, and two cleaners
are employed. Charity and Mercy are also caregivers. Mr. Baffo is in charge.
In 1997 the development of a special school for the
mentally handicapped was initiated by the PCC. This “
7.Finances
(Ref.
Annex 1 for the 2008 financial statements and annex 2 for the projected budget for 2009)
PCC/Hand in Hand works without government aid. Its running depends almost fully on donations and child sponsorships from outside the country.
The recurrent expenditures in 2008 amounted
to 82,923 Gh. Cedis, and were approximately according to budget as a whole
(not in the final analysis of each category but in the totals.) See the annex
for details.
Income generated locally: This year again we generated approximately 32% of the money, needed for recurrent expenditures, locally from guesthouses, shop and internet café. The sales of sheltered workshop products overseas fell somewhat but we still saw a considerable income from sales from the sheltered workshop that helped us to again realize many constructions this year.
African products such as necklaces and bracelets are again much in fashion this year all over the world! We hope this universal fashion trend for African beads will last a while despite the economical depression in the West…
For our 53 children we need approximately 159 sponsors, as the average sponsorship is shared between three persons. The upkeep of one child amounts to the annual amount of 900 euro. Divided by three persons this becomes a more manageable 300 euro per year or 25 per month. The children at the Sheltered Workshop need at total amount of 300 euro per year for their sponsorship.
At the end of 2008 we needed 24 new sponsors.
Interested persons can inquire at the website (www.operationhandinhand.nl) where there is a special page about children not yet sponsored. (‘Vraagje’ ‘May we ask you”) Or mail to handinhandpcc@Gmail.com
Child-sponsors and other benefactors donations
to:
”The Bresillac Foundation”, Cadier en Keer,
Tel: (31)- 043-407-7373.
Bank-account: ABN-AMRO, No: 40.06.14.030. mention: hand in hand/300.151.
8: Evaluation of our plans for 2008:
- We welcomed Steve Philips the
new coordinator for the workshop in Jan 2008!
- We did extend the sheltered workplace with the computer hall and weaving hall
and an additional sewing hall. Surrounding the workshop with a wall and
gates that provide security is in
process and left mostly for the year 2009.
- We completed a house for Kofi Asare (independent living) and a second one not yet inhabited.
- The G8 did build a new house for Ntiamoah and Ema!
- The new store was not yet built, Is left for 2009.
- We did construct an office for Mr. Baffo, the income generating
projects office!
9. Plans for the year 2008:
- Complete workshop and wall plus gates.
- Heighten the wall
- Build new borehole and water-tank.
- Increase semi dependent living quarters with2 more houses
- Build new store
- Build simple guesthouses
- Improve the swimming-pool
- Change all old windows to new ones.
- Laundry machines, sewing-machines
- A house for Bob and Ineke on the hill. Change their old house in senior staff housing.
- A yearlong process of handover to the new director, Dr. Ab van galen, who will be the director of PCC per 1-1-2010 onwards!
10:
Conclusion and acknowledgments:
We are
grateful to our staff and caregivers, our friends, sponsors and benefactors.
We are
proud of our children who are able, with our help, to build a contented life on
foundations of abandonment and deprivation. This is a small miracle that no
one, neither social workers nor psychologist, nor we, for that matter, fully
understands.
It is clear that we are involved in a vision and a commitment that is larger than that of all of us together. We believe that the breath of God is at the heart of it. This may also explain the joy and peace that many people, including complete strangers, experience at our premises.
Annex
1:
Cash Flow financial report 2008 (Robert Maram)
|
Cash Flow
Financial Statement for the year ended 31 Dec 2008 |
|
|||
|
compared
to budget (in Ghana Cedis) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actual |
Budget |
Variance |
|
Receipts |
|
|
|
Postive
(negative) |
|
Transferred
from overseas (1) |
|
71,289 |
43,400 |
27,889 |
|
Income
generating projects |
|
20,600 |
30,000 |
-9,400 |
|
(pricipally
guesthouse income) |
|
|
|
|
|
Sheltered
work-place |
8713 |
|
|
|
|
G8
constructions plus other income |
|
|
|
|
|
earmarked
for constructions |
31,356 |
40,069 |
40,000 |
69 |
|
Lilian
Fund |
|
4,000 |
4,000 |
0 |
|
Other |
|
1,263 |
2,000 |
-737 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Income |
|
137,221 |
119,400 |
17,821 |
|
Total
income (excluding (1)) |
|
65,932 |
76,000 |
-10,068 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenditures |
|
|
|
|
|
Allowances |
|
36,816 |
34,300 |
-2,516 |
|
Feeding |
|
19,181 |
21,200 |
2019 |
|
Repairs |
|
7,006 |
6,000 |
-1095 |
|
Electricity |
|
6,204 |
3,000 |
-3,204 |
|
Personal
Needs |
|
7,095 |
5,500 |
-1506 |
|
Travel
and transportation |
|
3,302 |
2,000 |
-1302 |
|
Medical |
|
390 |
2,000 |
1610 |
|
Accounting/legal
fees |
|
850 |
800 |
-50 |
|
Other |
|
2,079 |
4,600 |
2521 |
|
Total
Recurring Expenditures |
|
82,923 |
79,400 |
-3,523 |
|
