Building Materials for Vocational Learning Centre

The anticipated cost to refurbish the old buildings for the learning centre and day-care is approximately $50,000 USD. Within the last few days, Elias says we are very close to our goal. The funds will be gathered by Elias Thomas' home Rotary Club - Sanford Springvale, Maine USA and sent on to the The Rotary Foundation for delivery to this project.

Once funds arrive in India, our Rotarian friends there will purchase the items needed. These items include:

• New windows, doors, screening and iron grating for the windows
• concrete mix
• lumber
• paint
• classroom furniture including chairs and fabricating kits for desks
• blackboard and associated materials
• computers

Specific items for repairs to the rooms and buildings, external repair and painting as well as waterproofing the terrace.

For the electrical needs:

• 6 light points including light fitting
• 2 fan points including fans
• 15 of the 5 ampere sockets
• 2 of the 15 ampere sockets
• 1 telephone point
• wiring for the computers

Specific furniture items:

• Teacher's chair
• 5 computer tables
• 20 chairs for students
• a 6 foot by 3 foot cupboard
• an 8 foot by 4 foot pinup board
• a 4 foot by 3 foot blackboard

Specific equipment includes:

• a Generator - silent diesel GenSet 20 KVA for power outages
• 10 computers ( AMD 3600 )
• 10 monitors ( 17 inch )
• one printer
• one UPS ( Uninterruptible power supply )

To operate just the Learning Centre for one year we will provide funding for:

• $7,895 computer teacher salary
• $3,158 computer assistant salary
• $789 each of two security guards to provide 24 hour security of the premises
• $789 for a cleaner salary
• $7,684 for diesel for the electric generator approx 8 hours per day
• $1.055 to cover inflation and drop in USD to the Indian Rupee.
• $22,160 total