Education Project of 2008

I) OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT:

To educate the have-not children of Africa.

The Youth and Hope, Inc. non-profit organization intends to undertake this educational program for its educational plan for the year 2008 in compliance with its Mission Statement to provide free educational supplies to have-not children in Mauritania and Senegal. For this first year, Mauritanian refugee kids in Senegal and the poor children living in Mauritania will be our main targets. We will be waiting for the study of the case of children's schooling in Mali, which demands deeper analyses due to the non-existence of schools in many villages. we intend to provide education to more than 100 children domiciled in Senegal, Mauritania, and Mali.

II) SPRONSHIP:

a)      Youth and Hope intends to establish a sponsorship program that will cover the school costs of all selected children.

For $ 5 (US dollars) provided monthly by the sponsor through Youth and Hope, Inc., the child will be able to cover all his or her monthly school costs from books to school required clothing.

The totally of the sponsorship fee will be directly sent to the appointed kid through local volunteers of Youth and Hope, Inc. and under the supervision of the local parents committee. The local amount will depends on the exchange rate.

The local representative of Youth and Hope, Inc. shall keep a book of records for each student and a copy of all receipts shall be given to the parents committee. Both copies shall be made available at anytime to everyone who wishes to inspect the sponsorship program.

The legal parent registered with Youth and Hope, Inc. shall be the only person who can withdraw money on behalf of the kid and at that time receipts from the partner shopping should clearly show in details that the money was entirely spent on school supplies. In addition, schoolteachers should sign a request for school materials to the parent to allow the parent to withdraw money from the student’s account. Both the schoolteachers’ requests and the shopping receipts should be kept for record.

*Any fraud made or attempted either by the parent or the schoolteacher or any other person against the account of our sponsored kid will be subject to prosecution for maximum penalty under the applicable law.

*Youth and Hope, Inc. may withdraw its scholarship from a child if it is determined that the legal parent has attempted or committed a fraud against the account of the sponsored child. Other restrictions may apply.

Youth and Hope, Inc. is to pay for related expenses from maintaining the required Database for the management of the sponsorship program to the expenses related to the transportation of equipment and telephone costs.

b) 2008 Financial Forecast:

This existing project envisions an experimental year that will provide scholarships to on average of 100 children in Senegal, Mali, and Mauritania.

Financial cost will represent $5 US Dollars per child, every month for a period of 10 months in the year.

Details of forecasted yearly expenses will be as following:

1-Expenses paid to the scholarships’ accounts:

100 Children ($5 by child and per month for ten months) = 5 dollars *100 children *10 months $=5000 paid directly into the kids’ accounts.

2-Expenses relating to management costs:

            Totally paid by Youth and Hope Inc.

Youth and Hope, Inc. may seek the partnership of other non-profit organizations in the future and international institutions to help carry out the mission of “Education for all have-not kids in Africa.”

III) LOCAL COORDINATOR:

Youth and Hope, Inc. will seek help from volunteers from Mauritania and Senegal to coordinate the activities. Youth and Hope, Inc. may pay little to no money for the service but may reimburse costs related to assignment of local coordination if an agreement was signed in advance. 

The local coordinator (volunteer) will be responsible for the financial control of funds of every scholarship. He or she will have to perform a visit to our students twice a year, prepare a written financial report and collect a copy of school reports of every student. Those reports should be sent to Youth and Hope, Inc. headquarters within 30 days after the inspection.

The regional coordinator will perform a visit to these children three times a year:

a) During the opening of classes to make sure of the good standing of all our students;

b)      At the end of the first semester to collect the results and perform an individual
 financial audit;

c)      At the closing of schools to collect final grades and do a final financial audit.

A supplementary mission may be requested by the parents committee, schoolteachers or Youth and Hope, Inc. if necessary. If this is the case, a written report shall be sent to all those parties within thirty days from the end of the visit.   

