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Here is a record of grants we have made since our beginning in 2010.
We have made grants to the following projects:
In addition to the grants listed below, we are committed to the following ongoing donations:
MCO — £2000: Funds to cover the final stage of repairs to the dormitory building. |
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ECIM — £1000: Funds for deworming and vitamin A treatment for the school pupils and community of Adonkia. |
PDO — £480: Replacement tyres for the Gbongay ambulance. |
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PDO — £10,000: Cost of purchasing and refurbishing a second hand vehicle to act as an ambulance for Gbongay Village Clinic. |
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PDO — £700: Cost of repairing the two wells in Gbongay village. |
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MCO — £3000: Cost of completion of major building project (repairs, extension and upgrade of kitchen facilities and the building of a dining/study hall). |
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KOGM — £300: Contribution towards the distribution of funds to low income members of the community needing to buy in essential supplies ahead of the run-off election. |
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KOGM — £450: Donation to cover the cost of emergency medical fees (including major surgery) for two child victims of last year's flooding and transport costs for a third who was moving to live with extended family. |
MCO- £550: Contribution towards orphanage expenses (including relicensing and insuring the orphanage vehicle, drainage repairs and servicing of the bakery oven) |
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KOGM — £600: One year's school fees for 20 child victims of devastating flooding. |
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KOGM — £600: Distribution of emergency flood relief supplies, including food, bedding and sanitary/medical products. |
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KOGM — £400: School stationery, uniforms and general supplies for KOGM schools. |
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ECIM — £200: School stationery and general supplies for Adonkia Village School. |
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MCO — £250: Repairs to orphanage well. |
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PDO — £685: Lighting and refrigeration for Gbongay Village Clinic and Maternity Unit. |
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KOGM — £500: Contribution to the building and set up of a new school in the impoverished On Tik community. |
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ECIM — £200: Contribution to the ongoing costs of Adonkia VIllage School. |
KOGM — £150: School stationery, uniforms and general supplies for KOGM schools. |
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PDO- KOGM — £670: Interior finishing and initial furnishing of Gbongay Village Maternity Unit. |
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MCO — £200: Metal swingset for orphanage. |
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KOGM — £200: Running costs of KOGM school following a drop in income from school fees due to the ebola crisis. |
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MCO — £300: Insurance and licensing of donated vehicle. |
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MCO — £300: Insurance and licensing of donated vehicle. |
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MCO — £500: Teeth and eye check ups for all children and staff at the orphanage plus any necessary follow up treatment. |
KOGM — £260: Contribution towards the cost of repairs to the school building. |
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KOGM — £450: Donations to help KOGM schools get set up for reopening following the ebola crisis. |
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ECIM — £400: Contribution towards the cost of reopening Adonkia Village School, including helping to pay the school fees for ebola orphans. |
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MCO — £605: Doctor's visit to test and treat children for malaria (such medical attention was impossible during the ebola crisis and several children had had to go untreated). |
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KOGM — £1080: Emergency relief for 30 impoverished families, school fees for 16 ebola orphans and the re-establishment of the organisation's schools. |
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KOGM — £340: Emergency medical treatment for two women, including a cesarean section for one. |
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KOGM — £150: Basic provisions for needy families. |
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KOGM — £300: Distribution of emergency supplies to quarantined families. |
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KOGM — £250: Distribution of emergency supplies to quarantined families. |
KOGM — £250: Basic provisions for needy families. |
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KOGM — £250: Basic provisions for needy families. |
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MCO — £1400: Food and hygiene supplies plus payment to teachers employed to teach the quarantined orphans. |
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KOGM — £250: Basic provisions for needy families. |
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MCO — £300: Contribution to the salaries of two school teachers employed to teach the quarantined orphans. |
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MCO — £200: Emergency payment at the outbreak of the ebola crisis for water buckets with taps, gloves and soap. |
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KOGM — £350: Distribution of emergency food supplies, water buckets, gloves and soap following the ebola outbreak. |
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WTN — £1700: Construction of a maternity unit in Gbongay Village. |
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MCO — £690: Launching of orphanage bakery business (ingredients, publicity, licence, equipment). |
Regular giving to Gbongay Village Clinic via WTN (now via PDO), MCO and ECIM initiated. |
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MCO — £100: Clothes and baby food for abandoned twins. |
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MCO — £400: Teeth and eye checks and follow up treatment for all children and staff at the orphanage (including a minor operation for one member of staff). |
MCO: Fire alarms, extinguishers and other safety equipment. |
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MCO — £800: Pigs, goats and chickens for the orphange farm. Purchase of a sewing machine. |
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WTN — £1600: Installation of five water pumps for wells in remote villages previously without safe water including the well at Gbongay Village Clinic. |
Information updated:
December 2023
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