Friends of Tafo, PO Box 43826 London NW6 1XG

What your money can do (August 2009):

15p Buys a ruler

35p Buys a maths set

 

GBP1 Buys 10 exercise books

GBP5 Pays a year's subscription to the National Health Insurance Scheme, or buys a football

GBP7 Sends a child to school for a year

GBP10 Buys a pair of second hand football boots

GBP15 Gives someone a reconditioned bike

GBP20 Adapts a tailor's kiosk for electricity

GBP50 Puts a capacious cupboard in a classroom

 

GBP100 Apprentices a boy or girl to a trade for 3 years

GBP250 Fits an artificial leg to a child or holds an HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

GBP300 Furnishes a school office

GBP500 Starts a bakery business, paints a school, repairs a well, runs vacation classes or pays for a first year at University

 

GBP750 Builds a secure classroom for storage of furniture during vacations

GBP800 Builds a urinal for a school, or provides safety covers for 5 wells

GBP950 Acquires and plants an acre of Edible Almond trees and funds three years' cultivation, after which guaranteed sales of the raw product to the associated (Tafo-born and based) processor ensures income

 

GBP1,000 Funds a craft development training course, runs the Community Library for a year, trains 15 people to rear grasscutter (a large bush rodent), sends 5,000 used textbooks from UK, or buys a photocopier to generate income

GBP2,500 Sends all Tafo's needy pupils (GBP300-GBP500) to school for a year, or runs a year�s Eye Care programme

GBP4,500 Converts a classroom into a computer lab

 

GBP6,500 Builds a 10-seater toilet/washroom for a school, runs the Girls' Science Club or the Royal Music Academy for a year or funds a one-year Leather Training workshop for 12 people

 

GBP10,000 Builds and equips a school library

GBP15,000 Builds a 20-cubicle Enviro-Loo public convenience

Beyond this list, perhaps the biggest amition of all is a Community Centre.  The town has no recreational or social heart or facilities beyond those provided at the Community Library.  Cost would be relative to the scale of the project.

We are broadening the ways that our friends can donate to support our projects (but please do remember to make a Gift Aid declaration if donating money - that way we can reclaim extra value from the Government):

• Donate securely online through the Charities Aid Foundation: click here
• Contact us to set up a standing order
• Attend or organise a fund raising event for Friends of Tafo.