Costs Per Child

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

1800

$0.11

657000

$41.85

 

Breakfast

1000

$0.06

365000

$23.25

 

Cooking gas

600

$0.04

219000

$13.95

 

Other Food

3500

$0.22

1277500

$81.37

 

Toiletries

505

$0.03

184325

$11.74

 

School uniform

423

$0.03

154395

$9.83

 

Regular clothes

165

$0.01

60225

$3.84

 

Underwear

141

$0.01

51465

$3.28

 

Hat

47

$0.00

17155

$1.09

 

Slippers

47

$0.00

17155

$1.09

 

Toothbrush

23

$0.00

8395

$0.53

 

Towel

23

$0.00

8395

$0.53

 

Raincoat

70

$0.00

25550

$1.63

 

School fee

423

$0.03

154395

$9.83

 

New school assessment

235

$0.01

85775

$5.46

 

Taxes and other fees

282

$0.02

102930

$6.56

 

Extra tutoring

705

$0.04

257325

$16.39

Only 5 students require extra tutoring

Pens, notebooks, etc.

364

$0.02

132860

$8.46

 

Textbooks

315

$0.02

114975

$7.32

Many textbooks will be re-used

Health insurance/medical care

141

$0.01

51465

$3.28

 

Staff salary

3184

$0.20

1162160

$74.02

5 adults who work full-time at the shelter

Taxes on Staff Salary (17%)

542

$0.03

197830

$12.60

 

General Shelter Groceries

217

$0.01

79205

$5.04

 

Phone and Internet

85

$0.01

31025

$1.98

Internet access required for communication with us!

Water & Power

1888

$0.12

689120

$43.89

 

TOTAL

16725

$1.07

6670736

$388.83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS:

 

 

 

 

 

These costs based on a six-month average, July-Dec 2005

 

 

 

 

 

Costs are averages -- some children require more expeditures than others