As one of our African nonprofit members, HOPE Children's Foundation Africa is educating Ugandan youth as well as the online community with their site. Read their guest post below to find out how.
Hope Children's Foundation Africa is a charitable organization in the Kawempe Division of Kampala, Uganda. Our vision is to support the health, education and safety of the orphans, widows and other vulnerable groups in surrounding communities. We also have an international team working hard to ensure the charity extends support to African communities in Canada and the UK.
HCAF's most popular program is the Education Support Program that assists children in these African communities. Most families in Kawempe face extreme poverty, and there is a high level of HIV/AIDS. We believe every child has a right to an education, because through basic education families are empowered to improve their quality of life and develop their communities. HCFA assists children of Kawempe by sponsoring their entire educational experience. We currently have 100 children participating in our Education Support Program, and 79 of them are attending school and being supported with other free scholastic needs. We’re working on finding sponsorships for the remaining 21 children in our program. A donation of $60 sponsors one child through an entire semester of education (4 months), including school fees, materials, uniforms and school meals.
Grassroots.org's Toolbox provided us an opportunity to present our work online, which essentially educates and attracts potential supporters worldwide. Most recently, we connected with a Grassroots.org volunteer to help design a website for our new volunteer initiative that aims to match our own volunteers at work sites all over Uganda.
We extend our thanks to the Grassroots.org team for the wonderful services they are providing to our communities!
Ochieng Kennedy, Vice-chairman
Catherine Oliver, Project Manager
HOPE Children's Foundation Africa
www.hcfafrica.org
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