When you donate to WellWater, 100% of your donation contributes towards our project to improve the living conditions of the community at Koma Hills, Nigeria.
Your gift provides for material supplies (concrete, fuel, bricks & more), classroom necessities and teaching equipment for our Sustainable School project. This will allow for new weather-proof classrooms built to a high specification in terms of durability and hygiene, complete with blackboards, chairs and tables to accommodate for up to 144 children. Look at our design below!
In the rural village of Koma Hills in Nigeria, the only school available is in such poor state of repair that not only is it uninhabitable, but it is dangerously close to collapse. It’s weak infrastructure has left almost 25,000 children without access to a safe education.
Our mission is to build a sustainable school where these children can adequately focus on their learning and advance their futures.
When you donate:
£5 / mONTH
You provide one full term of schooling for one child per year!
£10 / MONTH
You provide two full terms of schooling for one child per year!
£15 / MONTH
You provide 1 full year of schooling for one child per year!
£30 / MONTH
You Provide for 2 children, 1 full year of schooling for each child!
*One year is equivalent to three full terms.
2020/2021 WELLWATER COSTS FORECAST
At WellWater a core value of ours is Break the cycle. We are a charity that wants to live and breath transparency. To this end, we have created a cost forecast for you to see and know what you are giving towards.
We have also included some costs which we believe are essential for the growth and future impact of WellWater (Scroll down).
We love you and we can’t wait to change the world together!
1. School Building – WE MADE IT!!! We wanted to raise funds for this first as we thought it was the most important! Thanks to you, we made it happen! However, there are still some costs we need to cover for the success of the whole project (see below)
2. Annual wages for 12 academic staff members - It is almost incomprehensible to imagine how one academic teacher in Koma is paid just under $60 a month, therefore we believe we can take the small burden upon ourselves to fund a team of 12 academic staff for the entire year!
3. Annual building maintenance - Every home, workplace and school needs routine maintenance to keep functioning the way we want them too and these things also imply costs! We would like to set aside a budget in order to ensure the locals do not have this additional financial pressure until they make a transition into economic independence.
4. Learning equipment - books - stationary etc. - A school without learning equipment is like a home without furniture! WellWater are committed to ensure the children of Koma, Hills have access to books, stationary and other learning resources to ensure they receive a quality education.
5. 2 male and 2 female external toilet facilities - Everyone needs a toilet...
6. Revised solar panel system cost - After an extensive study of the energy required to power the school’s functions, 6 mono-crystalline solar panels will be installed to launch the kids’ education into the digital era.
7. Annual Tuition fees for 134 primary school kids - The average persons Monthly phone bill costs more money than it takes 1 primary school child in Koma to receive an education for an entire year. For this reason we are pledging to fund Tuition fees for 134 kids for the entire year!
2020/2021 Cost Forecast for WellWater
Total: £139,864.01
1. Admin costs – Running a charity means that there are many overheads that need to be paid to ensure the doors can remain open. With our projected growth we believe that these are the administration costs that will be incurred for the next year. These costs include a new website, advertising and marketing, photo and video editing software and the regular services which we use to maintain our efficiency.
2. Vendible costs – This year we are planning to launch WellWater apparel. Although this is an investment we are making in a business. We still need to raise the funds to make the investment. We can’t wait to show you the pictures the fashion team have been working on!
3. Events – Our monthly gatherings have been the source of growth for us at WellWater. These costs include food for when we are in person and a zoom account which we have been using since lockdown began. (The cost of food is always made back on the evening, but it is still a cost before the event takes place, unless we get free pizza which Frida can get now! WOO!)
4. Office – We have recently been given new offices! We don’t pay for these offices! Can you believe it?! But we do need to buy furniture to make them usable. These are the costs we forecast for all the items we need to host our gatherings, for our staff and volunteers to be able to work and to make the office a place we can call home.
5. Travel and living expenses – Since WellWater was born, we have all paid our own way for every trip. We have loved doing it! This year three architects need to stay in Nigeria for three months to oversee the school project. We think it is time we provided for their flights and accommodation while they are serving the community in Koma, Hills.
6. Staff – All the team at WellWater are 100% volunteers! The team have done great until now, but we realise to take WellWater to the next level we need to hire two people (Our COO and our Fundraising manager). We believe that with these two roles filled on a full-time basis, we can impact more communities and raise more leaders at a faster rate in the years to come. (This figure is based on the average London living wage).
Thank you so much to all our donors for helping us, we cannot do it without you!