| Costs Per Child in 2008 | ||||||
| Expense | Cost per Child per Day (VN Dong) | Cost per Child per Day (US $) | Cost per Child per Year (VN Dong) | Cost per Child per Year (US $) | Comment | |
| Rice | 3,900 | $0.24 | 1423500 | $88.97 | ||
| Food | 4,500 | $0.28 | 1642500 | $102.66 | ||
| Breakfast | 2,000 | $0.13 | 730000 | $45.63 | ||
| Cooking gas | 600 | $0.04 | 219000 | $13.69 | ||
| Nutritional Food | 520 | $0.03 | 189800 | $11.86 | ||
| Toiletries | 600 | $0.04 | 219000 | $13.69 | ||
| School uniform | 556 | $0.03 | 202940 | $12.68 | ||
| Regular clothes | 196 | $0.01 | 71540 | $4.47 | ||
| Underwear | 168 | $0.01 | 61320 | $3.83 | ||
| Hat | 28 | $0.00 | 10220 | $0.64 | ||
| Slippers | 82 | $0.01 | 29930 | $1.87 | ||
| Toothbrush | 27 | $0.00 | 9855 | $0.62 | ||
| Towel | 27 | $0.00 | 9855 | $0.62 | ||
| Raincoat | 420 | $0.03 | 153300 | $9.58 | ||
| School fee | 493 | $0.03 | 179945 | $11.25 | ||
| New school assessment | 505 | $0.03 | 184325 | $11.52 | ||
| Taxes and other fees | 378 | $0.02 | 137970 | $8.62 | ||
| Extra tutoring | 988 | $0.06 | 360620 | $22.54 | Only 5 students require extra tutoring | |
| Pens, notebooks, etc. | 220 | $0.01 | 80300 | $5.02 | ||
| Textbooks | 439 | $0.03 | 160235 | $10.01 | Many textbooks will be re-used | |
| Health insurance/medical care | 161 | $0.01 | 58765 | $3.67 | ||
| Staff salary | 8,408 | $0.53 | 3068920 | $191.81 | 5 adults who work full-time at the shelter | |
| Taxes on Staff Salary (17%) | 1,421 | $0.09 | 518665 | $32.42 | ||
| General Shelter Groceries | 404 | $0.03 | 147460 | $9.22 | ||
| Phone and Internet | 224 | $0.01 | 81760 | $5.11 | Internet access required for communication with us! | |
| Water & Power | 950 | $0.06 | 346750 | $21.67 | ||
| TOTAL | 28,215 | $1.76 | 10298475 | $643.65 | ||
| GENERAL COMMENTS: | ||||||
| These costs based on a eight-month average, January-August 2008 | ||||||
| Costs are averages -- some children require more expeditures than others | ||||||