Making a World of Difference
How much money do we need to support kids in Nepal? What are the costs there, compared to what we pay for commodities here in Bermuda? Here is an outline of some prices in Nepal, as at early 2006.
| Item | Nepal Rupees | US$ |
|---|---|---|
| Assisting one child for a full year in Nepal, including school fees and uniforms, food, housing and utilities, medical and dental care, home help, clothing. | 109,500 r | About US$1500, or four annual Kathmandu Kids Club Members’ fees. |
| A mattress | 600r | $8.22 |
| One full year’s salary for a tertiary qualified school teacher, to work at a community school | 117,000r | $1,602 |
| A full time security guard, annual salary | 65,000 r | $890 |
| One 50kg bag of cement, used for building pit latrines. We need one third of a bag of cement to build one pit latrine (17kg actually). In 2005 we built 170 of these in Dhadaphaya village, about 9,000 feet up in the Himalayas in NW Nepal. | Base price from Nepalganj, a town on the Indian border: 500 r Price by the time we’ve transported it by land and air (light plane or helicopter) up to 8 000 feet. Villagers then walk them further up the mountain to their homes: 3,750 r |
$6.85 in Nepalganj $51.34 in Simikot |
| Rental of a home in Kathmandu, for use as an office, approximate | 21,900 r per month | $300 per month |
| A bottle of lice shampoo | 60 r | 82 cents |
| One pair of covered shoes for school | 400 r | $5.48 |
To see how we spend the money we raise look at our Statement of Accounts
