The detailed, itemised budget - hardcore, sand, cement, for floors; interior doors; plaster for walls - all room by room; tiles for the toilets; cladding; labour - all comes to a total of 77,792,000 Ugandan Shillings, which - at the exchange rate at time of writing - is £19,820.
That may seem a terrifying sum, but - here is the good news - we have already raised the bulk of it, and it is in banks in the UK ready to be sent out to Kasese!
Alan, our Emmanuel International missionary friend in Uganda, has asked for clarification on one or two points from the newest member of the SKILL Centre team, Alfonse Kambale - a Baptist minister with much experience of work with orphans, and a professional builder as well: what a useful man to have on board! When Alfonse has checked all the figures Alan will give the go-ahead for funds to be sent out from UK.
Just to remind you what it's all for - here are two Kasese street children - about the same age as my grandchildren - scrabbling in the rubbish, hoping to find something worth trying to sell for a few pence.
Let's hope that within two or three months, these lads will be welcomed into their new Hostel, given decent food, and love and care!
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So here are a few more pictures to record the event.
2. The display showing the "story so far" of the Kasese Street Kids hostel; and a stand of colour photographs of African children, which were for sale (but no one bought any!)
3. Some of the guests at the Preview gathering to hear the speakers and see the Presentation; in the foreground are Margaret Sentamu and Carol Allen Storey (the photographer) chatting.
4. The photograph of the boy holding the baby, which was the one we used on all the publicity for the Exhibition, and which we had blown up to AO size - almost four feet high.
5. The crowd enjoying the wine, canapes and chat.
