Our Three Year Plan
Three Year Plan
November 19, 2010
This document overviews the next three years for the Nikibasika Children’s Development Project, and includes high level budget projections. A more detailed annual budget will be available each January.
Mission and Mandate
The Mission and Mandate for Nikibasika will remain the same over the next three years: the project will continue to provide a home and development program for 51 orphaned and vulnerable children in Kasese, Uganda, with the following framework:
Strong Futures
We believe that the best way to provide sustainable support for a community is to enable the leaders of the future. We are committed to helping our children achieve their imagined futures, by providing education, shelter, food, medical care and housing until they are self-sustaining adults. We will support each of them with vocational training, university or the development of a business, to sustain themselves and be leaders in their communities.
These Children as a Family
Our focus is on these 51 children, rather than continuing to add new children to the project. We want each member of this group to have the best chance possible, and to feel unique and loved, and are committed to supporting them until they are grown.
Community Connections
To help the children learn how they can make a difference in the world, we are partnering with community officials to create volunteer projects for the children. We also encourage the children to stay connected to their communities of origin wherever possible, by spending time with extended family and their home villages on holidays.
Recent Accomplishments
Up until 2009, the focus for the Nikibasika project was basic stability for the project. Over the past two years, we have achieved stability both in fundraising and in operations for the project, which has allowed us to shift from basic sustenance of the children to more complex development.
•In 2010, Nikibasika was the sole beneficiary of the Tri-Adventure fundraising effort, a three day athletic event that involved 35 participants and 7 crew, which raised more than $65,000, more than 2/3 our annual budget (see: triforafrica.org)
•Other fundraising efforts, including the ongoing support of Brendan Wood International and individual donors provided the remainder of our budget
•In 2010 we began a development program for all of the children that includes career guidance; computer training; arts & crafts; household skills and community involvement
•Four of the children moved into post-secondary education and training, with two in University (one in Kampala and one in Kigali) and two in training (one in hairdressing and one in driver training); the remaining children were distributed between 24 primary school children and 23 secondary school children
•We continue to involve Reach the Youth as our on-the-ground NGO partner (and employer of our staff), and to maintain a complement of five staff at Nikibasika – a director (Gabriel Okiror), social worker (Tina Akia), and a cook, matron and watchman
Projections over the Next Three Years
The primary changes we anticipate over the next three years are a strengthening of the development programs and shift in the demographic spread of the children as they move from primary to secondary and secondary to university.
The total operational budget for Nikibasika for 2010 was approximately 170,000,000 Ugandan Shillings, which translates to approximately $76,000 Cdn at current rates. Our agreement with CACHA is to transfer 10% of our funds raised, which makes our total 2010 cost for the project just under $84,000. (This is an estimate at this point, with final spending and revenue reconciliation to come at year end).
Over the next three years, we expect our on the ground costs to increase to accommodate 3 – 5 children moving from Primary 1 – 5 to P6/7 (which involves boarding), and a similar number from P6/7 to secondary school. An additional 5 children will move from secondary school to post-secondary school over the next five years.
A reasonable estimate for CACHA’s purposes is that our budget will increase approximately 15 – 18% over the next 3 years, depending on exchange rates, university costs, fuel costs affecting the cost of goods in the field, etc.
As always, we appreciate CACHA’s support tremendously, and anticipate a continued mutually generative partnership.