With the formal inauguration of the JRDC in 2002, the school was adopted and brought into its portfolio, as the first phase of its government-approved NGO education project. The U.S.A based Shashamane Foundation was listed and authorized as its primary overseas financial sponsor registered with the Ethiopian authorities. We have current student population of roughly 400, a staff of 29 and annual operating budget of roughly U.S. $45,000, the school receive no government funding whatsoever and the JRDC relies totally on an established parent cost-sharing arrangement; our is to become self-sustainable.