Financial Outcomes*+

Omari and Dominick check for unfertilized eggs

  The 200 chicks will mature and start laying eggs at the end of the 4-month period. Five months after of the start of the project, a 70% production output is expected.  Assuming 210 birds are laying eggs everyday, or one egg per chicken, the projected output is 1,540ksh a day (at 7ksh per unfertilized egg). Of this, about 700ksh will be used to buy chicken feed making the net profit 850ksh, a projected increase of 250% over the current pre-project net profit of 240ksh.
 
   With a projected monthly profit of around 25,200ksh (840ksh per day) the orphanage can, and most importantly, afford to pay its monthly rent of 12,000ksh. A portion of the remaining profits will be used to purchase some food for the children, thus guaranteeing the orphanage some food security. Another portion will be set aside to be re-invested in the expansion of the chicken farm or other farming activities. The hope is to eventually enable the orphanage to generate its own income so that it can be financially self-sufficient.

*ksh = Kenyan Shillings

+ 80ksh = $1 USD