Finances· The only way that the Centre is able to keep operating is through the generosity of overseas friends. · The majority of our funding over past years came from overseas donors. With the present situation in Zimbabwe these donors have now withdrawn support. · Government is unable to support any of our costs! The Department of Social Welfare, which should be supporting our destitute families, no longer pays boarding or school fees. In addition this department should be paying a per capita monthly grant. Unfortunately this grant was hopelessly inadequate and is now not paid at all! · School fees are set by government and are inadequate to cover even basic expenses. In addition very few of the KGVI parents can afford to pay even the most basic of fees. · Books and cleaning materials are no longer supplied to schools. The school recently received a quote for basic textbooks of Z$26 million! · At the beginning of 2009 the Zimbabwe dollar became worthless and the USD and SA Rand was substituted. Although this controlled the rampant inflation it increased our costs fourfold as we were no longer able to make gains on foreign currency exchange rates. · As hospitals no longer have sufficient drugs and even food if any of our children require medical attention we have to buy drugs, bandages and food. We also have to pay extra costs for x-rays and doctors – something which was always free in the past. General medical supplies which are needed all the time at the Centre are very expensive. · At present our boarding fees are below a third of the costs of keeping a child at the Centre. Every term we have to increase our boarding fees a little but we know that even this amount will be beyond the means of most of our parents. We now have to find bursaries or donors for well over half our boarders otherwise they would be unable to attend school at all. · Most families are self employed – in rural areas as peasant farmers, in urban areas as vegetable vendors. Latest figures state that a family of 6 need nearly USD170 a month to live in Zimbabwe. Most of our parents have no fixed employment or salary! Those lucky enough to be employed earn basic wages of way less than USD100. Even a qualified teacher only earns USD100 a month! · Our ever-growing number of orphans need extra help to encourage their relatives to continue caring for them in the holidays. This means bus fares, toiletries, clothes and in some cases even food! · Over a third of our day scholars can no longer afford the bus fare to bring them to school. The Centre now has to source funds to cover bus fares for 26 children. Overseas Charities We are very proud to announce that we now have two registered overseas charities in support of KGVI.
In the Netherlands the Jabulani Kids Zimbabwe helps us with running costs and projects. More information can be supplied on request
Jabulani Kids Zimbabwe(check out their website for more information about KGVI)
Account Number: 384227708 Rabobank Maliebaan 53 Z 3581 CD Utrecht Bank Code: 3642 Swift Code: Rabo NL 2U IBAN No: NL71 RABO 0384227708
Contact person: Hilda van der Stok hvanderstok@hotmail.com or info@jabulanikids.nl In the UK the Amandla
Trust also raises funds in support of the work of the Centre and
School. Account Number: 65104365 Co-operative Bank p/c Sort Code: 08-92-99 IBAN No: GB33 CPBK 0892 9965 1043 65 BIC: CPBK GB22 Contact person: David King djs.king@virgin.net |