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EXPANDED SERVICES
Currently DPDO is focused on providing the most basic needs to sponsored schools. However, there is great need for additional resources at each school.
Clean Water Fund
The schools draw their water from community wells. Staff use donkeys to transport water several times each day to supply the needs of 300 to 900 students at each school.
DPDO is teaming with the Dallas-based non-profit Thirst No More to assess, upgrade or drill wells and repair pumps supplying water for the schools.
Most schools have inadequate resources for water storage; the barrels currently used are impossible to sanitize. DPDO will introduce larger khasans – molded plastic containers with lids and taps – to improve water quality and availability.
2008 Clean Water Funding Goal: $30,000
Book-It Fund
All schools lack textbooks sufficient for the number of students enrolled. Some schools have no textbooks at all. The war-impoverished local communities are unable to subsidize the purchase of this essential resource.
DPDO plans to procure new textbooks for all schools - one book for every two students - in each of the curriculum areas approved by the Sudanese Ministry of Education.
2008 Funding Goal: $35,000.
Complete First Aid Kits for each school (with re-supply as needed);
Student Supplies Kits: art materials, paper, rulers, notebooks; currently only minimal materials are provided. DPDO is negotiating with UNICEF to provide additional kits.
Breakfast Feeding Program: Schools do not provide food for students although their rations at home are often not sufficient to extend through the week. DPDO is negotiating to collaborate with the World Food Program (WFP) to provide staple grains for student breakfasts.
Sports Equipment: Physical activity is both a way to relieve stress and to develop group identity. A sports program including soccer and volleyball would required uniforms and shoes, balls and nets.
4-Wheel-Drive Vehicle to transport staff, equipment and supplies
Financial support for each of these expanded services is required for a period of 2-3 years
