Ayi (Carer) and Teacher Sponsorship.
One of the best ways of helping many children, is to sponsor an ayi. It costs about $240 a month to employ an ayi / teacher now. The huge increase has happened for two reasons. Firstly, the Chinese government brought in a law that the basic pay of everyone has to be 550Y a month. Then the government also made it law that all employees must have pension funds, medical benefits, insurance for workers compensation as well as six months paid maternity leave. We hope that all our staff will only have one baby, but a law is a law and we must abide by it. These extra costs are nearly 400Y per month per staff member... bringing it to 950Y a month. That is a big change from the 450Y a month that we were paying ayis / teachers up until January 1, 2007. We also have to provide them with uniforms, pay triple time for official Chinese holidays (our babies still need feeding on October 1), a gift for Chinese New Year and International Woman’s day and even Christmas these days.
Given that our total staff numbers, at this writing, are 50+, this is a bit scary. Because $240 a month is way out of most people’s budgets, therefore we have sharing of the same ayi / teacher, so that six individuals or families can contribute $40 a month, the same as "Raising a Child in Eagles' Wings" sponsorship. Once you have completed this form please go to the donate button and choose the relevant country / area where you live and make your donation via the Global Development Group website.
