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6,000 families in Desperate Need in E. Uganda after massive Landslides, URF tries to Help, can you please join us We usually don’t do this type of solicitation but this is an emergency situation and we are trying to help people...
URF Book Bank & URF Grassroots Educators -youths helping each other Imagine going through school without a single textbook! This is the reality that kids in rural schools face everyday. Majority...
Teachers’ Workshop: Educating the Underprivileged Child To provide teachers with tools and practical skills needed to be effective at teaching underprivileged children and promoting participatory learning. Date: Saturday,...
2009 Accomplishments: Heartfelt Gratitude from the Children of Uganda Many thanks to all our generous donors, sponsors, partners, volunteers, staff, and people of good will who made 2009 a...
Facilitating Dialogue among Youths and Government Leaders: 250 attend the Youth Camp & Young Professionals Conference Over 250 participants attended the International Youths Camp and Young Professional for Community Development Conference organized by URF on Jan...
I was able to get a loan from URF village bank & constructed a house: Stories & Thank You’s from our Beneficiaries “URF has helped us pay for our education, buy us land & build us a lovely house and help us...
URF 2010: International Youth Camp & Young Professionals 4 Community Development Conference “To inspire active engagement, the conference is an action-driven event. Each participant must commit to take concrete action on an issue...
Giving rural Ugandans the simple means to build a future: Observations of a Volunteer, Molly Dierks “The kids at Hope had overcome TREMENDOUS obstacles to be learning and be in school. The adults worked hard to...
Education for Africa–Is it the best solution to break the cycle of poverty and whose responsibility? “Education is the most powerful tool you can use to change the world”– Nelson Mandela. I wrote this piece...
Volunteering in Uganda: Kelsey & Rebecca share their stories “It’s really amazing how resilient these children are when they are taking care of their siblings, trying to go to...
Kids show big Talent – empowerment through art At Hope Academy, we are committed to developing kids’ talents through various forms of art: music, dance, drama, crafts, and...
A volunteer recounts her first week’s experience in rural Uganda “The green hills of Uganda are breathtaking, and since the villages largely still rely on agriculture and have no running...
Educating child-led household orphans – a video of their life stories Have you ever imagined yourself raising a family at age 6, 10, 14? What would that life be like –...
Food security: Training rural farmers in improved farming practices Food security is a huge concern for thousands of people in Africa, and actually for millions around the world. With...
Promoting youth leadership through camps URF organized Youth Leadership Camp on the weekend of August 28 – 30th which drew youth from Hope Academy and...
13 year old girl frightened by her HIV+ results and seeks sponsorship It was a heartbreaking moment when Priscila, 13 years old, received frightening results that she was HIV+. She burst into...
URF’s Achievements since 2005 Lives of many orphans, underprivileged youth, women and men have been positively impacted by URF’s holistic programs in education and...
3 New Homes, Water & Solar Systems completed, 600 attend community seminar, and more Greetings from Uganda Rural Fund! I hope you are doing well. I recently returned from Uganda. It was great to be...
Report on Women Empowerment Project There are 5 projects currently running: 1. The Piggery Project 2. The Poultry Project 3. The Seed Loan Project 4. The Village Bank Project 5....
Introducing Microfinance to URF Women’s Group During the February Women Empowerment Meeting, the women requested URF to provide training on saving and borrowing. URF under the women...
Orphanage New Boys’ Dormitory completed A new beautiful home on the way! That’s right; the new boy’s dormitory at Nazareth Children’s Home is nearly completed....
  • 6,000 families in Desperate Need in E. Uganda after massive Landslides, URF tries to Help, can you please join us0March 8, 2010

    6,000 families in Desperate Need in E. Uganda after massive Landslides, URF tries to Help, can you please join us

    We usually don’t do this type of solicitation but this is an emergency situation and we are trying to help people...
  • URF Book Bank & URF Grassroots Educators -youths helping each other0February 19, 2010

    URF Book Bank & URF Grassroots Educators -youths helping each other

    Imagine going through school without a single textbook! This is the reality that kids in rural schools face everyday. Majority...
  • Teachers’ Workshop: Educating the Underprivileged Child0February 19, 2010

    Teachers’ Workshop: Educating the Underprivileged Child

    To provide teachers with tools and practical skills needed to be effective at teaching underprivileged children and promoting participatory learning. Date: Saturday,...
  • 2009 Accomplishments: Heartfelt Gratitude from the Children of Uganda0February 7, 2010

    2009 Accomplishments: Heartfelt Gratitude from the Children of Uganda

    Many thanks to all our generous donors, sponsors, partners, volunteers, staff, and people of good will who made 2009 a...
  • Facilitating Dialogue among Youths and Government Leaders: 250 attend the Youth Camp & Young Professionals Conference0January 31, 2010

