Update: December 2007
Field Trip Attended by: Rodney Chitute and Mark Brubacher
Purpose of Visit: To conduct a basic monitoring visit for both Beracah and Kero farms; to go over their program activities and audit their financial accounts for 2007.
Program strengths:
• I love the fact that the board members and executive committee make a point of visiting each child once a month.
• Only 30% of Beracah orphans come from churches involved in the program. The remaining 70% come from non-church related families. This demonstrates a great willingness to reach out to the community.
• It seems that Beracah has done a very good job of identifying and placing the most vulnerable orphans in the area on the program. Perhaps it is because each church only has a few orphans on the program.
Additional Note: We visited Joseph, the boy with the spinal problem. He was at the hospital waiting for an ex-ray. Sadly the hospital was out of film so he will have to go back later for an ex-ray and referral. The hospital seemed to think that they would have more film in the following week. We will follow up with this case.
