So, to build, fit out and operate Kesho Leo children's village we obviously need to buy some stuff. Well we've gone ahead and made a shopping list. That way, you can join in and help us tick off the items on it. The good news is that we've managed to tick quite a few off already...
the kesho leo shopping list
Building infrastructure - fundraising complete.
$250,000 contributed.
- $40,000 - health clinic, reception and manager's residence block for Kesho Leo children's village
- $105,000 - sleeping bomas, grey-water laundry, compost loo and shower blocks for Kesho Leo children's village
- $105,000 - early learning & community education centre plus communal dining and kitchen areas for Kesho Leo children's village
Permaculture systems & grounds - fundraising complete.
$35,750 - contributed thanks to Planet Wheeler.
- $13,500 - livestock sheds, livestock access road and livestock (pigs, cows and goats)
- $6,000 - biogas system (digester & pipes etc to get biogas to kitchen)
- $3,400 - recycled-tire acquifer
- $2,300 - Eastern and Western organic veggie farms
- $2,200 - dam, water metres and irrigation infrastructure
- $2,000 - permaculture fish and duck pond for Kesho Leo children's village
- $2,000 - netball court slash soccer field at Kesho Leo children's village
- $1,800 - chicken tractor, chicken pens and chickens
- $1,100 - farm tools, library resources and staff training opportunities
- $750
- food forest and agro forest (where we replant the equivalent amount
of timber we used to build Kesho leo children's village)
- $700 - income-generating projects (mushroom farm, rabbit farm and nursery)
Fit out expenses - $65,000 required.
the fws volunteer village shopping list
- $5,000 - fit-out of four of the fws volunteer village huts (beds, desks, chairs, shelves - we can ask our farmers-come-carpenters labourers to build many of these things for us)
- $2,000
- landscaping of grounds and structure of communal area at fws
office, so that meetings and presentations can be held without
disrupting the running of Kesho Leo children's village
- $2,000 - two solar water heating systems so we can warm water for our showers in an eco-friendly, cost-efficient manner
- $3,000 - three solar panels (and battery systems) so we can run the fws volunteer village an office on green power, rather than using grid electricity
- $2,700 - four 5000L and one 3000L rainwater tanks (and related plumbing) to enable the entire fws volunteer village to collect all its domestic water needs (and thereby not rely on town water which is often unsafe for drinking).
keen to tick off any of the items?