Uganda
Submitted by mattball43 on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 23:49.
The Rural Agency for Sustainable Development is based in Nkokonjeru, Uganda and envisions "decent life for all." RASD works to train local community members in technical skills related to agricultural practices, woodworking, masonry, welding, tailoring, and computer-use. Seminars on sanitation are also led by RASD staff; Nkokonjeru residents are shown clean and safe pit latrine designs and methods of water purification via WaterGard and ceramic filters.
Donations to this cause will greatly improve RASD's ability to affect local change in Nkokonjeru, Uganda.
Submitted by ThereseQ on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 17:56.
Raise money for the Arlington Academy of Hope!
Arlington Academy of Hope (AAH) is dedicated to building a foundation for hope in rural Uganda by providing access to quality education and basic healthcare for children in one of the world's poorest countries. Our primary school in Bumwalukani village enrolls more than 300 students in seven grades providing dedicated teachers, individual attention and a supportive learning atmosphere. In three years, it has become the model school for villages in eastern Uganda.
Submitted by Lucychen on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 03:36.
I understand that someone has already submitted this project, but this project has really brought my school together, all working for one goal. Although the ultimate purpose is to raise money for our partner school Sacred Heart Secondary School, it is also to raise awareness of the crisis in northern Uganda. The civil war between the LRA, lord's resistance army, and the government of Uganda has been going for over 21 years. Many children are being kidnapped and brainwashed into child soldiers.
Submitted by asheschee on Thu, 01/17/2008 - 22:51.
I started this club at my school after hearing about Invsible Children at my old school. The program has finished, but during the club season we raised money for children in Uganda that couldn't go to school because it was run down, the books and computers were too expensive, and there wasn't any clean water. We raised a little of $1,000 by sitting in front of grocery stores asking for donations, gift wrapping, and selling scarves, cookies, and water.
Submitted by YummiesforSensi... on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 14:04.
We raise money to purchase mosquito nets in Uganda. These nets reduce those affected by malaria and save many lives. Malaria affects between 300 and 600 million people each year. That is more than tuberculosis, AIDS, measles, and leprosy combined. Of that, 3,000 children die of malaria everyday, one child every 30 seconds.
Uganda has the most reported cases of malaria of all countries. 93% of Uganda's population is at risk for malaria. 30% of Ugandan children under 5 die of malaria each year.
Submitted by checkmarks on Tue, 01/01/2008 - 14:52.
In mid-2007, I was on the popular social networking website, Facebook and started a "cause" page on the website to promote Invisible Children Inc(a non-profit organization based in San Diego, CA that is trying to end the 20+ years of war, raging in Uganda). The idea was to promote Invisible Children to high school and college students. When choosing the target audience for my "cause" page, I chose high school and college students because that is the group of people that will change the world. I personally am in that group and hope to have a huge impact on the world.
Submitted by QUEBEC1 on Mon, 12/31/2007 - 16:44.
The Amnesty International chapter at my high school which I am the president of decided to do a fund raiser for Invisible Children. This group is raising money to help children in Uganda who are, have been, or are in threat of becoming child soldiers. Our group designed and produced tee-shirts which we sold at viewings of the documentery Invisible Children which we organized. So far we have raised over one thousand dollars and we are still going strong.
Submitted by willec on Thu, 11/22/2007 - 17:28.
Since October, a club at my school, Invisible Children United, of which I am an officer, has been working to raise money to aide the crisis in Uganda. My primary responsibility in the club has been to plan, organize, and implement our many fundraising events. For twenty years, a civil war has torn Northern Uganda apart, resulting in 1.5 million people displaced into camps, and a student to teacher ratio of 300 to 1, and the endless persecution of the Acholi people.
Submitted by reflecthim on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 18:39.
I have just started an Invisible Children Schools for Schools club to raise money to rebuild Pabbo Secondary School in Uganda, Africa. Our goal is to raise $10,000 by February, which is going to be very difficult in our low income community of Palestine. We are fundraising in every way we can think of. So far, we've had a bake sale, are selling Halloween candy grams, and have treats and a donations box in the teachers' lounge. And we're only two weeks into the club!
Submitted by jklink on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 23:38.
We are a student non-profit working on safe water projects in Uganda, East Africa. With additional support we hope to expand to neighboring countries. This all started when 14 students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison studied health and nutrition in Uganda for 3 weeks in January 2005. We came back to the U.S. and applied for a small grant so that the students going on the next year's study abroad trip could help build rainwater collection tanks as a source of clean drinking water for families in rural Uganda. We received the grant and Village Health Project (VHP) was started!
