Birla's history
Responsibilities of Birla
Birla's staff
Birla's history
Responsibilities of Birla
Birla's staff
Birla, the Orphanage
Then there is the Birla Children's organization that we work with. Mr. Birla, a chap from India who is fond of children and wanted to something for the orphans here in Vietnam, founded Birla. The children that are admitted into Birla are orphans here in Hanoi who have lost one or both parents and the remaining parent or family survivors are unable to care for the child. When they say unable to care for the child, that does not mean want to, that means they are incapacitated.Birla has been a nice place to work. We have been looking to place 20 computers there and though the computers have been donated, they have not been delivered. It is a problem with customs and what not. The Mormons have donated the equipment and we are happy to receive the donation, but the import and customs arrangements have been very difficult. Please pray that we can get the equipment moving and help the kids. We will be doing the teaching on the equipment when it comes.
Some features of The Birla children's village
II: Birla's history and its present infrastructure:
The village was built on 20 November 1987, according to decree No.5026/QD-UB of the Hanoi People's committee.Building A (the administrative building), 2 houses (C1&C2, used for housing the orphans) and the kindergarten building were built by Mr. Birla, an Indian businessman, in 1985 and were finished in 1987.
The building was transferred then to the People's committee to house some of the city's orphans.
Mr. Birla and the Indian government currently provide no material help to raise the children.
The Hanoi People's committee funds the finances for bringing up the children and keeping the administration of the village now in conjunction with donations from around the world.
III The responsibilities of Birla:
The orphanage is responsible for raising 70-120 orphans of the city, aged from 3 to 10. The number of children depends upon the grace of provisions.The orphanage provides a setting of a new family for the orphans offering them a house mother and other siblings.
The orphanage Gives them the opportunity of studying at public schools as well as taking some training within the village's classes as provisions come.
When they are 18, after graduating from high school or finishing their training, the orphans are placed back in their local areas where they find work and continue with their lives.
The village is now raising 78 children. In 1998, when the government provides the funding the orphanage intends to build 1 more house. The village will then be at the capacity of 120 children.
IV Birla's staff:
The village is directed by the Committee to have a staff of 19 people, including:
The board of directors: Medical and child raising staff: The Education-Training department: Administrative department: | Back to the top |
V The finances for Birla Children's Village:
1. Salary for the staff:
The People's Committee pays the staff's salaryOn average, the salary for the staff is 255,000 d/person/month
The mothers is 240,000d/person/month (each mother is in charge of 20 children)
2. Finance to raise children:
The People's Committee also pays thisThe details are as follows:
3 meals/day: 110,000d/child/mo
Study fee (tuition fee & stationery): Medicare: Clothes and footwear: Other activities:
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Total: 145,000d/child/moV Birla's financial problems:
With 110,000d/required per month, the children don't have enough nutrition for sustained growth of the children.10,000d/month is not enough to pay the tuition fee, buy stationery, pay for extra courses like foreign language course, computer course,...
Medicare, clothes, footwear, as well as other activities for the children: 25,000d/month is also not enough for the minimum demand of a child
VI The needs of each child/1 month according to their school ages:
1 Food: 180,000d/child/mo
The breakdown on the children's ages currently being helped:
6 children at the kindergarten age (from 3 to 5)33 children at the elementary school age (from 6 to 11)
23 children at the secondary school age (from 13 to 15)
16 children at the high school age (from 16 to 18)
*All of them are at the age of growing up, so nutrition is needed
2 Study fees: 55,000d/child/mo
Kindergarten: 20,000d/child/mo
Elementary school: 30,000d/child/mo
+Stationery: 20,000d/child/month +Tuition fee: 10,000d/child/month
Secondary school: 70,000d/child/mo
+Stationery: +Tuition fee: +Extra courses (TESOL & computer courses):
High school: 100,000d/child/mo
+Stationery: +Tuition fee: +Extra courses (TESOL & computer courses): | Back to the top |
3 Medicare and clothes and other activities:
50,000d/child/mo
Medicare: Clothes and footwear: Other activities:
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Total needed per child,
(approximately 20 USD):285,000d/ child/ mo
Currently provided: Asking for help:
Total sum of money needed for 78children
*140,000 per child =10,920,000d/month = 900USD/month
VII The village ask for help with:
A computer room with 10 computers worth 10,000 USD
A grant of 50 USD/month for a child who successfully enters a university
3 scholarships: 600 USD/scholarship/year*5 years*3 scholarships=9,000USD
We are currently providing the village with 10 bicycles, two washing machines for the housemothers, a copy machine and books for the first quarter of this year. We have also arranged for the supply of 20 computers and a server, three printers as well as three typewriters.
I hope we will be able to put some teachers in the village. However, this is the heart of the Communist Party, the home of hope for orphans in Vietnam. Pray that we can do more.| Back to the top |
