Expenses for the year:
Salaries for Babas working with orphans and with disabled children: Total $7,248
($650/month for all those working with children including income tax;
$125/month for each Baba – income tax included)
Salary for nurse who works at Kula nursing home M-F: $1,743 ($250/M)
Salary for nurse who does home visits in area south of Sofia: $1,941 ($162/M)
Accountant (Bulgarian government requirement): $1,090 ($91/M)
Administrator in Bulgaria, manages finances, coordinates all workers, manages translations, manages all Bulgarian staff, does payroll, travels extensively $1,189 ($99/M)
Pro-life speaker, also does staff devotion, assists administrator $290 ($25/M)
Food donations for nursing home, disabled kid’s families, and those enrolled in home visits program: $2,735
Medications donated: $443
Travel including mileage, meals and hotel, mostly to northern Bulgaria: $1,275
Office expenses (phone calls, postage, copies, books, etc.): $350
Bank fees to send money to Bulgaria and in Bulgaria, donation tax, income tax for staff, other fees and taxes assessed, insurance: $3,216
Web site maintenance and assistance: $185 ($15/M)
Translations: $410
Dubbing of Christian (Lutheran Hour) animations for children, documentaries for pro-life work and Christian child care: $725
U.S. expenses: website including administrator, articles in Bulgarian newspaper (we must pay because we have religious material as part of every article), copies of brochures on Helping Hands for churches and other interested potential donors: $825
Total Expenses for 2017: $23,665
Total Donations – 2017: $16,750