This is a report from life in Africa kampala on what took place on childerns program during the third term holiday. It took place for three days. Our grand ma Evvy was also around. The children where very happy to see her.

Evvy gave them her word and alot of good promises, like Life in africa U.S.A. is going to be working together with life in Africa where by it will be raising funds for childrens progams as LiA U.S.A, When school begings the kids will be haveing after noon activities with heavy lunch during saturdays, she came with many art materals were by they will use them during the week end programs and she will come back again.

In these three days the children had fun and alot of games, gifts which they won from some of the games and answering questions.

Meghan and Arron came with grand ma Evvyy. They also joined the kids. megahn was busy taking the pictures you are seeing. She said she enjoyed every thing during the program. she also promised to come back.

With Arron he joined the children and enrolled in every program. During the story telling class, he told the kids a nice story about people and the half pig people. the kids did not want the story to end. The children told them their stories too.

And two of Christina's sons Tomas and Lucurs were also there. One of them called Lucurs presented a dance while scotting down which made the children to laugh.

They also had teaching from one of the students from mukono university called Eric Ojobile. He taught them about" commitement leads to Exclence".

It's so good and fun to see these children together having all this on their side and enjoy what life in Africa is doing for them.

We hope to have more next holiday. Have a look at some of the pictures we took when having games and shading.

Christina will help me post more of the photos.

Jesca wassa From LiA kampala. Be blessed.

Thank you so much Jesca, good start for new year. We also had it in Gulu when our Mum (Evvy) came, we also made some drawing which i will post the reports next week.

The challenges we have were:

1. There were no rawing board for the kids, and they were using the floor for drawing,
2. Also the Pencils and colour pencils were not enough but they tried.

Evvy came with some i dear for the drawing board . I tried to look for the material from Gulu but could not get it.

Is there any where in Kla where it is being sold? Can you try to find how much they sell and get back to me

Thanks for your good post

A FEEDING BUDGET FOR LIA4 KIDS PROGRAME DEVELOPMENT ( WEEKEND 2008) FOR 100 KIDS AT GULU WE CENTER

This programe is to be during weekends and on saturdays Here children will have alot of activities as mental, and Physical in nature. There will also be others like Peacetiles, Drawing, Music Dance and Drama, Debate Etc I will come out with schedule later.

Below is the budget:

1. BREAKFAST:

1. Sugar 10kgs@ 2000 =20,000/= in a week , For a month x4 =80,000/=Ug Shs
2. Breads 10 pcs@1000=100,000/=in a week ,For a month x4=40,000/=
3. Charcoal 1 Bag@20,000=20000/=in a week, For a month x1=20,000/=
4. Tea leaves 1/2kgs@2,500=2,500/ =in a week, For a month x4=10,000/=

( B) LUNCH:

1. Rice................20kgs....... @1500 = ..........3000 a week, ...............For a month x4=120,000/=
2. Meat..............15kgs.........@4000=.............60,000 a week, .............For a month x4=240,000/=
3. Beans............10kgs .........@800= .............8,000 a week, ............. For a month x4=32000/=
4. Cocking oil..1 Ltr ...........@3500=............3,500 a week, ................For a month x4=14,000/=
5. Tomatoes .....1 kg ............@ 3000= ..........3,000 a week,............... For a month x4=12,000/=
6. Onion ...........1 kg ............@ 1500 =..........1500 a week................. For a month x4 =60,00/=
7. Salt..................1 kg ..........@ 800 =............ 800 a week, .................. For a month x4=6,000/=
8. Cary Powder .1 Tin........@3,000=............3,000 a week, ...............For a month x4 =12,000/=
9. Transport.................. .....................= ............5,000 a week, ..............For a month x4= 20,000/=

GRAND TOTAL.. .........................=.............167300 a week, ...........For a month x4=609,200/=

When Evvy was in Gulu , as per the children programe they were playing and Drawing the pictures. The kids in Gulu at the moment has nothing like Table, and chairs which should have assisted them when drawing pictures

They are using floor as their boards when drawing and there is need for them to have a flat piece of wood which is about 18 inch square to eases their drawing. This will be portable and one deside to stay under a tree while doing his /her work.

BELOW IS A TENTATIVE DRAFT BUDGET FOR A WOODEN PIECE( DRAWING BOARD)

ITEMS........................................QUANTITIES..................RATES.......... ........................AMOUNT

Varnish...................................... 2 Litres ............................20,000/=@............................ 40,000/=

Labour 4 Cuting .......................100 pieces........................1000/= @...............................100,000/=

Board(Soft wood) ......................12 Pcs( 12x1).................18000/=@.............................216,000/=

Transport .......................................................... .................................................................20,000/=

GRAND TOTAL................................................................................................................376,000/=

I HAVE SAID ITS`TENTATIVE DUE TO THE PROBLEM OF FUEL WHICH HAS MADE PRICES TO RISE DUE TO THE COST OF FUEL. THE ISUE OF FUEL IS NOT STABLE UNLESS WHEN SITUATION IN KENYA IS CALM DOWN.

