Living Spring Church in Fort Portal, Uganda, spends an average of $350 to $600 per month in medical expenses for the orphans in its care. Living Spring is working on plan to make this expense self-supported (see the Triplex project elsewhere on this site). Between 20 and 30 kids per month receive treatment at the medical clinic on the church’s property for diseases like malaria and typhoid. All of the 500-plus orphans in the church also receive a deworming medication every 90 days — even at 60 cents per dose this still costs more than $1,200 annually.