    Facilitating Dialogue among Youths and Government Leaders: 250 attend the Youth Camp & Young Professionals Conference

    Over 250 participants attended the International Youths Camp and Young Professional for Community Development Conference organized by URF on Jan...
  • I was able to get a loan from URF village bank & constructed a house: Stories & Thank You’s from our Beneficiaries0December 8, 2009

    I was able to get a loan from URF village bank & constructed a house: Stories & Thank You’s from our Beneficiaries

    “URF has helped us pay for our education, buy us land & build us a lovely house and help us...
  • URF 2010: International Youth Camp & Young Professionals 4 Community Development Conference3November 21, 2009

    URF 2010: International Youth Camp & Young Professionals 4 Community Development Conference

    “To inspire active engagement, the conference is an action-driven event. Each participant must commit to take concrete action on an issue...
  • Giving rural Ugandans the simple means to build a future: Observations of a Volunteer, Molly Dierks2November 13, 2009

    Giving rural Ugandans the simple means to build a future: Observations of a Volunteer, Molly Dierks

    “The kids at Hope had overcome TREMENDOUS obstacles to be learning and be in school. The adults worked hard to...
  • Education for Africa–Is it the best solution to break the cycle of poverty and whose responsibility?1November 10, 2009

    Education for Africa–Is it the best solution to break the cycle of poverty and whose responsibility?

    “Education is the most powerful tool you can use to change the world”– Nelson Mandela. I wrote this piece...
  • Volunteering in Uganda: Kelsey & Rebecca share their stories0November 8, 2009

    Volunteering in Uganda: Kelsey & Rebecca share their stories

    “It’s really amazing how resilient these children are when they are taking care of their siblings, trying to go to...
  • Kids show big Talent – empowerment through art0November 5, 2009

    Kids show big Talent – empowerment through art

    At Hope Academy, we are committed to developing kids’ talents through various forms of art: music, dance, drama, crafts, and...
  • A volunteer recounts her first week’s experience in rural Uganda0October 25, 2009

    A volunteer recounts her first week’s experience in rural Uganda

    “The green hills of Uganda are breathtaking, and since the villages largely still rely on agriculture and have no running...
  • Educating child-led household orphans – a video of their life stories0October 3, 2009

    Educating child-led household orphans – a video of their life stories

    Have you ever imagined yourself raising a family at age 6, 10, 14? What would that life be like –...
  • Food security: Training rural farmers in improved farming practices0October 3, 2009

    Food security: Training rural farmers in improved farming practices

    Food security is a huge concern for thousands of people in Africa, and actually for millions around the world. With...
  • Promoting youth leadership through camps0October 2, 2009

    Promoting youth leadership through camps

    URF organized Youth Leadership Camp on the weekend of August 28 – 30th which drew youth from Hope Academy and...
  • 13 year old girl frightened by her HIV+ results and seeks sponsorship0September 11, 2009

    13 year old girl frightened by her HIV+ results and seeks sponsorship

    It was a heartbreaking moment when Priscila, 13 years old, received frightening results that she was HIV+. She burst into...
  • URF’s Achievements since 20050August 27, 2009

    URF’s Achievements since 2005

    Lives of many orphans, underprivileged youth, women and men have been positively impacted by URF’s holistic programs in education and...
  • 3 New Homes, Water & Solar Systems completed, 600 attend community seminar, and more0August 2, 2009

    3 New Homes, Water & Solar Systems completed, 600 attend community seminar, and more

    Greetings from Uganda Rural Fund! I hope you are doing well. I recently returned from Uganda. It was great to be...
  • Report on Women Empowerment Project0May 14, 2009

    Report on Women Empowerment Project

    There are 5 projects currently running: 1. The Piggery Project 2. The Poultry Project 3. The Seed Loan Project 4. The Village Bank Project 5....
  • Introducing Microfinance to URF Women’s Group0April 5, 2009

    Introducing Microfinance to URF Women’s Group

    During the February Women Empowerment Meeting, the women requested URF to provide training on saving and borrowing. URF under the women...
  • Orphanage New Boys’ Dormitory completed0March 7, 2009

    Orphanage New Boys’ Dormitory completed

    A new beautiful home on the way! That’s right; the new boy’s dormitory at Nazareth Children’s Home is nearly completed....
  • 6,000 families in Desperate Need in E. Uganda after massive Landslides, URF tries to Help, can you please join us0March 8, 2010

    6,000 families in Desperate Need in E. Uganda after massive Landslides, URF tries to Help, can you please join us

    We usually don’t do this type of solicitation but this is an emergency situation and we are trying to help people...

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