Since the end of August 2009 we have shipped 348lbs
of school and art and sports equipment to the Narozari School in the Masaka region of Uganda. The school is located 90
miles south west of the capital city of Kampala, near Lake Victoria, and is in quite
isolated. The school is underfunded therefore infrastructure is suffering, and there is not enough funding to train
teachers nor buy supplies to properly school the 600+ students.
We are so happy that we have received a lot of donated items for the school, so the
Foundation ships them directly to the school and it is a great day for those at the school when the boxes arrive. It is taking
about 3-4 months for them to get there from Wyoming by air. Friends, family and Board members all help in the packing of the
boxes for children who are so far away but are in our hearts.
An athletic printing company donated jerseys this past time, and we were so happy to
see them on the children as they played soccer.
Among the items we ship are art supplies, books for a library they are trying to stock,
general school supplies of pencils, crayons, colored pencils, sharpeners, erasers, lined note books and such. We were
able to ship 3 leap pads this last shipment.
As well two individual donors funded a brother and sister at the school - which makes
6 children funded each for a year. 4 in Malawi and the 2 in Uganda. It costs $130 in Malawi per child for a year including
uniforms, and close to the same in Uganda, but a little more as the child moves up in grades.
We focus on educating girls, as it has such a huge ripple effect; relating to not only
increased income, but health issues such as maternal and infant mortality figures, nutrition, and empowerment for women.
Educated women are more likely to insist on education for their children, plus more of their income is channelled to the family.
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* The Council of Foreign Relations "What Works in Girls' Education: Evidence and
policies from the Developing World".
It makes all of us at The Allen Foundation so happy to get a report from Uganda and
to see the photos of the little things we are doing, which are making others with little so happy.
Please find it in your heart to help us out as we try to make a difference no matter
how little to these people in desperate conditions.
Keep watch as we will be making sure that the
news is updated frequently.
Thank you all for caring.
