How far the Dollar can go in Uganda

Here's a list that Melissa created to give you all an idea of just how far the American Dollar can go in Uganda.

10 cents-can buy a notebook, pen, or pencil or a chapat, ice or samusa (all food items that the children rarely have access to)

10 cents- a prescription for the fever reducer and pain killer Panedone

25 cents- bar of soap for laundry or bathing, a nice pen or big notebook

75 cents- one haircut, treat one child for the flu

1 dollar- treatment for a child under 12 for malaria or a monthly medication for children with HIV/AIDS

3.50 dollars- treat an older child (over 12) for malaria

6 dollar- pays for X-rays at a local hospital

7 dollars- buys a student a new pair shoes
10 dollars- pay for all of a younger child’s school supplies for 2 years (under primary 5)

20 dollars- buy 2 years worth of school supplies for a child older than primary 6

30 dollars- pays for a days worth of workers building the secondary school (about 10 people working from 5 am-6 pm)

35 dollars- one days worth of food for the entire school (400 people)

40 dollars- buys a goat (more protein than they get in a whole year)

150 dollars- buys the secondary school a window (which they direly need)

175 dollars buys the secondary school a door, which they also are in need of

200 dollars- sponsor a child for a year of secondary school

600 dollars- buys a cow (they pour milk in their porridge so they actually get some nutrients)

3,000- buys the land next to the secondary school needed for growing crops that the school can use to feed its children

6,000 dollars- built the entire secondary school