IV) TRANSFER OF MONEY:

* For a proper and legal transfer of scholarships to Senegal and Mauritania, Youth and Hope, Inc. will make an appeal of offer to the firms specialized in international money transfer. Youth and Hope, Inc. keeps the right to choose the organization, which can ensure more reliability and diligence in the transfer process at a better rate, at its own discretion. An agreement may be written and Youth and Hope, Inc. reserves the right to use different money transfer agencies at its own discretion.

Youth and Hope, Inc. has the moral duty to ensure that all transactions are accurate and legal in compliance with the law.

* Youth and Hope, Inc may also buy or collect school supplies and send them to Senegal and Mauritania. Youth and Hope, Inc will use the method, which is less expensive for the organization.

V) INFORMATION AND UPDATES:

With the help of our website at www.youthandhope.org, which is now under construction, the organization will keep its sponsors regularly updated on their sponsored kids. In addition to its webpage, Youth and Hope, Inc. may mail update letters to its sponsors to update them about its ongoing activities.

Through our webpage forum, parents and sponsors may choose to exchange ideas and make proposals to our programs. This service is attached with conditions. The privacy of the sponsor, the kid and the parent shall be fully respected and thus Youth and Hope is not to communicate any personal information of one party to another. To prevent unlawful exploitation of this relationship to the detriment of the children, Youth and Hope, Inc. prohibits any exchange of information related to the account of any child, or personal information of a child, parent or a sponsor. If one of the parties is suspected of prosecutable wrongdoing while using our forum, Youth and Hope, Inc. may contact law enforcement agencies for prosecution.

Through our update correspondences, Youth and Hope, Inc. will make available to the sponsors only information related to the educational performance of the kid and to the balance of his or her account. All personal information of both the sponsor, the child and his parent will be kept confidential and will not be shared with any other party except where required by law. If Youth and Hope's business require the sharing of personal information of a child, parent or a sponsor with a third party, a prior request shall be made by Youth and Hope, Inc. to the indicates parties. At that time, a written agreement shall be signed between Youth and Hope, Inc. and the concerned individual(s) before proceeding.

VI) TARGETS OF SHOLARSHIPS BENEFICAIRIES:

At this time, we intend to provide educational support to an average of 100 kids for the year of 2008. Therefore, as our forecast and resources are limited, Youth and Hope, Inc. will target about 100 kids in six different areas of Senegal, Mali, and Mauritania. 

The launching of operation will soon start, on October 2007, so that the children can benefit from this help at the very beginning of classes. We will target only areas that are accessible by transport and that may be easier to manage. 

Criterias for eligibility are:

1-Children enrolled in school (middle or high school) and being from a low or no income family;

2- Refugee and/or Orphan Children or will automatically be eligible for the scholarship;

3-Must be a resident of Mauritania, Senegal, or Mali;

4-Must be resident of a YH Targetted Zone (where YH have management capabilities)

3- Youth and Hope, Inc is a non-discriminatory organization and will follow the U.S. equal opportunity guidelines. 

This plan of sponsorship has an experimental length of 2 years; if results encourage starting the second stage called “Education for all in Africa ", the life of this project may attain a length of five (5) years or longer.

VII) PARTNERSHIP:

Youth and Hope, Inc. while remaining neutral in the political sphere of our countries will work with social, cultural, educational, humanitarian and non-profit organizations to accomplish its mission: Educating the Children of Africa. The register of contacts is opened to all people of all nationalities eager to support the education of the have-nots of Africa without any differentiation of race, language or ethnic background.

Volunteers will assure the coordination of our projects in Senegal and Mauritania.

CONCLUSION:

In conclusion, Youth and Hope, Inc. as a non-profit organization is exclusively built on voluntarism and welcomes the help of every organization and individual willing to support the education of the disinherited children of Africa and or willing to participate in the campaign of awareness and massive involvement of African immigrants in non-profit activities to carry out its mission of educating have-not kids of Africa.