Africa

Africa Project: Out proposal for the country of Africa is to build orphanages for children and teens in Somalia. Their way of living is of lower standards than ours. We seek to improve the lives of children's basic needs to sustain their life. Our budget is roughly three million dollars for building supplies. This includes a lodge surrounded by twenty cabins that house roughly five people. We will be placing our 'little communities' in five villages in the country of Somalia. Our budget for this project is hovering around $350,000 - $400,000. Our building materials will be bought locally through Somalia. The appliances that are going to be used will be shipped from the United States. We are receiving sponsorship from Sears. They will be donating five refrigerators, five stoves, and five toilets. In return they will get sole sponsorship of the project Helping Hands. For our electricity we will be placing solar panels on out main buildings and wind mills outside. This will generate enough electricity for us to run all of the necessary appliances. We will use a charcoal stove to cook on and a metal wash bin to wash our clothes in. We do not want to bring in all of the luxuries for these children since they are not used to them. Our budget for our employees is an average of $800,000. We will have two cooks at each 'community,' ten supervisors, and a maintenance worker. These employees will all be Somalian citizens. Our other advertising campaigns are posters and a commercial that will be created on keynote. Applying for grants will also be a substantial part of fundraising. We recruited a group of kids from our local high school to participate in a phone-a-thon. They will be asking for donations towards the Helping Hands Foundation. If need be we will be borrowing money from the bank, but this is questionable since our community and its citizens are very generous at donating toward the less fortunate. The mission and vision of Helping Hands is to give children a home with loving caregivers around to provide the emotional and physical support that they are in need of. The Iowa Core Geography Standard that we will be meeting is to Understand diverse cultural responses to persistent human issues.

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