Newsletter - Nov/Dec Summary
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News for NOV/DEC :
Fundraising Success:
The boat cruise was a success, raising £1640, of which £1, 191.38 has gone to the Annual Distribution of School Books, which was held on October 8th. The remaining will be put to paying the salary for the librarian £30 monthly and to re-strocking library total cost coming to £1624.
Fundraising Goal- Re-Stocking the library:
Since its conception in 2006 it has not seen any additional purchases, by January next year we are looking to restock texts and novels for all secondary grades. The aim is to buy 2 copies of each text to allow students to borrow and take books home to study. Total cost coming to £1624.
School Fees:
This year each student had 3/4 of their school fees paid by the Association. The students in the school Lycée M. Bouké, pay school fees of £15 per year, £11.5 of which was paid by the Association. In the other schools the fees come to an average of £16.50 per year of which the Association paid £12.50.
This was funded by a private donation from a London Family who have a family connection to Benin and More Schooling.
Further Activities:
The Asssociation sees further activities funded by its Steering Committee, established as an adult advisory group to the Associations activities, based in Benin. This involves administrative costs aiding the development of the Association and broadening its funding base. The main cost being a series of ‘investigations’ into students to establish their eligibility as members, this occurs each year at a considerable cost of money and time to travel to each of the 100 students homes and school to meet with parents and teachers to confirm the need. This year this cost the association £190.