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How you can help.
Sanyu Babies Home operates as an independent organization. It receives no regular financial support from any church or organization. The lives of the children at Sanyu rely entirely on friends. There are many ways in which you can help the precious and valuable lives of the children here at Sanyu Babies Home.
Become a ‘Friend of Sanyu’ which involves being a regular supporter and donor to the needs of the Home. Make a donation towards the running costs of the Home. Donation of goods, Volunteering your time and skills, Sponsor a specific project or need at the home, Fostering a child, Supporting the Sanyu Craft Shop, Each of these children’s future relies on others. Remember that no child, including ourselves, has a choice as to where he or she is born. Let’s make a difference and help those less fortunate than ourselves!
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A day at Sanyu Babies' Home.
5am: A day at Sanyu Babies' starts with the feeding of babies. They are then changed and taken back to bed to complete their morning sleep.
6am: This is the feeding time for toddlers who are also prepared for the early morning devotion at 7.30am. The morning devotion involves praise and worship, sharing the word of God, praying among others.
8am: It is bathing time for both the toddlers and Babies. The babies are then bottle-fed and taken back to bed while the school going kids are prepared for school.
Sanyu Babies School has both the Babies and Top classes. The Babies class caters for babies between 6 months and 18 months and involves interacting and socialising, learning how to be independent, learning how to crawl, sitting, toy playing, feeding and talking.
Top class on the other hand caters for babies between 19 months and 3 years that involves toilet manners training, learning how to brush correctly, socialising, scribbling, story reading, singing, finger printing among others.
10am: It is breakfast for all
12am: The school going children go back home to have lunch and then after, its potty time.
1pm: It is naptime
2-3pm: Babies take a bath, while it is potty time again for the toddlers. Later they take porridge and fruits. Thereafter, its guided play time and ‘outing’ within the home’s compounds and the neighbouring environments.
6pm: The kids get back inside the home for dinner.
8-9pm: It is TV time and then bed for all.
12pm: The babies are woken up for the final day’s feeding.
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Cost of running the home.
Babies, especially new born babies' are very expensive indeed. We have done our sums and worked out what we use in just one year.
52,560 wet wipes, Gloves, 156 pots of Vaseline, Salaries, 1095 bars of baby soap, Food, 1200 plastic pants, Baby Soya, 400 bed sheets, Cooking fuel, 24 pots of Sudocrem, Fuel M/V'S, 100 mosquito nets, Medical, 2160 tins of formula milk, Water Bills, 5475 litres of cow's milk, Electricity Bills, 21,900 disposable nappies, Washing powder and cleaning detergents.
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