Donate now. Your financial contributions are what allows us to undertake life changing projects through meaningful partnerships with the women’s beader groups and the communities where we work. Volunteers donate almost all fund-raising and administrative time to the organization. As a result, we can utilize your financial contribution almost entirely for direct program expenses.
Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of U.S. law. As one of our long-time supporters said recently, “We know you’re changing lives!” We can do that only with your help which in turn helps expand the women’s and students’ thoughts about what they can achieve in life. We strive to concentrate your donations in the areas where they will have the greatest impact for social change.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working in Uganda, so contributions are tax deductible in the U.S. Your donation today helps women, girls and families in Uganda. It gives hope to their hearts, sparkles to their eyes, and joy to their lives. We spend at least two months each year in Uganda with our beader groups and surrounding communities to personally provide oversight on expenditures of project funds. We can see firsthand how powerfully your financial gifts improve their lives and effect social change.
Our new primary school library opened for student and teachers’ use in July 2019. This helps the school’s 500+ students and 18 teachers improve their English and reading skills, and makes textbooks more readily available for students to use when doing their homework. We are currently seeking donations to provide more textbooks for students to access when in the library. This is their only chance to use a textbook for personal studying and homework!
Help make sure our 45 boarding sixth graders have enough food to eat each term. We’re happy to report that 28 of these sixth graders are girls! The 6th graders are going back on October 15th, 2020 to complete their school year and take very important national exams in December. Their school year was interrupted by Covid-19 and they are now trying to catch up. We need $1000 for this last term for the students and their teachers. Donations in any amount are welcome! Boarding at school is required by the government. They do not want students to commute from home due to covid transmission concerns.
Teacher latrines, one set of 3 latrines – The community will provides the labor but we need to provide bricks, cement, iron sheets, lumber and nails. Currently 18 teachers are using 1 set of 3 latrines which has been severely flooded and cracked. It is embarrassing. We want to keep our teachers happy and wanting to stay at our school! Estimated cost: $850.
Chain link fencing and labor to install for school boundary which faces the road. Concrete fence posts are already installed on the one side. Estimated cost: $1500. Due to covid, the government recently announced October 2020) that all schools should be fenced! To do this, we would need an additional $5000 to do the 2 other longer sides.
Additional solar panels so teachers’ homes and our 3 other school buildings can also have access to solar power for light, laptop usage and other charging. Estimated cost: $2500. As the need for online learning becomes urgent due to covid, we need to provide for this capability as quickly as possible.
The heaviest rainy season of the year is beginning now. We expect that this year’s drastic increase in malaria cases at our clinic will continue and result in an unusually high number of malaria patients visiting our clinic and needing medications. We are also preparing for possible Covid cases and had much additional required maintenance and sanitation items to complete. Current projects needing funding (donations in any amount are welcome!) :
This will help our Jinja become homeowners so they can move out of the slums forever and permanently overcome poverty. We have completed the land purchase and are now ready to begin the home construction phase. Each lady is providing a down payment of $1400 on her home which she has saved from her bead and business earnings. However, we need to obtain donations of $6,000 for each lady’s home so that her financed cost portion will remain low. Your donation is needed to help build the first phase of ten homes as part of this life changing project. During 2018 we have been working on common area improvements to the property. We completed a water well in late May. If enough funds are available, we expect to start home construction in the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2019.
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