Founder of Papa's Home visiting sponsored students in Ndola, Zambia.
Papa's Home donating to FSC, Kitwe, Zambia.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE FIFTEEN MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008

I. PROJECTS

1.During the period under review, Papa's Home implemented the following four projects:

  1. Provision of shoes and clothing to all the fourteen children at the Church of the Nativity Home in Aja, Lagos, Nigeria.

  2. Maintenance (for the second year) of Chanda Tamang at the Orphans and Helpless Children Development Society (OHCDS) orphanage in Kathmandu, Nepal.

  3. Maintenance (for the second year) of Mulenga Chileshe of the Friends of the Street Children(FSC), Kitwe, Zambia, as a boarding student in the Technical Secondary School, Ndola, Zambia, where he is now a Grade 9 student.

  4. Provision of shelving for dormitories and pantries at the FSC rehabilitation center in Kawama compound, Kitwe, Zambia.

II. FINANCES

2. The corporation had a bank balance of $3,166.99 on January 1, 2007. Donations received during the period under review totaled $5,334.62. After debiting project payments totaling $1,457.41, the corporation ended with a bank balance of $7,044 on March 31, 2008. Two checks issued in March for projects totaling $2,378 had not yet been presented to the bank as of March 31, 2008. After allowing for those checks, the corporation carried forward a positive balance of $4,666 to the fiscal year 2008/2009.

III. MEMBERSHIP

3. The corporation welcomed four new voting members, of whom one lives in France, one in Nigeria, and two in the USA.

IV. NEW DIRECTORS

4. The corporation's annual general meeting held on March 31, 2007, elected four new directors to the corporation's board, increasing the number of directors from 2 to 6.

V. THE FUTURE

5. Following a mini sector study it conducted in Zambia, the corporation has decided to:
  • Support the institutionalization of the practice of regularly comparing the number of children needing homes with the number of places available;
  • Support efforts aimed at ensuring that those children who really want a home have one. This is largely a question of matching demand with supply; and
  • Continue our current practice of assisting the homes and institutions to perform as they should, and live up to their promises.
Children of the Church of the Nativity Orphanage, Lagos Nigeria. The girls of the FSC Rehabilitation Center, Kawama Compound, Kitwe, Zambia.