II-GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Created in 2004 under the name “Amity Social Assistance Family (ASAF)”, the St ARNILLE MARIE Orphanage is a non-profit humanitarian association. It is a reception, follow-up, maintenance, life and schooling centre for abandoned children, rejected by their families, handed over by associations and individuals, but also placed by structures or bodies in collaboration with the public service, in particular the branches of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Women and the Family or the municipalities.

The St. ARNILLE MARIE Orphanage, under the authorization No. 2021/AS/0007A/MINAS/CAB/IG/13 of 05 February 2021, issued by the Ministry of Social Affairs, welcomes, accommodates, trains and supervises, free of charge, orphans, children living in conditions of vulnerability, social injustice as well as the physically and mentally disabled.

 Noting the unhygienic conditions (environmental and physical) in which the handicapped children she follows live, Margaret LOH decided to pick them up daily at her home in the Omnisport-Douala neighbourhood to groom them, wash their clothes, and heal their wounds before transporting them each evening to their respective families.

Progressively, Margaret LOH found that families do not accompany the rest of the care protocols (taking medication for example) left to the families at home. Moreover, some parents use to go so far as to eat the meals they drop off daily, instead of the children in need. This situation pushed Margaret LOH, without any financial means or particular help, to rent a shack near her home in the Omni sports neighborhood to welcome, house and supervise the first ten (10) disabled children. At this stage, the approval and recognition of public authorities was needed. Hence the drafting of the statutes of the Association which were validated by the SDO of Wouri on May 3, 2007 and registered under the name of Amity Social Assistance Family (A.S.A.F) with the Registration Number: 103/RDDA/C19/BAPP

II- MISSION

The mission of the St ARNILLE MARIE Orphanage is providing the orphaned, destitute, abandoned, handicapped children with a home, love, happiness, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual nourishment, the highest level of education possible and a hope for a bright future.

III-                OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

OBJECTIVE No 1: Enable the schooling in the city of Douala of 54 orphans (24 in the primary cycle, 17 in the secondary cycle and 06 in the university cycle (not including 07orphans with disabilities) for the 2024/2025 school and university year.

OBJECTIVE No. 2: Provide transportation to school for St. Arnille Marie residents sent to school for the same period.

OBJECTIVE No. 3: Guarantee the feeding of the 54 residents of the orphanage over the period.

OBJECTIVE No. 4: Take charge of the medical prevention and their health care.

IV- CURRENT SITUATION OF THE ORPHANAGE

DOMAIN	PROBLEMS	PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
EDUCATION	Unavailability of tuition fees	-Financial aid requested from partners -Development of Loyal donors
	Unavailability of school supplies purchase fees
	Unavailability of expenses to purchase School uniforms
	Difficulty in finding transportation to school
FEEDING	Insufficient funds to purchase food
MEDICAL CARE	Lack of means to buy medicines and pay hospital bills
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT	Difficulty in motivating and encouraging volunteer orphan care teams	-Fund-raising to support volunteer allowances -Creation     of       income-generating activities and training
	Processing of the center’s documents in the public secretariats	Purchase of secretarial equipment for the orphanage (laptop, printer, scanner, copier…)
PARTNERSHIP	Insufficient and unstable donors
SELF-SUFFICIENCY	Difficulty in generating own income	-Development of a financial safety belt -Creation of income-generating activities and training
FOLLOW-UP AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL CARE OF ORPHANS	Need to increase the level of development of orphans	-Sponsorship solicitation per child -Soliciting the support of experts

V- LOGICAL FRAMEWORK

INTERVENTION LOGIC	INDICATORS	SOURCE OF VERIFICATION
Objective 1: The children of the orphanage in age and condition are enrolled in the school year 2024/2025 with satisfaction.	1: At least 90% of able-bodied children are regularly enrolled in schools, high schools and colleges or training centres by the 2024/2025 school year	-Registration receipts -School report cards
	2: Enrolled children continue their education with regular attendance until the end of the school year	-School report cards -Teacher’s report -Video testimonials
Objective 2: The residents of the orphanage are taken care of in an integral way, which improves their living conditions, their health and their well-being.	1: The children eat their fill and live in hygienic conditions.	– social work report -Medical bulletins -Photos and videos
	2-At least 50% of the above are able to teach other children to adopt group living discipline

