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General Spending Breakdown
Volunteer
related work and services:
Volunteer related work and services
make up 30% of our spendings and include but are not limited to: communication with the
volunteers before they arrive, answering phones, emails,
sending information and the process of recruiting, attending and supervising volunteers during
their placement in Santa Elena (24/7 back-up), volunteer accommodation and
board, volunteer program coordination costs, organizing social
exchange and involvement as well as promoting cultural
immersion. Administrative costs: legal
and accounting services, office, bank fees, etc.
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Community-based Outreach Programs
35% of our spending goes into outreach and
community-based development projects
& programs:
Operating costs and expenses, didactic materials,
allowances, stipends, local staff, services, mobile school, therapeutic horse riding,
educational radio program,
small sustainable environmental conservation and occasional education projects,
wood, hardware materials and tools
for workshop and for
maintenance work on children´s playgrounds, recreational parks
and public-schools, equipment reparation and occasional "give away" didactic toy production. Occasional donations to worthwhile causes and
projects run by local organizations and
grass-roots initiatives in indigenous communities.
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Development & Maintainace of Therapy-Center:
"Centro Terapéutico Integral"
35% of our spending goes toward financing the final
construction phase of our special-needs kids' therapy centre,
the CTI "Centro Terapéutico Integral" -
due to be fully functional in 2008 and to include: workshops for
occupational therapy and vocational craft and woodwork training, a special-needs kids
educacional & terapeutical care centre and recreational facilities, tree nursery and fruit and
vegetable gardens. Maintenance of the foundation´s facilities, grounds and equipments.
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