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Orphanage Budget Example on Basic Necessities:
Monthly budget for nutrition, Sanitation and Utilities

Below is a budget example on basic necessities for an orphanage catering for five family houses, about 30 children, including their caregivers. The budget does not include school needs for the children, their tuition and the wages for administrative staff.

MONTHLY BUDGET FOR FOUR HOUSES (K=Zambian Kwacha, $=Australian Dollar) ITEM QUANTITY REQUIRED UNIT PRICE PRICE FOR SO MANY -K PRICE IN $ Australia Mealie-meal  60 bags by 25kg K35,000 k2,100,000 $420.00 Cooking oil 20lts by 4 K179,000 K716,000 $143.20 Sugar 4 of (10 by 2kg) K64,000 K256,000 $51.20 Salt 20kg K65,000 K65,000 $13.00 Meat 60kg k16,500 per kg k990,000 $198.00 Sausage 60kg k15,000 per kg k900,000 $180.00 Chicken 32 k25,000 k800,000 $160.00 Dry fish   k5,000 k400,000 $80.00 Beans 8 tins k15,000 k120,000 $24.00 Rice 25kg by 8 k64,200 k513,600 $102.72 Potatoes 8 bags k25,000 k200,000 $40.00 Milk 4(1 by 24) k50,900 k203,600 $40.72 Butter 25 by 500g k6,500 k162,500 $32.50 Bread     k200,000 $40.00 Tea-leaves 8 by 500g k13,300 k53,200 $10.64 Flour 40kg k108,900 k217,800 $43.56 Cobra 4 tins k63,500 k63,500 $12.70 Washing paste 32 by 400g k57,900 k115,800 $23.16 Washing powder 4 k10,000 k40,000 $8.00 Vaseline 32 by 500g(11 cases) k13,500 k148,500 $29.70 Bathing Soap 48 bars k49,200 k98,400 $19.68 Tissue 80 rolls k44,000 k88,000 $17.60 Ajax 8 bottles k32,800 k32,800 $6.56 Harpic 16 bottles k69,500 k69,500 $13.90 Shoe polish 8 by 100g k7,500 k60,000 $12.00 Toothpaste 8 by 100g k64,300 k64,300 $12.86 Eggs 8 trays k12,500 k100,000 $20.00 Chlorine 16 bottles k6,000 k12,000 $2.40 Spices   k30,000 k30,000 $6.00 Pads   k30,000 k30,000 $6.00 Jik 4 k54,950 k54,950 $10.99 Axion 4 by 500g k65,800 k65,800 $13.60           THE FOLLOWING ARE BOUGHT ON A WEEKLY BASIS Tomatoe         Onion         Rape/spinach         Cabbage             k200,000 k800,000 $160.00     NUTRITION TOTAL k9,773,450 $1,954.69           UTILITIES         Diesel   k1,500,000 k1,500,000 $300.00 Electricity   k35,000by 6 k210,000 $42.00 Water   k7,500 by 6 k45,000 $9.00 Charcoal   k160,000 k160,000 $32.00               GRAND TOTAL k11,648,450 $2,337.69

Monthly orphanage budget example obtained from Bethel Orphanage, Kafue, Zambia.

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