Financial reports

Sareka receives donations from friends and supporters around the globe, and makes a little profit from the sale of the children's paintings. Every cent is used to help the community on the dumpsite in whichever way they need, or is used to continue expanding and maintaining Sareka's projects.

In the early days of Sareka's existence our main source of income was from the sale of the children's paintings. Sareka received several bulk orders from friends over-seas, and from the revenue generated, Sareka was able to continue aiding the dump site community with their most necessary needs. The majority of the money was spent on food, clean water, medications, protective clothing and footwear.

The expenses for maintaining the Sareka House are presently funded by 'Stichting "Wees" Welkom', a Dutch charity organisation ran by two of Sareka's earliest friends and supporters Jean-Michel and Martijn. Additional costs for medication, clothing, repairs and maintenance of the building are all covered by Sareka. One of Sareka's future goals is to be able to cover ALL costs concerning the Sareka House.

Funding for 'The Paper Recycling Project' was received from The Mandala Trust. Several donations were made so that Sareka could purchase the necessary equipment and tools for paper production. A paper press was bought and later on the material to construct a 'Holland-beater' (a medieval paper making machine). By selling hand made paper and paper products, Sareka is able to cover all production costs and salaries without any further financial support.

Recently the Mandala Trust made another donation to Sareka which enabled us to set up a gallery on the popular tourist beach of Sihanoukville. Besides the gallery selling Sareka's products to locals and tourists alike, the gallery is also an information center where anyone can learn about the dumpsite community, and it is also a meeting point for volunteers. The Mandala Trust donated enough money to construct the shop and keep it running for six months. After this, we at Sareka are confident that we will be able to continue running the shop purely from profits made by selling products.

The renovation of the Sareka-House (new roof, new steps, new toilet and new bedroom) aswell as the construction of a waterwell where made possible by 2 generous donations ($2500 and $780) from Amanda and Shane. They collected the money with fundraisevents in their hometown Westley Village.