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1. Thanks so much we got the Kshs. 94,828/- that you sent to our account on 10/12/2007. The account was credited on 10/12/2007.<br />2. So far out of that ammount, we withdrew 85,000/- for CRM foods and domestic supplies for Dec 2007 (16,000/-),Pamela Atieno\'s needs (10,600), Dago Thim Latrine (50,000/-) and Tropical Focus office running for December (9,000).<br />3. Out of the withdrawn ammount, we have used about Kshs 13,000/- for CRM needs, and Kshs. 9,000/- for Tf office running. We still have Pamela Atieno\'s cash at hand because she had travelled to another District 100km away to seek traditional medications so we were awaiting her coming back. She came back on 21st so yesterday we went to discuss with her how she best prefers the items to be purchased and we agreed that we purchase after the elections heat have cooled down.<br />4. Unfortunately, because there were alot of pressures on some needs, we decided to temporarily borrow cash intended for the latrines to cover for some of the amounts that we are awaiting to be cleared in terms of checks. We borrowed Kshs 50,000- from the latrines account into purchasing the modem (12,500/-), pay some outstanding bills (Kshs 30,000/-) and Tf office rent (Kshs 8,000/-). So we shall replace these as soon as the checks are cleared.<br />5. We anticipate the checks to be cleared after the elections so we shall implement the latrine project soon after 28th December 2007.<br />6. We intend release 9 of the CRM children tommorow to have chrismas with their closest kins, following request by the kins. They will be back on 26th and 27th December 2007. We would not wish them to stay long because they may not get proper foods.<br />7. We have some good news on staffing; Tropical Focus has been joined by Ms Clera Asembo as a Programa Officer (The post is directly after Executive Director). She is a 25 year graduate of Kampala International University, Uganda. She garduated with Bachelors in Community Development. Clera has wide skills on Project planning and management, Community Rehabilitation, Rural Development, Community Development, Human Rights, Gender Development, Sustainable Development among others. She is joining as a volunteer. We therefore expect our work to be more efficient from January 2008.<br />8. We are also in the process of recruiting another volunteer, Caroline Anyango, who holds a certificate in Social Work.<br />9. We have not yet installed power, also due to delays in check clearance. An unpresedented news is that the rates we had budgeted for seems to have been changed by the power company to Kshs 35,000/- from Kshs. 15,000/- that they previously advertised on Newspapers and Radio, when I visited, they said it does not apply (this seemed to be campaign tool). So it means in addition to what we are anticipating from checks to be cleared, we shall need additional Kshs. 20,000/-.<br />