Project NO.

1 Reading Mostaf Shalbafi

We go to Anne Belles house in California. In that home, there are 30 children who are
doing various activities and Anne takes care of them. Anne has loved helping children
since he was a child because of his interest in Oliver Twist film. She always told his mom
that he wanted to accept custody of waifs.
The age range of children is from 3 to 25 and each of them has a specific needs. She does
not centralize on what children can not do them. They go to public schools to study and
also attend various sports classes. In fact, Anne is running an army of 30 people, nurses
and candidates that who help Anne for her housework such as 30 loads of clothes washing
machine.
High expenses such as food, mini-vans, clothing, assurance, etc. are the responsibility of
Anne's family
He spent $880.00 for food for one week. Every month they spend $2,000 to run five mini-
vans. $ 15,000 for the fourteen paid helpers, and more than $10,000 on dental and medical
expenses. There’s also clothing, insurance and gage settlements.

Q a. What reason does Anne Belles give for adopting so many children?
Answer: Because she was intrigued by the movie Oliver! And she told her mom that she
will want to adopt orphans.
Q b. Who do Ann and Jim receive help from?
Answer: They help from nurses, and volunteers come in to help cook and dean, wash 30
loads of laundry a day.
Q c. What’s special about the children that Belles and her husband adopt?
Answer: They each have special needs - physically, emotionally, or at school.
Q4. What are the total monthly expenses for this family?
Answer: They spent $880.00 for food for one week. Every month they spend $2,000 to run
five mini-vans. $15,000 for the fourteen paid helpers, and more than $10,000 on dental and
medical expenses and totally about $115000.