You are free to suppliment:

Hi Rober, its good to hear from you. For us we also don't have chairs and tables but we used some of the benches and tables from the center. So from the idea grand ma evvy gave us of getting drawing boards i think its a good one. Now to get these boards i think we should go to these carpentry stors and tell them to make for us wooden boards of the sizes we want our kinds to use, and find out how much it will coast. Like if we get a group of 4 to 6 kids on one board which means the board has to be enough for them., where by they can share among them selves the drawing materals that have been given to each of them on one board. Here they will also learn how to share. Lets try it.

If these idea i have talked of is not wooking for you then i will have to do what you have asked for.

Be blessed.

Hi Jescca, the pictures look colourfull _) thanks for putting them up. By the way, how many kids and also blue band is important to included.

Holle Peter, thanks for the nice comment. We had 34 kids. and the blue band you are talking of i think it's important we shall think of it.

Jesca, the pictures are really nice. It was a very nice time for the kids. Thanks to Megan and Aaron who really inspired the children both in Gulu and kampala. They had the real experience with the children and Aaron was very brave to tell the children about his life and how he thinks it's very important for one to go to school and finish it to be okay in future. I for one was so touched to see a 13 year old giving a lecture to the very attentive audience, and I wished we had more times like this to help give hope to our traumatized children especially those from Gulu.

Megan on the other hand was really very resposible talking about herself and telling the children how hard she is going to work to make them known in her school especially.

Not of course forgetting our own Thomas and Lucas ( Christina's Boys)who also joined us in kampala for all the three days, Lucas who was everybody's friend in one day, is still the talk of the village , those who were not part of the program, are feeling jealous for not meeting with him.

These Children really impressed me so much and I pray that we have them again in the near future.

Hey, Can some one try to edit for me the above Budget and put it in the Table.

	.	BREAKFAST:	Units	cost/unit	per week
.		Sugar	10kgs@	2000	20,000
.		Bread	10 pcs @	1000	10,000
.		Tea leaves	1/2 kgs @	2,500	2,500
.	.	subtotal / week	.	.	32,500
.	.	total / month	.	.	130,000
.		Charcoal	1 Bag@	20,000	20,000
.	.	TOTAL month	.	.	150,000

	.	LUNCH:	Units	cost/unit	per week
.		Rice	20kgs @	1,500	30,000
.	2	Meat	15kgs @	4,000	60,000
.		Beans	10kgs @	800	8,000
.		Cooking oil	1 L @	3,500	3,500
.		Tomatoes	1 kg @	3,000	3,000
.		Onion	1 kg @	1,500	1,500
.		Salt	1 kg @	800	800
.		Curry Powder	1 tin @	3,000	3,000
.		Transport	.	.	5,000
.	.	TOTAL WEEK	.	.	114,800
.	.	TOTAL MONTH	.	.	459,200

GRAND TOTAL / week	152,300
TOTAL / month	609,200

That is a lot of SALT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Robert, thanks for your budget input. With this, plus input from Jesca in Kampala and Grace we've been able to decide how much Life in Africa will disburse for this program.

I've laid out some draft program guidelines for the Life4Kids Lunch Club program in a document over here for folks to review: http://lifeinafrica.com/programs /life4kids.htm

This will be used as a guideline between now and end march when we finalize the memorandum of understanding. Any comments til then will be taken into due consideration in finalizing it.

Jesca, I only managed to get a few more photos uploaded for you.

I love this one!

.

You might want to log into flickr now and give them all titles and descriptions please. In the description on flickr, please invite people to discuss with us here and include the link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/news/5/

Please note the following very important pages:

http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/life4kidsclub_disbursals/

http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/schoolfees2008_disbursals/

[Deleted by author on 04 Feb 2008 22:31 PST: trying to correct]

Thanks for the draft guideline you have put up. Here is the budget for weekend programs 2008 for LiA 4 kids program development at Kampala kireka. Some of the things are a beat expensive may be because it’s a city.

Below is the budget.

!.FOOD

Rice……………15kgs…@ 1,500shs…… per week 22,500shs…… x4/ month 90,000shs

Posh……………10kgs……@ 800shs……… per week 8.000shs……x4/month 32,000shs.

Irish…………15kgs…@ 1,500shs………per week 22,500shs……x4/month 90,000shs.

2. VERGES. Meat…………18kgs…@ 4,000shs………per week 72,000shs……x4/month 288,000shs.

Beans………8kgs……@ 1, 500shs………per week 12,000shs……x4/month 48,000shs.

3.Greens………………………………………………per week @ 10, 000shs…… x4/month 40, 000shs.

4.Ingredients…………………………………per week @ 10,000shs……x4/month 40.000shs.

5.Fruits………………………………………………per week @ 15, 000shs…x4/month 60, 000shs

6.Cooking oil………………………………per week @ 4,000shs……x4/month 16, 000shs.

