2018 Accounting

Expenses for the year:

Salaries for Babas working with orphans and with disabled children:  Total $2,704

     (they were laid off half the year)

Salary for nurse who works at Kula nursing home M-F: $2,590

Salary for nurse who does home visits and runs Senior’s Club in area south of Sofia: $1,682

Accountant (Bulgarian government requirement): $945 

Administrator in Bulgaria, manages finances, coordinates all workers, manages translations, manages all Bulgarian staff, does payroll, travels extensively    $970

Food donations for nursing home, disabled kid’s families, and those enrolled in home visits program: $2,650

Medications donated:  $1,024

Travel including mileage, meals and hotel, mostly to northern Bulgaria: $769

Office expenses (phone calls, postage, copies, books, etc.): $511 We are making more copies of health brochures and newsletter with Gospel connection and website address

Bank fees to send money to Bulgaria and in Bulgaria, donation tax, income tax for staff, other fees and taxes assessed, insurance:  $1,506

Re-registration of Bulgarian Helping Hands Foundation with Bulgarian government:  $273

Web site maintenance, security, hosting site fee and assistance: $510

Translations: $1,266 (Many new devotions and health newsletters translated + Greek devotions)

Dubbing of Christian (Lutheran Hour) animations for children:  $538

U.S. expenses:  Articles in Bulgarian newspaper (almost $2000 – 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, liability insurance $665):  $2,649

Total Expenses for 2018:  $20,587

Total Donations – 2018:    $21,935