Dorcas Mbambu has provided an excellent 2015 report for the sewing project. This project started in early 2014 after a successful Indiegogo campaign raised CAD $5,076 towards purchasing machines and related equipment.  The goal was to invest in a project that would provide an income for the Muti wa Nzuki School for Orphans in Butembo so they could be less dependent on foreign donations and to also be an opportunity for student training.

In 2015, Dorcas is reporting that the sewing project generated net revenues of USD $5,928 with related direct costs of $2,678 (for salaries, rent, transportation and repairs) for a net profit of $3,250.  She apologized that she spent only $970 towards the feeding of orphans (which is down significantly from 2014) but the reason was due to the increased receipt of funds from other donors.

For those in the U.K., please consider supporting Semiliki Trust or CMS Ireland who have both become key supporters for people in eastern Congo and have specifically helped the Muti wa Nzuki School for Orphans in Butembo.

Five dressmakers were able to train six girls and two boys in the year. They averaged production of 3 pants, 2 shirts and 2 shirts per day, six days a week.

 

(b)            Summary revenues from the performance of the workshop

    Amount in $
01 The benefit of $19 profit per day allows realized profit after 26 days working $ 494 monthly.

After a year the earnings amounted to $ 494 × 12 months.

This thanks to the sale of the sewn clothes (pants, shirt and skirt)

 

  

 

$5,928

 
02 Profit generated by the sale of bricks produced through the performance of sewing   1,800 (cfr annual report 1014
03 Received from MICHAEL BRENDA couple dated 24/08/2015     350
04 Received from MICHAEL BRENDA couple in November 2015     400
06 Benefit of income generated by sewing, custom, clothes of nearby persons   1,800
— TOTAL REVENUES $10,278

 

(c). Table of certain expenditures related to the sewing project

N Type of expenditure AMOUNT IN $ %

 

 OBSERVATION
Annual salary of 3 designers $1,778 30% $ 5,928 Annual return of sewing
  Annual rent of the room or work the seam 300 2.91
  Annual repair of sewing machines 150 1.45
  Transportation costs to reach different markets in rural areas 450 4.37
  Feeding of orphans 970 9.43
  TOTAL $3,648 35.49

 

We also sent USD $750 in the year so that the Dorcas could arrange for the completion and manufacturing of bricks which were then sold at a profit.  With these funds and the residual profits from the sewing project from 2014 plus the 2015 sewing residual profits ($2,280), she was able to directly support orphans at the school ($2,220) and to help the construction of 3 classrooms ($2,537) which CMS Ireland was also strongly supporting.

 

  1. Other essential expenditures from $ 6,630 above
N Type of expenditure amount
NUMBER Each Total
  Purchase of uniforms for orphan schoolchildren from primary school

Uniform purchase of secondary school students

 26 orphans

 

 

 

14 orphans

 $10

 

 

 

15

 $260

 

 

 

210
  purchase school kits in favor of orphans high school students

purchase school kits for orphans secondary school students

 

 26 orphans

 

 

 

14 orphans

 10

 

 

 

15

 260

 

 

 

210
 
  Buying shoes for orphans 40 orphans 10 400
  Payment of school fees for the high school. It’s half of the annual fee  

 

14 orphans

  

 

45

  

 

630
  Payment of medical expenses for orphans who have been hospitalized in the year 2015  

15 orphans

 

  

 

250
  TOTAL $2,220

 

N DESIGNATION REPORT $ 4,409.6
 

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

 

  

Wooden plank

Linton wooden

Wood rafters

Regular nails

Corrugated sheet

Painting

Nails sheet

Transport of materials

 

Purchase bricks for pavement

 

 Qty. each $ Tot $ BALANCE OBSERV
312pcs

18pcs

75pcs

51kg

69pcs

300l

24kg

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10,000 bricks

 6

7.5

3

2.5

8.2

3

3

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$ 100 / 250 bricks

 1,872

135

225

127.5

565.8

900

72

100

 

400

 2,537.6

2,402.6

2,177.6

2,050.1

1,484.3

584.3

512.3

412.3

 

12.3

Congratulations and thanks to Dorcas for enabling such good results.

This calls for a video repeat of Happy!