Cost of Relief
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2025 Cost Breakdown for Relief Operations
Dear friends, thank you for praying for us that in all we do, we would be ambassadors for Jesus in word and deed. Your support has a direct impact on our ability to love and serve people in conflict situations. Some of you have asked about the costs of relief operations in the different regions where we serve, so we have outlined the areas of need within our organization and the estimated expenses of the missions we prioritize. If you would like to learn more about how we use these funds, specific financial reports are available upon request. Thank you for your interest, your prayers, and any way God leads you to help.
RELIEF OPERATIONS IN BURMA
Training
Cost of FBR’s annual Leadership and Relief Team training, which includes over 100 students and lasts for three months: $350,000
Burma Area Mission Costs (Annual)
These are approximate amounts spent in each mission area, based on previous years, and reflect the scale of conflict, needs, and FBR presence in those areas. This includes relief supplies, logistics, and communications, some of which costs are broken down below.
Karen: $530,000
Chin: $50,000
Bangladesh: $10,000
Kachin: $15,000
Shan: $10,000
Karreni: $1,000,000
Emergency annual large-scale missions to the most affected areas, led by a headquarters team and reaching between 5,000 to 10,000 displaced people per mission. FBR conducts five of these missions per year.
Relief mission operations: $270,000
Food and relief supplies: $300,000
Total: $570,000
Jungle School of Medicine–Kawthoolei (JSMK)
Operating costs: approximately $200,000 per year
The operations of JSMK and JSMK satellite clinics would be enhanced by the following one-time equipment purchases:
Ultrasound: $3,000
Kidney function tester: $2,500
Lab equipment for satellite clinics: $5,000
Portable X-ray machine: $35,000
Medicine
On average, each medical unit used by our relief teams has enough medicine to treat 1,000 patients for the illnesses and injuries most often encountered by our medics on relief missions.
Each unit costs approximately $1600 and the cost of 100 units is $160,000.
Vehicles and Mission Transportation
We use ambulance trucks in the different areas we serve. We could use the following additions to the vehicles we already have.
10 trucks to cover these areas, $20,000 each: $200,000
Large 4x4 truck: $100,000
20 motorbikes, $1,600 each: $32,000
Communications
Starlink Program: $100,000
Hardware: $600 per unit
Annual service: $2,400 per unit
20 active units costing $4,000 per month
Field communications packages include satellite phones, encrypted radios, satellite systems, drones and drone jammers: $50,000
Solar systems: $5,000 (small) to $10,000 (large)
RELIEF OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE
We are doing a small rotation with Ukrainian chaplains to serve in Jesus’ name on the front lines. We completed our first mission in August and are continuing with chaplains and medics who go in Jesus’ name to help Ukrainian chaplains reach Ukrainians in need. These are short two-week missions providing chaplain, evangelism, and medical training, as well as frontline ministry to Ukrainian soldiers and foreign service volunteers.
Chaplain and medical team training and support are conducted by a 4-person FBR team, with 4 missions per year.
Team logistics and operations cost is $10,000 per mission: $40,000 per year
Relief supplies for those at the front is $10,000 per mission: $40,000 per year
Total annual Ukraine chaplain mission cost: $80,000
One-time purchases to enhance mission capacity:
4WD truck for missions: $30,000
Armored ambulance for frontline rescue: $110,000
RELIEF OPERATIONS IN SUDAN
Ranger training and relief mission in Sudan: $80,000
Relief supplies for IDPs and support of on-the-ground partners: $30,000
RELIEF OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA
Relief missions in Syria: $150,000 per year
Relief missions in Iraq and Kurdistan: $150,000 per year
Two ambulances for Syria, $30,000 each: $60,000 total
Care for local teams and staff: $36,000 per year
Medical equipment to stock the new hospital: $100,000
Ambulance for Ein Issa Hospital: $35,000
RELIEF OPERATIONS IN TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
Support for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan: $40,000 per year
Evangelism outreach to refugees: $20,000 per year
Transport and evacuation assistance for the continual stream of refugees out of Afghanistan: $50,000 per year
Relief missions from Thailand to Tajikistan (team travel + local partnership relief through the Tajik church): $20,000 per year
ADDITIONAL FTO OPERATING COSTS
Patient Care
The patient care program provides definitive care to patients with complicated or long-term medical needs. Often, in addition to the cost of medical care, it also includes transportation and room-and-board.
Patient care: $18,000 per month
Staff Housing Needs
$100,000 to support five ethnic families on our team to build homes.
Annual or Project-Based Costs
These include one-time infrastructure improvements, one-time equipment purchases, and/or fixed annual maintenance costs.
Helicopter aviation: $200,000 per year
Fixed-wing aviation: $50,000 per year
De-mining support: $100,000
Body armor and personnel protection equipment: $15,000
Camp building and infrastructure: $30,000
Christmas gifts for staff and long-term team members throughout the areas we work for emergency support: $150,000
What we have, the Lord gives us. We thank you all for choosing to be a part of sharing God's love to people in war-affected areas.
Thanks and God bless you,
Dave, family, and FBR