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Future Projects
 The
Hamomi students
need clothes,
shoes and socks.
The easiest way
to accomplish
this is through
a uniform, which
Kenyan students
all wear anyway.
To get these for
all the 100
students would
cost about $2000
USD.
Installing Running Water
Hamomi presently functions without running water.
The children are forced to come to the teachers' office and ask permission from a teacher each time they need a cup of water from one of the canisters due to the limited supply. If the children had simple access to water, they could drink quickly in-between classes instead of wasting time walking up to the office.
Children would have more time and be better hydrated, leading to better learning. Running water would also act as a good first step in the transition towards becoming a home with proper restroom facilities and a feeding program. Total installation would cost roughly $450 USD.
 Following
the
installation
of running
water,
Hamomi would
be able to
install
functional,
sanitary
toilets. The
ones they
are using
now fall
short of
anybody's
standards.
This
construction
would cost
about $625
USD for two
toilets.
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Urgent
 In October of 2007, there was a Chicken Pox outbreak at Hamomi, 21 pupils got chicken pox and needed to go to the doctor to take Acetaminophen, Oatmeal baths and Acyclovir. There is a bill of $500 USD still to be paid. When bills go unpaid, Hamoni's reputation suffers and the likelihood of future treatments on credit lessens. Luckily this outbreak was something as benign as chicken pox, but in the future, if there is an outbreak of something more dangerous, Hamoni needs the assurance that their children will be cared for. Hopefully, we will be able to insure all the children before anything more happens.
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 Building
New
Classrooms
At
present,
the
children
are
learning
in
these
less
than
adequate
conditions
with
no
windows,
allowing
hardly
any
light,
with
rocks
functioning
as
floors,
a
barely
passable
chalkboard,
not
enough
space
for
all
the
children
and
nowhere
for
the
teacher
to
sit,
meaning
the
teacher
needs
to
leave
the
classroom
and
walk
all
the
way
up
to
the
office
to
mark
exercises,
wasting
everybody's
precious
time.
The
children
will
learn
better
in a
brighter,
more
spacious
environment,
and
with
a
teacher
present
at
all
times.
A
decent
classroom's
construction
costs
roughly
$750
USD.
Expansion
Program
Becoming a Home
To buy the land that Hamomi is renting now at about $150/month, it will cost about $15,000 USD. Once the land is bought, expanding and living sustainably will be much more possible. If this land could be acquired, the stress of paying for rent each month would be eliminated and Hamomi could continue to grow. This growth includes turning Hamomi
into a
home
instead
of
placing
the
kids
with
guardians
within
the
slum
who
cannot
care
for
the
children
sufficiently
or
be
adequately
monitored.
This
would
mean
building
dormitories,
building
a
dining
hall,
setting
up a
feeding
program,
building
bathrooms,
hiring
housemothers,
etc.
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