1. PROJECT BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION
Children with facial deformities in Nigeria have for a long
time been victims of various levels of neglect not only
by the general public but also institutions including government
and its agents of state machinery. This trend is prevalent
where children of less privileged citizens are involved
vis-à-vis the amount of r money needed to carry out
medical corrective measures. Unfortunately the attitude
and policies of the government has not helped the pains
suffered by these children.Furthermore, the enabling legislation
empowering and regulating the living condition of these
children appears weak and in most cases non-existent.
Germane to these limitations is the question of apathy demonstrated
by some members of the general public. Succinctly put the
need to articulate a well-focused programme to identify
with the plight suffered by children with facial Deformities
cannot be overemphasized. This project will among other
things focus on our mission aimed at improving the quality
of lives of these children through the use of well-spirited
effort such as hosting of the Jim lyke 10,000 children Walk
and gala Night.
2. PROJECT ACTIVITIES
CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES FIRST PHASE 2005 (JAN- JULY)
a) Media Awareness, Interviews and seminars
on the causes and effects of facial deformities in children
in Nigeria.
b) Organization of Jim lyke annual 10,000 children
walk/Gala Night
c) Relief tours and donations to children homes
SECOND PHASE 2005 (AUGUST- DEC)
a) Media tours and Examination of approved cases
of children with Deformities.
B) Sponsoring of Twenty (20) Children for reconstructive
and corrective surgeries within and outside Nigeria. We
shall however be starting with Ten (10) of such life threatening
cases or add more Ten (10) to make it Twenty (20) if the
cases are to be carried out locally by our hospitals.
c) Donations of Materials
d) Xmas relief tour and get togetherfor less privileged
children
e) Establishment of a N300,000,000.00(Three
Hundred Million Naira) 50 Bed children Specialist Hospital
in the Southern part of Nigeria and construction of a Rehabilitation
Unit in one of the Teaching Hospitals in the Northern part
of Nigeria.
3. ORGANISATION OF ENLIGHTENMENT/AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN AND
JIM IYKE ANNUAL 10,000 CHILDREN WALK/GALA NIGHT.
Our mission towards the realization of this laudable
project will commence with an inaugural media awareness
campaign followed by the Jim Iyke 10,000 children walk on
17th December 2005 and a grand Gala night on the 24th December 2005
respectively.The Jim lyke 10,000 Annual children walk is
a solidarity and awareness march involving children from
selected children schools and charity homes. The invited
children shall embark in a two Kilometers walk starting
from the Baptist School Along Ikorodu Express Road to Maryland
in Onigbongbo L.G.A of Lagos State.
The central theme of this project is to create public awareness
towards the plight of children deformed by both natural
and unnatural causes with the aim of helping them. By so
doing this project will serve as an avenue to give back
to deprived children, a sense of belonging and hope to million
of deformed children who hitherto were constrained from
having equal access to opportunities in life. The essence
of the 10,000 children march is it to present a platform
to raise fund for the provision of immediate relief and
improvement of the welfare and educational
advancement of children with deformities. To facilitate
the successful hosting of this remarkable programme, we
have projected a reasonable estimation to ensure hitch-free
exercise as follows:
4.
COST ANALYSIS I BREAKDOWN:
i. Publicity and Media Awareness for the
Walk/ Gala Night
=N= 1,200, 000. 00.
ii. Venue for the two events
=N= 1,800,
000. 00
iii. Logistics and Security Arrangement
=N= 1,500, 000. 00
iv. Provision of Recreational materials
to children
=N= 1, 550, 000.00
v. Stationeries and printing of T-Shirt
and Face Cap for Children for the Walk
=N= 1,300,000.00
vi.
Accommodation for Guest=N= 1,850. 000. 00
vii. Refreshment I Entertainment for Participants
for the Walk and Gala Night
=N= 2,000, 000. 00
viii
Transportation of Guests within and outside Lagos
=N= 650,
000. 00
ix. Artist and participants honorarium
=N= 2,700, 000. 00
x Miscellaneous
=N= 500, 000. 00
xi. Effects / Decoration
=N= 650, 000.
00
xii Artist Fees for Participating Musicians
=N=
2,000, 000. 00
TOTAL
(Seventeen Million Seven Hundred Thousand Naira Only.)
=N= 17,700, 000.00
5.
SPONSORSHIP OF CORRECTIVE SURGERIES
We intend to study each case on its own merit with the view
of selecting 10(Ten) serious and urgent cases of facial
disability for immediate corrective surgeries. We have commenced
data identification analysis of children under this category
through physical medical examination of the cases under
consideration. We have also contacted notable medical authorities
within and outside Nigeria. Our mission is to sponsor these
children to the best available medical Establishments to
carry corrective facial surgeries. We also intend to make
this event an annual exercise. Each case will be examined
and veiled by our Medical crew before treatment commences.