Construction |
|
50,696 |
40,000 |
-10,696 |
|
Total
Expenditures before extra.item |
133,619 |
119,400 |
-14,219 |
|
|
Extra-ordinary
Item |
|
975 |
0 |
-975 |
|
Total
Expenditures |
|
134,594 |
119,400 |
-15,194 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
Cash 31-12-07 |
9,378 |
|
|
|
|
Add
total income 2008 |
137,221 |
|
|
|
|
|
146,599 |
|
|
|
|
Deduct
total expenditures 2008, |
-134,594 |
|
|
|
|
Cash
31 Dec per ledger |
12,005 |
|
|
|
|
ADB
Bankstatement 31-12-08 |
12,005 |
|
|
|
|
Difference |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Major
Negative Categories |
Income |
Guesthouses |
|
|
|
|
Expenditures
electricity and constructions |
|||
Annex 2: The budget 2009 (Robert Maram)
|
Cash flow
budget for 2009 ( in |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receipts: |
|
|
|
Transfer
from overseas |
66,000 |
|
|
Income
generating projects |
23,000 |
|
|
(principally
guesthouses) |
|
|
|
Sheltered
workshop |
25,000 |
|
|
G8
and other contributions |
15,000 |
|
|
earmarked
for construction |
|
|
|
Lilian
Fund |
4,000 |
|
|
Total
Income |
133,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenditures: |
|
|
|
Allowances |
42,300 |
|
|
Feeding |
24,200 |
|
|
Repairs |
6,000 |
|
|
electricity |
7,000 |
|
|
personal
needs |
6,000 |
|
|
travel
and transportation |
3,400 |
|
|
medical
bills |
600 |
|
|
accounting/legal
fees |
1,000 |
|
|
other |
2,500 |
|
|
total
recurring expenditures |
93,000 |
|
|
constructions |
40,000 |
|
|
total
expenditures |
133,000 |
|
Notes
on estimates for budget 2009
- Feeding: 12 x 1600= 19,200. Parties: 2 parties per month= 24 parties.
24 x 50= 1200 cedis. Guests/volunteers food per party: 6 x 4 cedis= 24x24=
1800. Christmas food: 800. Compensation for halt on CRS food: 2400. Total estimated feeding cost: 24,000
- Medical bills: 37 x 12= 444 plus 156= 600.
This is assuming that the national health-insurance is still operational
during 2009.
- Generally 12% above
actual 2008, based on year ended 2008 calculations.
- Maximum of recurring expenditures mandated by financial management, based on contributions to be received from adoptive parents overseas (in Gh. Cedis). Estimate recurrent expenditure 2009: 93,000. Number of children 53 x 900 euro plus workshop children 20 x 300 euro= 91,240 (exchanged Euro into Cedis). Deficit in our recurrent budget for 2009: 93,000 – 91,240= 1760 deficit. Assumption: 2 additional children could be accepted by PCC without additional allowances (caregivers). Both children should be fully adopted i.e. 900 euro x 2 = 1800 euro. 1800 x 1,70 (current exchange rate) = 3060 Cedis. Additional estimated expenditures: food: 730 per year. personal needs: 100 per year. Other: 100 poer year. total additional expenditures for 2 children: 930. Additonal income to balance deficit: 3060 – 930= 2130 Cedis. (Two simple children with mild intellectual handicaps only)
Annex 3:
Information
on
- Some aspects of our region:
A
national census took place in the year 2000. Our local (Nkoranza) figures are
sourced from this census report with adjustment for annual growth percentages.
Nkoranza
district has a surface-area of 1200 square kilometers. It shares borders with
the districts of Techiman, Atebubu, Kintampo and Ejura. In the year 2005 the
population of Nkoranza District was estimated to be 160,000, of which 45,000
inhabitants live in the district town called Nkoranza. This is where we have
our residential home and sheltered workplace and where the
Nkoranza
is a rural district at the heart of
Nkoranza
is one of the 13 districts that together make up the Region called “Brong
Ahafo”. Brong Ahafo region approximates the size of The Netherlands and counts
over 2 million inhabitants.
In the
more developed areas of
-
More general Information on
-
Population:
21,029,853
-
Median
age: 20,45 years
-
Population
growth rate: 1,25% (2005 est.)
-
Birthrate:
23,97 births/ 1000 population ( 2005 est.)
-
Death
rate: 10,84 death/ 1000 population (2005 est.)
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Capital:
-
Administrative
divisions: 10 regions (Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Western, Eastern, Greater Accra,
Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Central, Volta.)
-
-
Economic
overview: Well endowed with natural resources
-
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $ 48.27 billion (2004 est.)
-
GDP
real growth rate: 5,4 % (2004 est.)
-
GDP
per capita: purchasing power parity $ 2300 (2004 est.)
-
GDP-
composition by sector: agriculture: 34,3%, industry 24,2%, services: 41,4%.
-
Labor
force: 10,24 million (2004 est.)
-
Labor
force by occupation: agriculture 60%, industry 15% services 25% (1999 est.)
-
Unemployment
rate 20% (1997 est.)
-
Population
below poverty line: 31,4% (1992 est.)
-
Inflation
rate consumer prices: 13% (2004 est.)
-
Budget:
revenue: $ 2,17 billion, expenditure: $2,56 billion, incl. cap. Exp. Of NA
(2004)
-
Agriculture:
cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava, peanuts, corn, sheanuts, bananas, timber.
-
Industries:
mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing,
cement, small commercial ship building.
-
Exchange
rates: Cedi per US dollar: 9,004,6(2004), 8,677,4 (2003), 7,932,7 (2002),
7,170,8 (2001) 5,455,1 (2000)