In February Edison Middle School in Wheaton, IL contacted Act4Africa after reading about Kathy's Kindergarten on GlobalGiving. Moved with compassion for the children of rural Uganda, two students from Edison Middle School ran a Penny War fundraiser, collecting over $1,600 in donations! We at Act4Africa are so overjoyed to have...
Meet Amina (NOT HER REAL NAME), an adolescent mother who has rewritten the story and defied the odds by returning to school after marrying and having a kid. Due to cultural and domestic pressures, Amina was compelled to marry when she was 15 years old,...
Under the agonising heat and clear skies in Mayuge District, Florence (NOT HER REAL NAME) is bespattered with mud. She scoops a pile of wet mud, throws it with a bang into a brick mould and dashes to a levelled ground to layout the brick. This...
Blog post by Dr Jan Webb, British GP and member of the Act4Africa Grains for Growth team. “When the chimney smokes we send the children to school.” These words, spoken to me by a Ugandan lady, puzzled me at first. I asked what she meant. “It’s simple, we cannot afford...
By Jennifer Akullu, Lead Teacher, Kathy’s Kindergarten.In line with government guidelines and COVID-19 lockdown, Kathy's Kindergarten was sadly closed for most of 2020. However, thanks to the support of our donors, our teachers have continued to support the children at home: initially providing them with home learning packs and...
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Report by Moris Kabunzugwire, Project ManagerKasese district, Western Uganda has been repeatedly ravaged by floods over the last 7 months, leaving over 100,000 people homeless. Heavy rains have caused most of the major rivers in the district to burst their banks. Notably, we had river...
Since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Uganda on 22nd March 2020, the Government and Ministry of Health has been tirelessly working to support district health teams across the country in their efforts to continue to provide essential services. Non-government organisations, like Act4Africa are...
By Jennifer Akullu – Lead TeacherWelcome to another year at Kathy’s Kindergarten, we are super excited to have sailed through our first 2 years so well, cheers to you for your support!We have something exciting to share with you! Meet our kindergarten child, Lucky, who...
By Sarah Istephan Marketing and Fundraising ManagerWe are enormously proud that Act4Africa were recently designated children’s charity at the 2020 UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner. Our thanks go to Suzanne Robinson at the multi-award winning toy and game inventors Carterbench, for nominating us. This Northwest firm...
