Workers at Phelisanong volunteer their time and expertise. Many of them have families of their own to support, and the organization wishes to acknowlege their contribution to the Phelisanong community with a small stipend, to keep workers' families healthy, and to retain trained and dedicated volunteers who may otherwise leave in pursuit of paid work.

These stipends are NOT salaries; they are meant as a temporary (2 year) payment which, as the organization moves towards self-sufficiency, will be replaced with a more permanent renumeration.

Budget:
 
Committee members attend 10 months for 5 days a week = 48 weeks = 240 days = R1,4440 = R6 each day
 
School attendants work 9 months for 5 days a week = 39 weeks = 195 days = R1,170 = R6 each day
 
Kitchen assistants work 10 months for 5 days a week = 48 weeks= 240 days = R1,200 = R5 each day
 
Agricultural workers work *6 months for 7 days a week = 26 weeks = 183 days = R915 = R5 each day
 
Craft instructors work 9 months for 5 days a week = 39 weeks = 195 days = R 1,170 = R6 each day
 
Carers work 9 months for 7 days a week = 39 weeks = 273 days = R1,638 = R6 each day
 
Building construction assistants work *6 months for 6 days a week =26 weeks = 156 days = R 780 = R5 each day
 
                      * for half the year they can join the craft department and increase their income if they wish.

PER YEAR
 
R 1,440   x   6 Committee Members                                                                R 8,640
R 1,170   x   4 Pre School Assistants                                                                   4,680
R1,170   x   2 Craft Instructors                                                                              2,340
R1,638   x   4 Live in Caregivers                                                                         6,552
R1,200   x   4 Kitchen Assistants                                                                         4,800
R  915   x   7 Agricuturalists                                                                                 6,405
R   780   x   6 Building Assistants                                                                        4,680
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                             total            38,097
 
This is a cost, in Canadian dollars, of $6350.00 annually, to a maximum of three years.
 
NB: The minimum UN wage is US$ 2.00 a day = R 15 each day