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Helena and several other of our children are in need of dental/orthodontic work- We would have to have the work done at a dental clinic an hour and a half drive from Moshi. If you would like to help us provide this important care for our children please send a gift at any amount.
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Water tank—Have you ever run out of water during a shower? Our boys experience that occasionally and they don’t think it is very fun. We recently had a team donate a 5,000 liter tank for the girl’s side of our facility but we still need one for the boys’ side, which only has a 1,000 liter tank.
Cost $800
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New toilet seats—This is a special request of our nurse, Jodie. The new toilet seats will be easier to clean and much more sanitary. The current toilet seats are cracked and dirty.
Cost $150
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School shoes for kids—The children are required to wear black, sturdy shoes to school. The ones available here in Africa fall apart quickly. We usually have to buy them 2-3 pair for each child throughout the school year. This project would cost $15 per pair or someone could purchase higher quality shoes from the USA and ship them.
Cost $15-25 per pair for 12 students $250
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High Chairs or booster seats for 7 babies—Pretty soon all of our sweet babies will need to be sitting at the table with the rest of the children. We want them to be able to reach their food!!
Cost $150
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Board books and toddler toys—Our babies are turning from infants to toddlers. We would like them to have some fun stuff to keep them happy and stimulate their minds. You may send as many or few of these toys as you like.
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Toys and books—The education system in Tanzania stresses that the Children memorize facts. There is little room left for creativity, logical thinking and problem solving. We would like to encourage things like that by buying toys that allow for that kind of thing. Toys that allow the children to build like Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, and Legos would be greatly enjoyed. Also toys that inspire imaginative play such as costumes and pretend items will inspire a part of the children’s minds that seems to lay dormant here in Tanzania. Our focus for our extra-curricular learning right now is children around the world. We would especially like books about different cultures, animals, people, and places. Bible stories and children’s Bibles are always welcome.
Please no battery operated toys, action figures, or fragile toys. If you are interested in sending toys or books for the children, please contact Stacy at TreasuresofAfrica@gmail.com first.
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Internet Tower - The orphanage currently pays $120 for internet access that is SLOWER than molasses! It has hindered us from being able to have internet conferences with the ministry home office in California as well as impairing us from sending photos or video to our own website to keep our supporters updated. The only way to resolve this is to build a 50 foot tower on top of the TOA building and then we will have a true high speed internet connection for a cost of $72 per month. The cost of building the tower is $1500. Would you like to donate this amount to help get the orphanage fully "ONLINE"?
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Orphanage Monthly Utility Bills - the monthly utilities of electricity and water average about $600 per month. Would you like to donate the equivilent to pay for these important things for the Treasures of Africa children?
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Economical small car- The cost of fuel in Tanzania exeeds $5 per gallon. We need to purchase an economical vehicle that can be used by our nurse for the many hospital/clinic visits we make monthly for our HIV children. Using the van burns a lot of gas and is not necessary for just taking two children to the doctor. A used Toyota compact car can be purchased for $7,500.
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Van—Between taking the children to school and other outings we are finding that we need another van as we cannot fit all the children in one vehicle.
Cost approx $18,000 - $30,000
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Diapers—With 6 infants and 4 toddlers in diapers, we spend over $1,000 each month on diapers alone!
Cost for one month supply of diapers $1000. Six months supply of diapers $6000
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Cloth diapers—We plan to eventually transition our babies to cloth diapers and save thousands of dollars!
Cost $2000 one time (instead of once a month)
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Formula—Our babies gobble up $1,000 worth of formula each month.
Cost for one month supply of formula $1000. Six months supply of formula $6000.
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Musical instruments—Our children LOVE music. We would love to give each of them an opportunity to play an instrument. If you have an old instrument laying around the house or would like to buy a new one, we would love to have it. We prefer brass instruments, flutes, guitars, and keyboards because they are easier to maintain. We would also like to buy local instruments, like drums and flutes. These range in price between $10—$200.
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Fencing—At the present time we have 4 toddlers and 6 babies. In the next few months our babies will learn to walk and will be into everything. We will need several toddler gates to be sure our little ones stay in areas that are safe. We also want to build a small fence to keep the children away from the back area of the property where there are areas that are not safe for babies.
Cost for Fencing $200
Cost for toddler gates $100
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Refrigerator —A small sized refrigerator for the medical office to store medications that need to be refrigerated and kept out of reach of small children.
Cost $300
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Milk Goat – It would be nice to be able to have our own goat especially as our babies’ transition from formula to regular. We would have to purchase our milk goat from Kenya.
Cost $200
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