Mar 2025 – Investment: $5686
- website now live!
- Susan Kim was elected to the Board of Directors
- fundraiser held in NYC on March 10th
- permits purchased for our playground
- deposits made for playground
- uniform samples requested
Felicia Children's Center Development Timeline
2025
Feb 2025 – Investment: $7110
- website design fees
- mats for nap time received from the US
- cleaning supplies purchased
- fundraiser planned, invites sent, deposit for venue, visuals created for presentation
- computer purchased for Lotha
- accounting firm LIFMS hired in the US
- playground designed
- paid engineer fees to cost out the kitchen/dining building
Jan 2025 – Investment: $3200
- website development
- we held our first Board Meeting January14th
- hired a local architect in TZ to design a kitchen/dining building
- purchased school supplies
- purchased/installed curtains in classrooms
- purchased desks and chairs for the teachers
- purchased more bricks for the perimeter wall
2024
Dec 2024 – Investment: $2465
- IRS #1023 filed- projected 6-8mo before official approval as 501c3
- Mats shipped for resting from School Supply
- Cooking utensils purchased
- Water filtration system purchased
- Christmas celebration- crafts, take-home food prepared for families
Nov 2024 – Investment: $635
- Paul hired as our accountant
- Computer purchased/quick books subscription
- Bricks for wall purchased- just a start to gather materials as we can fund
- Susan hired to formalize logo, brand development, website and social media and assist with event management
Oct 2024 – Investment: $505
- Vegetables: carrots, tomatoes, greens growing
- More food added to meal plan: eggs/meat/milk/ peanut butter
- Punch list construction
- More discussions about education/daily routine
- Ben submitted graphic ideas for FCC
Sept 2024 – Investment: $1730
- More school supplies purchased
- Baseboards put in
- Windows+ doors glass put in + trim paintedMore fine-tuning of budget/meal plan
- Ceiling boards put in.
- FCCF corporation formed 9/24 – we can use EIN# for tax deductions from this date on
Aug 2024 – Investment: $2346
- Bathroom tiles and paint
- Money sent to plant vegetables + fruit (fertilizer + organic pesticides too)
- Classroom touchups
Jul 2024 – Investment: $2755
- Sitting carpets purchased
- Desks + chairs custom made
- Floors put in
- School supplies hand carried by 2 women climbing Kilimanjaro: legos, books, dry-erase boards, etc
Jun 2024 – Investment: $3720
- Ruth attended a Montessori conference
- The school named Felicia Children’s Center (based on William’s suggestion to Ruth)
- Bio/photo book created for all of the children
- Hired a cook/cleaning person
- Sweaters/socks + shoes purchased
- Continued construction