GENERAL STATE OF NEEDS AT THE St ARNILLE MARIE ORPHANAGE FOR 2024/2025

PART 1: SCHOOL EXPENDITURE

ITEM	Individual	Children’s number	Daily	Weekly	Monthly	Yearly	Observations
SCHOOL FEES
Primary	65,000Fcfa	24	—————	—————–	——————	1,560,000Fcfa	Primary school fees are a bit high because we don’t have government school in our area
Secondary grammar	32,500Fcfa	12				390,000Fcfa	All the children in the grammar section attend the government school
Secondary technical /commercial	125,500Fcfa	5				627,500Fcfa	Those in technical and commercial section attend the private school. This is because the government school in the area does not offer technical and commercial education.
University Nursing	390,000Fcfa	3				1,170,000Fcfa	University fees are a bit high because the orphans
Hotel management	350,000Fcfa	1	—————	—————–	—————–	350,000Fcfa	attend private vocational institutions
Medical laboratory science	350,000Fcfa	1				350,000Fcfa
Medecine	350,000Fcfa	1				350,000Fcfa
UNIFORMS Primary	10,000Fcfa	24	—————	—————–	—————–	240,000Fcfa
Secondary	10,000Fcfa	17				170,000Fcfa	Regarding the university, the uniforms for nursing
University	0000000	6				00000	students are included in their school fees. The rest do not have required uniforms
EXERCISE BOOKS Primary	8,000Fcfa	24	—————	—————–	—————–	192,000Fcfa
Secondary	11,500Fcfa	17				195,000Fcfa
University	13,000Fcfa	6				78,000Fcfa
TEXT BOOKS Primary	29,000Fcfa	24	—————	—————–	—————–	696,000Fcfa
Secondary	35,000Fcfa	17				595,000Fcfa
University	40,000Fcfa	6				240,000Fcfa
SCHOOL TRNSPORTATION	Daily
FEES Primary	200Fcfa	24	4,800Fcfa	24,000Fcfa	120,000Fcfa	1,080,000Fcfa
Secondary	400Fcfa	17	6,800Fcfa	34,000Fcfa	170,000Fcfa	1,530,000Fcfa
University	1,000Fcfa	6	6,000Fcfa	36,000Fcfa	180,000Fcfa	1,620,000Fcfa
TOTAL SCHOOL EXPENDITURES/YEARLY:						11,433,500fcfa

PART 2: OTHERS EXPENDITURES

FEEDING
ITEM	INDIVIDUAL	CHILDREN NUMBER	DAILY	WEEKLY	MOTHLY	YEARLY	OBSERVATIONS
BREAKFAST	225Fcfa	54	12,150Fcfa	85,050Fcfa	425,250Fcfa	5,103,000Fcfa
LUNCH	450Fcfa	54	24,300Fcfa	170,100Fcfa	850,500Fcfa	10,206,000Fcfa
DINNER	375Fcfa	54	20,250Fcfa	141,750Fcfa	708,750Fcfa	8,505,000Fcfa
HEALTH CARE
HOME MEDICATION Constitution of the first aid kit	—————-	54	—————	—————-	810,000Fcfa	9,720,000Fcfa
HOSPITAL TREATMENT	—————	54	————–	—————-	525,000Fcfa	6,300,000Fcfa
BODY CARE and CLEANING
CLOTHING/SHOES	—————	54	————-	—————-	400,000Fcfa	4,800,000Fcfa
HYGIENE	—————	54	————-	—————-	335,000Fcfa	4,020,000Fcfa
ORPHANAGE AND ENVIRONMENT KEEPING
FURNITURE AND MAINTENANCE	————-	1	————-	—————-	370,000Fcfa	4,440,000Fcfa
MANAGEMENT CHARGES
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES	————-	1	————	—————	195,000FCFA	2,340,000Fcfa
TOTAL COMPLEMENTARY EXPENDITURES/YEARLY:						55,434,000Fcfa
OVERALL BUDGET OF St ARNILLE MARIE ORPHANAGE/YEARLY:						66,867,500Fcfa