Causes: International, International Development
Mission: In 2003, Sylvia Allen went on a humanitarian trip to Uganda, Africa. While she was there, she was asked by Geofrey Kawuma, head of the Mbirizi Primary School, to be the school’s Grandmother. With 1,000 children in the school, of which a third are orphans due to the AIDS crisis, she was honored to accept the responsibility. Out of this Sylvia’s Children was born a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of her ‘grandchildren'; to give the children a fighting chance. The organization helps to better the lives of the 1,005 children in the village, and in the process is setting up a self-sustainable economic system that will allow the school and the community to thrive.
Results: We've Built: A boys dormitoryAn addition to the girls dormitoryA clean well for fresh waterThree new double classroom blocks A new libraryA building for corn millingA playgroundA 10-unit teachers housingA building housing 24 sewing machinesAnd Supplied:Money for a 6,000-square-foot medical clinic (currently being built)Three new stoves Three new cooking pots to extend the ability to feed the children Desks for the new classrooms Medical supplies for the nurse School suppliesMultiple Christmas parties with giftsAmerican and Ugandan flagsNew t-shirts and dresses for the children1,000+ pairs of shoes and socksBooks for the libraryComputer and Internet serviceSolar lights for nighttime safety 1,000 blankets - one for each childNew beds for the boys dormitoryNew latrinesA chicken coop with 400 chickens to give the kids one egg per day. We've Also: Hired a school nursePurchased eight acres of land adjacent to the school for cornIncreased student population from 439 to over 1,000Increased support for orphans in primary and a secondary school
Target demographics: give an education to the children
Geographic areas served: Uganda at the Mbiriizi Advanced Day and Boarding Private School
Mission: In 2003, Sylvia Allen went on a humanitarian trip to Uganda, Africa. While she was there, she was asked by Geofrey Kawuma, head of the Mbirizi Primary School, to be the school’s Grandmother. With 1,000 children in the school, of which a third are orphans due to the AIDS crisis, she was honored to accept the responsibility. Out of this Sylvia’s Children was born a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of her ‘grandchildren'; to give the children a fighting chance. The organization helps to better the lives of the 1,005 children in the village, and in the process is setting up a self-sustainable economic system that will allow the school and the community to thrive.
Results: We've Built: A boys dormitoryAn addition to the girls dormitoryA clean well for fresh waterThree new double classroom blocks A new libraryA building for corn millingA playgroundA 10-unit teachers housingA building housing 24 sewing machinesAnd Supplied:Money for a 6,000-square-foot medical clinic (currently being built)Three new stoves Three new cooking pots to extend the ability to feed the children Desks for the new classrooms Medical supplies for the nurse School suppliesMultiple Christmas parties with giftsAmerican and Ugandan flagsNew t-shirts and dresses for the children1,000+ pairs of shoes and socksBooks for the libraryComputer and Internet serviceSolar lights for nighttime safety 1,000 blankets - one for each childNew beds for the boys dormitoryNew latrinesA chicken coop with 400 chickens to give the kids one egg per day. We've Also: Hired a school nursePurchased eight acres of land adjacent to the school for cornIncreased student population from 439 to over 1,000Increased support for orphans in primary and a secondary school
Target demographics: give an education to the children
Geographic areas served: Uganda at the Mbiriizi Advanced Day and Boarding Private School
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