Rice Distributed to Hope Home

Here is the WorldHope Corps Report from the UMC Church HopeHome program for March 2009:

UMC Church building in Mzuzu

THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

HOPE HOMES AND HOPE SCHOOLARSHIP

FEB – MARCH 2009

[Note: US $1.00 = 139MK Malawi currency]

INCOME MK 276,000.00

EXPENDITURES MK 328,551.61

Fees for Exams
Food
Transport
Blankets
Bicycle repairs
Admin. Costs
Medical care
Calculators for student
Stationery
Internet

1. Note that we had MK82 000.00 for blanket, as a gift from Malawi Missionary conference as a way of supporting the Hope Homes initiative. This raises our expenditure index.

2. We have a number of students taking exams in June in Accounting and Business Management and we have just paid their exams fees.

3. As for the expenditure of Bob Robbin’s Account with Esnat’s children, it will come next week since we have one more event with them. After that the account will be completely exhausted.

4. We had 125 children for the Feb-March 2009 Picnic on 21/3/09 and the program was more exciting than ever before.

5. We are more than grateful for your support.

Children are awaiting your arrival on 21/05/09 and we plan to have another picnic program on 23/05/09 in your company.

Love from,

Copeland (Director)

Leaster Mhone (Lay leader

Francis Mzumara (Vice Treasurer)

Peter Botha(Coordinator)

Below are photos of rice distribution at the parsonage:

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