The Johns Hopkins African Student Association
The Mission:
The Johns Hopkins University African Student Association compromises of a group of students of African and non-African descent dedicated to education and enlightenment. Our mission to provide a network of support for African students at JHU, challenge misconceptions concerning African life and experiences, and operate as both a service/social organization. To learn more about who we are and what we do click here |
Arlington Academy of Hope
The Mission:
AAH is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization based in the United States that helps children in rural Uganda reach their full potential. We built a model school and two health clinics so that education and healthcare, local development, and community outreach could improve the quality of life and transform poor villages into self-sustaining communities. We do this by engaging a caring community of volunteers, child sponsors, donors, partners and friends in the United States, Uganda and throughout the world. For more information click here The Founders: John Wanda When I grew up in Bumwalukani village, I had no idea that I would end up where I am today. But I had great hopes and dreams, and our dad encouraged those dreams without pushing us too much. He taught us good values and the importance of education. He allowed us to listen to his radio when we were very young and we came to hear about far off places and people that way. He encouraged us to read books that he had bought over time, many of them from Canada and England. We read stories about the Royal Canadian Mounted Policemen at an early age, without ever knowing why they were called “mounted” or “royal”. We read about Jack and Jill and how they went up the hill to fetch a pail of water, and ended up being very confused because in our village, we knew that you went down the hill to fetch water. At school, whenever one of us came first in the classroom, our dad went out of his way to get for that child bread and tea with milk, a real rare treat in the village those days as there was no bread in the village. It had to be bought in town 30 miles away. In the evening mother cooked chicken for the family in celebration, again a rare meal for kids. Needless to say, every child in our family strived to come first in his class, because that ensured a really decent meal for everyone that day....continue at the organization website Joyce Wanda
I was born in 1969 to Mr. Charles and Loy Butala in the village of Butinduyi in Bupoto sub-county in Eastern Uganda. I was the third among eight children in my family. I started school in 1977 at the nearby Matuwa primary school, a crumbling local village school with few facilities and even less of an academic record. In 1979, I joined Bupoto Primary School, a slightly better school about three miles away that my older sister and brother were also attending. My dad wanted us to get a better education in a good school and at that time Bupoto was the best performing school in the area. However, the distance to Bupoto was too much for me. I was allergic to the cold and got skin swellings from walking in the cold for that long. I was not very athletic, fell sick too frequently, and became a burden to my sister and brother who had to take care of me. In a short while, my parents made a decision to send me to boarding school. I was sent to Magale Girls Boarding Primary school in 1980 when I was in fourth grade. I spent the next three years in Magale, where I eventually sat for the Primary Leaving Exams. I passed well with 7 aggregates and was admitted to my first choice school at Tororo Girls School (TGS)...continue at the organization website |
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