Orphanage Self-sufficiency Program
The orphanage cares holistically for the educational, emotional and basic material needs of the children. The boys attend the local primary school which helps give them a place in their local community.
The orphanage has been running since 2008 thanks to the faithful support of donors, part of which included the donation of a small parcel of land to grow rice to help supply food for the orphans.
The success of this first project has sparked an ambitious new enterprise to purchase additional rice paddies over the next 3 years that will enable the generation of funds from the rice sales to achieve self-sufficiency.
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Multi-purpose School Buildings
The Caleb Foundation aims to provide a multi-purpose building for each community it serves. These buildings can serve as schools for the community and Caleb has put together a strategic plan to increase the number of buildings from 8 at the moment to 38 in a 10 year period. The major barrier to communities affording education facilities is the set-up costs of the land, buildings and furniture. In the majority of cases, if the facilities are made available, they will be able to cover the ongoing maintenance of the facility and teachers salaries. However in remote areas and slum districts the people will be unable to afford the ongoing costs so the Caleb Foundation proposes to continue funding these on-going costs and put in place self-sufficiency projects that best suit each individual community.
This project is to finance the provision of land, buildings and furniture progressively over the proposed 10 year plan. The buildings would be used principally for education in the community irrespective of cultural, religious or financial background. The building will also provide meeting facilities for the local community and church. It is hoped that over time the facilities would be used for local health education and employment education courses of an evening to improve health and the financial autonomy of each community.
In many cases the schools will fill a gap in government education capability and provide opportunities for the children of the community to break the poverty cycle. This is a locally instigated and locally run project suited to local needs and we can carry some of the burden with our donations. Bangladesh’s per capita income is only $70/month.