Activity
report from BBHC staff
BBHC
June/July Report
New
orphanage roof
Medical Relief Activities
As the need for acute care lessens, our mobile clinics sites have been
consolidated to four and the frequency of visits have become twice
monthly at each site since the second week of June. Our focus has shifted
more towards health maintenance and preventive medicine.The number
of patients seen for June and July is 1299. Expenditure for salaries
of staff, medicines, meals and transportation = $4,450
Emergency Relief Supplies
Distribution of emergency relief supplies (mosquito nets, shelter material,
rice, etc.) in June andJuly = $12,360
Activities for Early Recovery
To date 93 tillers have been distributed through a low-interest loan
program to the neediest farmers in Dedaye, Laputta and Kunchangone
townships.The cost of tillers and shipment = $48,785 Roofing and school
supplies for orphanage rebuilding in the town of Kunchangone = $2,600
Current Projects
In addition to the ongoing mobile clinics, there is an urgent need
for fertilizers in the field. Poor seed and growing conditions
are having an adverse effect. We are getting requests from farmers
every few days for help and financial assistance. One bag of fertilizer
costs 35,000 MMK approximately 33 US$. $11,400 will be used for
provision of fertilizers through interest-free loan programs for
farmers in Dedaye Township. This will cover 356 acres of rice paddy
fields.
Rice
paddy in need of fertilizer
Future Plans
Our primary focus will be on the newly expended mobile clinics. We
will continue to operate these clinics and incorporate these into
our permanent BBHC activities. We are actively recruiting staff to
open permanent BBHC clinics in these new areas of operations. Although
our main area of interest is on healthcare, Cyclone Nargis has affected
Burma in such a devastating scale that we are committed to continue
helping with this rebuilding process. We will continue with our ongoing
support for the farmers to help them plant rice and have a successful
crop which is the quickest way to get them back on their feet. We
are also supporting the Kunchangone orphanage which currently has
no permanent housing for girls and is in the process of building
one.
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| Donations and Expenditures
to date |
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| Donations |
$169,212.02 |
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| Expenditures |
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| Medical Relief |
$13,704.00 |
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| Emergency Relief Supplies |
$25,640.00 |
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| Recovery projects |
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| Orphanage |
$2,600.00 |
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| Embankment |
$9,000.00 |
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| Farming |
$58,285.00 |
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| Total Expenditures |
$109,229.00 |
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| Balance |
$59,983.02 |
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