school buildings to be used as residential homes; c) When the first two options are not feasible, provision for new constructions is also available. A Sneh Ghar will need minor or substantial renovation based on the state of the building or constructions. The modifications that will be required to make the building livable can include creation of a functional kitchen, bathrooms, dormitories, and providing facilities like drinking and running water supply, electric connection and sewage connection. b)
Initial set up costs
The initial year of establishing a Sneh Ghar would include the cost of providing basic amenities with fixed assets such as furniture, utensils, bedding, electric and non-electric equipments etc. In the successive years, maintenance costs need to be incorporated to for the upkeep these items. c) Recurring cost The recurring costs include expenses that will be incurred on an ongoing basis for running a Sneh Ghar. It includes costs of providing food, health, education, clothing, toiletries to all children. In the second year, 15% of the set up costs have been included for annual maintenance. Some of the major areas of recurring expenditure are: i. Education costs: This cost covers expense for preparing children in the Sneh Ghar for mainstream education through bridge courses. A major portion of the expenditure is planned for school provisions such as uniforms, shoes, bags and stationary, once the children are enrolled in schools. A portion of this budget is also need for teachers for the bridge course and continuous school support. School transport has to be provided in case the school is located far from the Sneh Ghar. ii. Non academic and recreational activities: This budget covers a range of enrichment activities like sports day, annual day, celebration of festivals/ birthdays, outings etc. It includes equipments for indoor and outdoor sports, musical instruments and fees for external resource person who may be called in to train or help children in cocurricular and extra-curricular activities. iii. Personnel costs: Salaries of all Sneh Sathis who work part time and full time are budgeted in this item of the budget. iv. Administration costs: This cover a range of allied costs such as repairs, communication, internet, water, electric supply, cooking gas, conveyance, etc.
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