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Our current headquarters is a 14x14 foot block office building, a detached washroom, and a partially constructed meeting hall. It is pictured above and we are proud of it. It does, however, have limitations. We have ambitions to build a new 1800 square foot (167 square meter) headquarters in Nangodi. A picture of the blueprint is below. The price we have been quoted for the building is USD 40,000. Space in the proposed headquarters is flexibly designed to accommodate a diverse array of projects. It can serve as a guest house, office space, and laboratory or a mixture of all three. This space makes the Nangodi Institute a more attractive partner for research and allows us to take on bigger projects. Now researchers must lodge in the regional capital half an hour's drive away or arrange a homestay in the village. Space for work can be borrowed but is shared with local churches or schools and ill-equipped. Nangodi Institute's future headquarters gives us the dedicated, well-equipped, and convenient space to work on more and larger grants. More and larger external grants are the path to financial self-sufficiency and projects generated and funded in-house. |