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UniversalGiving is thrilled to announce our new partnership with The Carr Educational Foundation- Daraja Academy!
Founded by a Bay Area couple, The Carr Educational Foundation works to provide a transformative education to gifted African girls who would otherwise have few opportunities for a better life. The Foundation’s first school, the Daraja Academy in Kenya, offers students not only traditional classes, but also an education in areas such as sustainable gardening, sex education, and women’s empowerment so that, by the time they leave the school, girls have to tools to reach out to their communities and improve their life and their society. On top of all that- the school is the first free school in East Africa offering secondary education to girls!
Check out their organization profile page here
Watch Girls of Daraja, winner of the Jury Prize at the “Lights. Camera. Help” film festival:
The Girls Of Daraja
The rising cost of living in Uganda has led people to take to the streets in protest in recent days. Thursday, an intended solidarity “walk to work” day, turned violent as authorities reportedly used disproportionate amounts of force resulting in many of the peaceful protesters being taken to the hospital or to prison. In an attempt to halt the spread of these protests, many opposition political leaders have been arrested, including Kizza Besigye, the runner up in the recent presidential elections. As police continue to assault protesters with beatings, tear gas, rubber bullets, and in some reported instances live ammunition, civilians continue to pour in to local hospitals.
UniversalGiving’s partner Groundwork Opportunities is working tirelessly in Uganda to report the truth on the recent uprising and to provide support to the victims of police violence. GO’s team is currently working directly with the civilian victims of the demonstrations and have made direct contact with a local hospital in Kampala to help these innocent bystanders.
Media Sources: New York Times, BBC News, Groundwork Opportunities
How can you help Ugandans caught in the violence?
Support Groundwork Opportunities efforts by donating to their Stop the Violence in Uganda campaign. 100% of donations made through UniversalGiving will go directly to Groundwork Opportunities, and in turn they are sending 100% of donations to the Mulago Hospital in order to help them care for the victims of violence.
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| 1) | Send A Child to School | ||
| $25.00 | x 1 | = $25.00 | |
| 2) | Education is the Best Gift! | ||
| $50.00 | x 1 | = $50.00 | |
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Gift Package: Provide a child with a Backpack & School Supplies
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Your simple $25.00 donation provides a backpack filled with school supplies for a child in need in rural Guatemala. Join us in our efforts to offer educational opportunities to the poorest of the poor. With your help, we try to provide backpacks and
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Gift Package: Sponsor 100 meters of new trails in one of the 7 national parks at Lake Baikal
Each summer the Friends of the Great Baikal Trail supports the construction of around 50km of new trails in and around the national parks of northern Asia. It also helps maintain over 750km of trails that were already built in previous years. In
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Gift Package: Sponsor 100 meters of fully-accessible trails in the parks around Lake Baikal
The Great Baikal Trail has recently begun to install wooden and other extensive walkways that are specially designed to serve (and be fully accessible to) people of all physical abilities. To build these kinds of trails so that they are accessible
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Gift Package: Sponsor a SEWING MACHINE for our vocational sewing school
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$150 Sewing Machine and/or sewing instruction.
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Gift Package: Sponsor a Child in Africa
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Every child has the right to live a life free from poverty, undernourishment and worry. This gift package will provide shelter, food, education, health care and clothing for a child in need. Sponsoring a child is our top recommended way to impact
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Gift Package: Gift a family with an Eco-Friendly Solar Lamp
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Gift a solar lamp so children can do homework and artisans can see their work in the evenings. Safer than candles.
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Gift Package: Train community agriculture promoters
$105 trains seven community agriculture promoters as microentrepreneurs who earn money from the sale of quality inputs such as seeds, tools, and fertilizer while educating and mentoring farmers in their communities to improve their crop harvests.
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Project: Maintain Community Resource Centers
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Community Resource Centers are essential to fostering community cohesiveness and provide an outlet for members to seek help, support and educate themselves. Resource centers provide communities with a place to gather, a haven where individual and
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Project: Help Provide Secondary School Scholarships for Destitute Kenyan Children
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In order to help 8th grade graduates from our primary school for orphans and destitute to live successful lives, secondary school (high school) education is vital. Contribute toward the scholarships for our graduates who otherwise have no money to
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Project: Helping kids with special needs!
In the mountains of Romania, there is an enclave of villages with a staggering 80% unemployment rate. The average child drops out of school in the 5th grade to help his family forage for food. They live in shanties with no running water. They are
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