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OLNEY NEWTON LINK COMMITTEE NEWTON SIERRA LEONE
Minutes from July 2006
OLNEY NEWTON LINK COMMITTEE – NEW TON SIERRA LEONE
REPORT ON MEETING
17th June 2006
Main Point
1. Opening Prayers
2. Opening Remarks
3. Reading of minutes of the last meeting and email
4. Matters arising
a) Launching Ceremony
b) Phase Four Developments
c) Names of Selected Beneficiaries
d) Items from Olney
5. Any other Business
1. Individual Silence Prayers were observed
2 . The chairman welcomed members to the meeting after the successful handing over ceremony programme undertaken. He thanked all the members particularly the organizers of the launching for a job well done. He expressed disappointment over the attitude of some of the beneficiaries who have been supplied with all materials but has not paint their houses. He appealed to the shelter committee to go round the beneficiaries so that they can paint their houses.
3. The minutes of the last meeting was read, corrected and adopted.
4. Matters Arising
• The Sub committee for shelter reported that the new ten approved beneficiaries have been supplied with zinc to cover their houses. Below is the expenditure of the first 2,000 Pounds sent:
2,000 POUNDS EXPENDITURE TABLE OF 29/04/06
In the above sum, below is an outline of what was spent on the launching
i. Newspaper and web publication – Local and International Le500,000
ii. Food ( 2 bags of rice) 150,000
iii. Sauce 300,000
iv. Certificates 200,000
v. Programmes 100,000
vi. TV and Radio Adverts (SLBS) 200,000
vii. Hiring of Set 250,000
viii. Transportations 200,000
ix. Cultural Groups 300,000
TOTAL Le2, 300,000
460 Pounds Sterling
Here is a description of materials bought out of a balance of 1,540 Pounds.
Description |
Amount |
Cost per Unit |
Total (Le) |
Total ( Pounds) |
Zinc |
20 Bundles |
230,000 |
4,600,000 |
920 |
Transportation |
----- |
---- |
700,000 |
140 |
Bank Charge |
---- |
---- |
1,500,000 |
300 |
Admin Cost |
----- |
----- |
500,000 |
100 |
TOTAL |
7,300,000 |
1,460 |
||
BALANCE |
400,000 |
80 |
Here also is another Expenditure table of the latter 1,000 Pounds sent.
Description |
Amount |
Cost/Unit |
Total (Le) |
Total (Pounds) |
Zinc |
20 Bundles |
230,000 |
4,600,000 |
920 |
Bank Charge |
750,000 |
150 |
||
TOTAL |
5,350,000 |
1,070 |
C. Names of selected beneficiaries:
Here are names of 10 more beneficiaries selected for Phase 4
• Mamie Koroma
• Brima Kamara
• Abu Bangura
• Ramatu Sesay
• Tommy Brown
• Nancy Kamara
• Kadie Sesay
• Amie Bureh
• Issa Conteh
• Momoh Sankoh
D. ITEMS FROM OLNEY
The chairman informed the committee that goods have been donated to the committee such as books, computer laptops and printers and a lot more. Hoping to receive them next month.
AOB
The biggest problem with the committee presently is that the principal has finally asked us to leave the schoolroom, which we occupied, as store. This has strongly motivated us to do our own construction, which will contain an office, a store, three guest rooms and a hull for meeting to and skills to start September. The committee will be grateful if this support is made available to us and for the future benefit of the Link. We will send you the plan this week. We have already started the foundation last year.
Renner was able to see where we started so we hope to continue. For more information, please contact Bakarr or Dominic.
Some of our Phase III beneficiaries have not pained their houses after being supply with paints. Some of are complaining of not having somebody to the do the job for them. KRYDO Boys who used to paint for them before cannot afford to do so at the moment. Some of the beneficiaries are pleading with us to give them some time because they wanted to their houses properly. They expressed appreciation hence their houses are covered and plaster and they can inhabit with their families. We have divided the committee into groups to urge the beneficiaries to paint their houses so that we can take more photos.
Faithfully Submitted by Approved by
Abubakarr Fofanah Dominic Usman
Secretary Chairman.