Financial Model

A primary day school consists of eight classrooms, an admin/library building, pit latrines and a kitchen. A secondary school consists of four classrooms, admin/library building, pit latrines and a kitchen. As of 2010, the construction cost for a primary day school is approximately $230,000 USD, and for a secondary day school is approximately $160,000 USD. Boarding facilities for a school, including two dormitories, bunk beds/bedding, shower facilities and security fencing add approximately $100,000 USD, depending on the number of students who board. As of 2010 the annual operating cost for a primary school is approximately $51,600 USD including headmaster, matron, eight teachers, food worker, school supplies and maintenance. The annual cost for a secondary school is approximately $62,200 USD, including headmaster, six teachers, matron, food worker, school supplies and maintenance. PES Sudanese Field Coordinator annual stipend is $12,000 USD. As we continue to grow and expand we expect to have a paid Sudanese Executive Director in Sudan and in the U.S. and paid staff in the United States involved in fundraising and maintaining relationships with benefactors.

Our Fundraising

We are building long-term ties with and commitments from corporations, foundations, schools, individuals and religious organizations in the United States. Organizations are responding to the idea of sponsoring a specific school or project — for example, raising funds to build and support one school for several years. This model allows donors to become stakeholders in a specific community, committed to seeing that the school is successful over the long run. We believe that this is a model that can be replicated as we identify future new communities that are ready to build a school.