The additional details of the contract are as follows: the day care center will be open
20 days every month. Parents pay a monthly fee based on an 8-hour day (9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.). Fees do not vary if less than a full day or less than a month of day care is used by the
parents. Based on projected demand, it is expected that the day care center will open in
January with 120 children. Dr. Pumpy has been successful in negotiating a ratio of 6 children
to 1 day care worker for the first year of operation.
Day care workers earn 100 Baht per hour. They work from 9 to 5 and get paid for
eight hours. Children get a snack and lunch. The food cost is 50 Baht per child per day. The
cost of supplies is 75 Baht per child per day. The Village of Mad Dog Valley has purchased
certain equipment (such as cots and desks) for the first 120 children. However, these costs are
estimated to increase by 75 Baht per child as the enrollment at the day care center goes up. It
is expected that the number of children will grow by 10 percent monthly for the first four
months, beginning in February. Beginning in June, the monthly growth is expected to be 5
percent.
Parents pay 1,500 Baht per month per child. In the first year, The Village of Mad Dog
Valley is "donating" space and utilities. Tok Tak says that this city contribution is worth
40,000 Baht a month. Mr. Ma Ha says that the union will contribute to the cost of the city's
new day care center by providing 100 Baht per child per day for the children of union
members. It is estimated that 70 percent of the children will be children of union members.
The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has a subsidized day care start-up
grant for the first year of operation. This grant is 100,000 Baht a year.