7.1 bar of soap…………………………per week @ 1, 000shs……x4/month 1,000shs.

8. Match box…………………………………per month @ 500shs……… x4/month 500shs.
9. Paraffine for starting fire per month @ 2,000/= x4/month 2,000shs.
10. Transport………………………………per week @ 10,000shs…..x4/month 40,000shs.
11. Charcoal plus transport…………per month 30,000shs…… x4/mon30,000shs.

GRAND TOTAL / WEEK……………………………………...............194,375shs

TOTAL / MONTH…………………………………………………………............777,500shs.

(UTENSILS) Containers and the things for use in the kitchen budget.

1.2big and 2medium charcoal stove…...4 of them……….70,000shs.

2.2big and 3medium saucepans………..5 of them………………130,000shs.

3.2big and 1medium mingling sticks….3 of them………5,000shs.

4.Serving big spoons…………………….4 of them……………………..10.000shs.

5.Two knives……………………………………………………………............2,000shs.

6.Two jerricans…………………………………………………………….........6,000shs.

7.Two basins for washing utensils……………..........5,000shs

8.One big kettle……………………………………………………………........12,000shs

9.10 dozens of plats at 6,000shs….…………….........60,000shs

10.6 dozens of cups at 4,000shs………………………........24,000shs

11.Transport…………………………………………………………………...........10,000shs

TOTAL…………………………………………………………………..................334,000shs.

For the food like posh, Irish, potatoes these we will pick one of them each day to accompany the rice which is the main food.

HI,

Thanks for posting this budget. I have a few questions about it.

How many children will be participating?

What are the ingredients (number 4) that you refer to?

Can you give me an example of one meal and what it will include?

Is it possible to get any of the utensils donated?

Hey Linda, Big thanks for editing for me the table for my budget. Congs for that and keep helping where necesary.

I was off for one week organising for the training for Click4 Africa(Internet4Change) that we had in Gulu.We were able to train over 12 new trainees and hope they will do some thing good for the community.

Linda, You also gave me the procedures of how to make tables on Ned , You are so excellent and this is thesame as some one giving me the hook to catch a fish so that next time i may get on my own than giving a fish ,i eat at once and it is finished.

GOOD STUFF

Grand ma Evvy, it's good to here from you. We are having 100 kids because according to the survey thing we did they are more than 100 kids.

The ingredients are tomatose, onions, curry powder, salt, carrots, green pepar, for the both souce which is meat and beans. For the food it can be rice+posh, rice+irish, rice+potatoes, that is why i said the rice is the main food but will be acampaned with any of the three which is posh or irish potatoes or sweet potatoes on different week ends. An example of one meal and it will include. Rice, Irish potatoes, Meat, Beans, Greens plus fruits.

For the utensils the budget is corved, but if there is any possibility of one donation, it would save this money for other things. Because we are starting this week end,

Hey all ( Gulu and Kireka), we are really eagerly waiting to see news about the weekend program here, so for you who have done it please let us know how it went.

Yes, please give us a report on how it went. Be sure to include how many children attended at each center, what the activities were, and include pictures if possible.

Thanks so much Evvy,Grace, Jessica and all for this post.

In respond to the above,

We have 100 kids at we center Gulu and thwe budget is also for 100 kids.

For ingedients w have Curry powder, Salt, Water, Cooking oil, Green Honey,paper,Onoins,Simsim pest and Tomatoes.

For fruits we have Jack fruits, Ovacado, Pawpow,Bananas, and sweet lemon.

For sources we have Beans , Meat, Peace , Green vegetables( "Malakwang",Cabbages),

We shall keep on changing the source, Fruits and ingedients as per the budget for the weekends.

We alreasdy have cups and plates that we were using for breakfast club . We are only in need of small sourcepans Local Pots for cooling drinking water( Local fridge)

Activities were Art(Drawing) a situation of Northern Uganda inTen yeas and it was an imagination, We also had Creative game which helps in compaign against immonisable diseases,Drama and short plays about Education, and Giving Carreer Guidiance as they started going back to school last week.

More will come.

For their photose, we center Gulu are lacking a flappy disk drive, We have send othe to kampala and posibly i will post their phtos next week.

Thanks, If any thing is missing thenn i will come back later.

Thanks Robert for the updates and in addition to this we would also like to know if the school fees have already been paid and for which children . let's have the updates early this time so that we do not accummulate them .

thank jesca for posting avery nice children photos for a nice look for every one to see

Thanks Grace for the school fees issue, Yesterday i hade been moving from school to schools and homes confirming if the informations i had on the kids are still the same. and whether one has transfered or not., I found one kid has just got the sponsership with brother Ilio, One has gone to Western Uganda and not coming back so i ha d another openion to chose their brothers since they are all double orphans and all staying within one farmily. How do you members see it. I went again to the site and met both their parents and the Headteachers of their schools .

I have scheduled my programe to pay the school fees on Friday and immediately you will be updated.

Good day