Get invoved with God's work in Zambia | 2011/12!

Together we can Change the World!

Help open The Esther School in September of 2012! God has brought this project to GEMS, and we've come a long way together. Now let's finish this leg of the journey and open The Esther School!

We are also continuously working to build stronger clubs in Zambia, and need your help to make that happen.

Work Trip Zambian Mission Trip

Needs for The Esther

School:

1. Building Supplies

Bricks to build the administrator's home/duplex - $9.00 per brick/15,000 bricks needed.


2. Furniture

Student desks for classrooms - $75 each. 54 needed.

Teacher's and administrators desks – $343 each. 7 needed.

Teacher's and administrators chairs - $85 each. 7 needed.

Library tables - $197 each. 6 needed.

Library chairs – stackable. $48 each. 54 needed.


3. School Supplies

Books for the library. Donation of $8 per book. See a list of the library books your donation will help us purchase!

Chalkboards - $288 each. 3 needed.

Laptop computers for teachers, students, and library – $1,250 each. 27 needed.

Shelving for library - $565 per shelving unit. 8 needed.

Book carts - $169 each – 2 needed.

Bulletin boards – $140 each - 8 needed.

Preschool /Kindergarten learning aids – blocks/mats/ musical instruments/parachute/etc. - $500.

Internet Satellite System - $9,780.


4. Teachers

Salaries for Zambian preschool and for Kindergarten teacher - $2,500 each.

North America teachers for preschool (1 needed) and Kindergarten (1 needed). Degree required. Experience preferred. Two-year commitment required. Raise own support. Housing and partial food budget provided. For more information, contact jan@gemsgc.org.


5. Transportation
Vehicle for the school/RHD (Right Hand Drive) - $20,000.

Sea container – needed for shipping supplies and materials to Zambia for The Esther School. $10,000.

Needs for GEMS Clubs:

Sister Clubs – 25 needed this year! $450 per year.

Club Supply Kits – 200 kits needed. Put together kits that include a school pencil box with two boxes of 24 crayons, 20 pens, 20 pencils, gluestick, pencil sharpener, and black marker + $5/kit for shipping

Bibles – 75 Bibles needed. $12 per Bible.


Thank you for responding to the Holy Spirit’s leading.

When donating, please specify how you would like your donation to be used. Please feel free to donate online or send donations and supply kits to:

GEMS Girls' Clubs-The Call to Zambia
PO Box 7259
Grand Rapids, MI 49510


ALL donations are tax deductible in the US and Canada.

 

 


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