Chapman said it cost about $8000 a child each year to provide the support.That is a staggering sum which poses the question, how much does it take to operate KidsCan?
The report then goes on to say that 260,000 children are living in poverty; 180,000 children are living without the basic needs of food, clothing and warmth.
To attend to all the need, KidsCan would require over $2 billion.
No wonder they had to get into the business of child sponsorship. Unfortunately they have over-promised and under-delivered. Which says something about what potential donors think about the cause.
I'll stick with funding the most-basic education of a Nigerian child whose family is being provided with a hygienic toilet to prevent sickness and death.
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Dear oh dear!
And to quote exactly and in sequence from the article "costs $15 a month and provides a child with food at school, a raincoat, shoes, socks and basic health and hygiene items.
Chapman said it cost about $8000 a child each year to provide the support."
JC
"I'll stick with funding the most-basic education of a Nigerian child whose family is being provided with a hygienic toilet to prevent sickness and death."
Me too. Different country for me but same reasons.
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From the article:
"KidsCan's In Our Own Backyard programme, which costs $15 a month and provides a child with food at school, a raincoat, shoes, socks and basic health and hygiene items.
Chapman said it cost about $8000 a school each year to provide the support. The most pressing need was for food, with an average of about one in five hungry children needing assistance every day."
The text in the article, which I have bolded, may have been corrected since you viewed it.
HAS been corrected Cedric. I cut and paste the text this morning.
It was also $8,000 per child in this morning's DomPost hard copy. Can scan and post if you would like me to.
No need. I followed the link just before I commented. I assumed it had been corrected by the time I read it because I trust your accuracy implicitly, and JC quoted the earlier value as well. They don't do themselves any favors with sloppy reporting.
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