We want to submit here that most of our cases will be treated
here in Nigeria and will from time to time fly in visiting
doctors to carry out surgeries in a larger scale to reduce
the cost of taking some of the cases abroad. Our ultimate
goal is to build a children hospital that will be carrying
out corrective surgeries.
In the course of out Data identification analysis we have
been able to further categorize these cases in the following
bracket
30%
- Very urgent cases
40% - Not UrgentCases
30% - Manageable Cases. We believe that appropriate facial
surgeries will improve the uses of facial attributes in
these children and help in restoring hope to the children
involved. The aim of treatments is geared towards the following:
Normal appearance, well aligned teeth, sucking and swallowing,
normal sounding speech and normal hearing,
-Surgery on palate is best done afterthe deciduous molars
are in proper occlusion.
-Surgery for small cleft earlier at 12-18 months
-Surgery for larger clefts 18-24 months with occasional
delay to 20th month of age.
-Surgery on isolated soft palate age 18-24 months
6. ESTIMATED COST OF CORRECTIVE/RECONSTRUCTIVE
SURGERIES AND BUILDING A FIFTY BED CHILDREN SPECIALIST HOSPITAL
The total cost of carrying these corrective surgeries
is estimated at =N =33,800,000.00 (Thirty
Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira only) For the
Ten estimated cases within the first 7
months of ouroperation. The Remaining Ten (10) will be conducted
before the end of the year
Investigation and veiling of recommended cases N 30,000.00
ii. Cost of Corrective/Reconstructive surgeries
abroad/ Anesthesia N1 850,000.00
iii. Cost offlightforthe patient and accompanying
staff and Doctor =N=1 ,500,000.00
iv. Rehabilitation/ Recovery programme
for the effected patient- =N=350,000.00
TOTAL ESTIMATION PER CASE =N=3,380,000.00
SUBTOTAL =N= 3,380,000.OOx 10 N33,800,000.OO
Note that it is only cases requiring life threatening and
complicated reconstructive surgeries will be considered
under the aforementioned estimation. However our surgeon
and medical experts will conduct ordinary corrective surgeries.
In that case we intend to carry out Ten (10) to Twenty (20)
cases of facial reconstructive surgeries every year depending
on available fund.
7. DONATIONS OF MATERIALS
We also intend to donate relief materials and medical aids
to selected charity homes.
This donation can be divided into
1. Cash donations to 6 children/special
homes =N= 3,000,000.00
2. Material Donations to 6 children/special
homes - =N=3,000,000.00
SUB TOTAL =N= 6,000,000.00
7(ii). BUILDING A 50 BED SPECIAL CHILDREN HOSPITAL
COST OF BUILDING CHILDREN HOSPITAL N30O,OO0,O0O.OO
GRANDTOTAL
(THREE HUNDRED AND FOURTY-NINE MILLION
SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND NAIRA) =N=349,600,000.0O
7(iii).
RESULT ENVISAGED
The paramount reason for the establishment of this foundation
is to improve the standard of living by way of providing
funds for corrective surgeries or donations of money and
materials to alleviate the worsening condition of children
born with facial deformities. We believe by so doing the
welfare of these children will be enhanced. All the project
activities are targeted at the protection of the rights
of children from neglect. This project will give impetus
towards awakening the hitherto docile public who until now
are unaware of the affliction suffered by these children.
This project is expected to act as a catalyst in engineering
a new orientation and awareness generally in relation to
the existence, empowerment and sustainability of the social
and economic right of a child under this category.
8. PROJECT LOCATION
It is expected that these activities will commence in Lagos
while other related complimentary activities will involve
the 6 geo-political centers of Nigeria as time goes on.
9. PROJECT DURATION
This event shall be a continuous exercise. The Jim lyke
10.000 Children Walk and the Gala Night will be expected
to be an annual event while donation and the distribution
of supply of medical and relief materials will be conducted
quarterly.
10. STATEMENTOFACCOUNTABILITYAND RESPONSIBILITY
The NGO Undertakes to be accountable to the Funding Agencies,
Stakeholders, Disabled persons and other people living with
deformities for funds and materials to be made available
for the welfare of the people of concern to the NGO. Progress
and final Narrative reports and retirement of expenditure
shall be documented and presented to the Board of Trustee
(BOT) and Governing Board as at when due and as required
by the law.
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