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Renovation of Betty Carew Women's Training Center

Advance # 13738O

To provide rescuing women from a life of poverty and prostitution through job skills training

Partner : The UMC, Sierra Leone Annual Conference  
Location : Africa, Sierra Leone, Yonibana
Annual Conf : Senegal Mission Initiative
Central Conf : Mission Initiative
Annual Goal : $9,000.00
Amount YTD : $935.00
Percent YTD : 10%

Background / History

Betty Carew was established in 1974 to train young women/girls who could not succeed in formal schools, due to early marriage, poverty, or teenage pregnancy. Every year we train the girls and send them out with skills to make a living. The entire buildings were used to conduct seminars, retreats, and workshops, but almost all of its facilities were destroyed by the war. Training has started, but the entire building need a facelift, beds, and mattresses.

Mission

1. To give hope and life to young women and girls who otherwise would live hopeless lives either as beggars or prostitutes.
2. To promote a facility well-equipped for the use of the UMC and the local community for workshops, retreats, seminars, etc.
3. To provide a conducive environment for the UMC that can be used by different service organizations for camps, retreats, and conventions.

Goals & Objectives

1. Replace the damaged roof by September 2008;
2. Replace the ceilings with new ones by October 2008;
3. Buy 100 beds by November 2008;
4. Buy 100 mattresses by November 2008;
5. Paint the entire building by December 2008;
6. Be ready for use by January 2009.

Activities Plan

Contact contractor
Unroof damaged areas
Buy zinc, nails and cellotex, paint
Re-roof and paint
Repair toilets
Buy beds and mattresses
Transport beds and mattresses to Yonibana
Re-dedication

Project Outcomes

1. Betty Carew will once more attract the attention of the community;
2. There will be an increase in the number of trainees, thus more women will acquire better survival skills;
3. The community in Yonibana will once again have a venue for workshops, seminars, etc.; and
4. Many lives will be touched and the Gospel spread.

Project Indicators

1. The number of retreats, conferences, and workshops to be held;
2. Increase in the number of trainees at the center; and
3. The young women/graduates will possess skills so that they can embark on caring for themselves and their families.

Budget & Financial Information

INCOME  
Advance Financial Goal $9,000.00
  $9,000.00
EXPENSES  
Purchase of 100 Beds and Mattresses $4,500.00
Nails and Paint $1,000.00
Purchase of Zinc and Celotex $3,500.00
  $9,000.00

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