Outreach Uganda is on a New Mission – Making Home Ownership a Reality for the Women of Uganda A group of women collectively sit outside a lone dwelling made from mostly cardboard and dirt. Their capable fingers work quickly as they roll glossy strips of paper into what will become handcrafted beads for sale all
March Volunteer Needs: Outreach Uganda needs your help in finding U.S. volunteers to work either virtually or in our office in the metro Denver area. Do you know someone who wants to apply their corporate skills or personal passions and interests to help fight poverty? Right now we have two critically needed volunteer opportunities
We are finalizing plans for our trip to Uganda this summer. Tentative dates are from mid-June to the end of July. Volunteers are welcome to join us for as little as 7 days in-country. If you’ve been considering volunteering, the time to decide is now! Please email us or give us a call and we
Have you been wanting to sponsor a child but aren’t quite sure what it means or what is involved? In February and March each year, we actively seek sponsors for children of our beaders or children in the Agwata community that want to go to school. We need your help as a sponsor to pay
Nineteen ladies from our Jinja group graduated from their business class in early February 2013. Each lady received a certificate of completion at the recognition ceremony. It represented a year of hard work learning what it means to be a good successful business women. There were 8 to 10 days of intensive class training by Michele B.,
The Agwata Community is busily making bricks during the dry season (January and February) so they will have the required amount needed to build 2 more classroom blocks for their Parent Primary School. Outreach Uganda is partnering with the community on their school. We built two classroom blocks in 2012, and have almost raised the
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Outreach Uganda is on a New Mission – Making Home Ownership a Reality for the Women of Uganda A group of women collectively sit outside a lone dwelling made from mostly cardboard and dirt. Their capable fingers work quickly as they roll glossy strips of paper into what will become handcrafted beads for sale all
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Nineteen ladies from our Jinja group graduated from their business class in early February 2013. Each lady received a certificate of completion at the recognition ceremony. It represented a year of hard work learning what it means to be a good successful business women. There were 8 to 10 days of intensive class training by Michele B.,
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March Volunteer Needs: Outreach Uganda needs your help in finding U.S. volunteers to work either virtually or in our office in the metro Denver area. Do you know someone who wants to apply their corporate skills or personal passions and interests to help fight poverty? Right now we have two critically needed volunteer opportunities
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Outreach Uganda is on a New Mission – Making Home Ownership a Reality for the Women of Uganda A group of women collectively sit outside a lone dwelling made from mostly cardboard and dirt. Their capable fingers work quickly as they roll glossy strips of paper into what will become handcrafted beads for sale all
May Wish List for the Agwata School and Beader Groups: Donations of Supplies–Especially Needed for Upcoming Summer Trip: Your donations of these and other badly needed program items will help make our cash donations go even further. Reading glasses (especially lower strength ones) Women’s garden gloves or work gloves Lightweight rain ponchos (new or used) Small
Our Agwata beaders harvested their second crop of honey in late March. They have an apiary area in the bush not too far from the road which they started in mid-2011 with a special grant from a U.S. church. Northern Ugandan honey is especially prized by customers because of its good taste influenced by the bees
March Volunteer Needs: Outreach Uganda needs your help in finding U.S. volunteers to work either virtually or in our office in the metro Denver area. Do you know someone who wants to apply their corporate skills or personal passions and interests to help fight poverty? Right now we have two critically needed volunteer opportunities
We are finalizing plans for our trip to Uganda this summer. Tentative dates are from mid-June to the end of July. Volunteers are welcome to join us for as little as 7 days in-country. If you’ve been considering volunteering, the time to decide is now! Please email us or give us a call and we
Have you been wanting to sponsor a child but aren’t quite sure what it means or what is involved? In February and March each year, we actively seek sponsors for children of our beaders or children in the Agwata community that want to go to school. We need your help as a sponsor to pay
Nineteen ladies from our Jinja group graduated from their business class in early February 2013. Each lady received a certificate of completion at the recognition ceremony. It represented a year of hard work learning what it means to be a good successful business women. There were 8 to 10 days of intensive class training by Michele B.,
Achiro Doreen, one of our Jinja paper bead artisans, proudly shows her neighborhood grocery kiosk located in the one of the tiny communities surrounding central Jinja. Achiro has a full-time job as a cook at a nearby school. But she understands that in order to get ahead and fulfill her family’s needs, she needs more
We always knew our Jinja beaders were a very united group of women. When we visited their group in early February this year, they surprised us when we first arrived by all showing up (all 70+ of them) in their newly made matching outfits. The above photo captures some of the group as they first
Our Agwata group is divided into 5 clusters of about 18 women each. Because their huts are widely scattered throughout the village area which spreads to over 6 km from one side to the other, the women have grouped themselves into clusters based on their geographic location. We have spent much time with the women talking