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URF Benefit Concert, Maple Grove, Minnesota, Jan 15th, at 7:00pm
Tickets: $10. Venue: Maple Tavern Bar & Grill. 937 Deerwood Lane N. Mapple Grove, MN 55369. Bands: Hobo Nephews, Luke Warm and the Kool Hands, & Boys n’ the Barrels. You are all invited to this benefit concert to support education of many orphans and women in rural Uganda. Bring family and friends. For more […]
Improving Household Sanitation with Dry Stands
“These dry stands provide a sanitary space for washed dishes, pots and pans to dry off the ground and away from harmful bacterias,” Katie Thompson, U.S. volunteer Sanitation is critical to the health of any household, especially those in remote villages. People wash dishes and pans outdoors by hand. There is always danger of flies, […]
Cattle Project to help URF become sustainable
“URF is investing in income-generating projects to ensure there is a stream of local revenue to facilitate services we provide to the community.” staff In the past five years, URF has designed projects for outreach in the community but most of them are merely service projects which need on-going funding. To be able to continue […]
Entrepreneurship & Business Skills training is key to sustainable development for Africa
URF believes that empowering people through business skills development is one of the best way to ensure real sustainable development for Africa. You have to help people identify business opportunities within their communities and be able to generate their own income rather than relying on charity which simply perpetrates a cycle of dependence. In August […]
Creativity Day at Hope Academy: arts can inspire, educate, and unite people
“Creativity Day was reassuring proof to me that the arts can inspire, educate, and unite people no matter what differences they have or challenges they may be facing,” Katie M. Thompson Celebrating Scholarship and Creativity Day is organized every semester to provide students an opportunity to explore talents and build skills outside of the classroom. Students […]
At Girls’ Leadership Camp, we were taught many things; life skills, relationships, friends, HIV and education
“I liked this camp because it was for girls only. I learnt how to protect myself from HIV, how to clean my body, and how to behave as a girl. I also learnt how I can set my goals in my future.” Nakizza Edivina On this page you find brief accounts of the girls who participated […]
Tragic death of Asuman, 11 -Loss of a great leader; You’re dearly missed
“He is a very gifted and beautiful kid, always helping the volunteers and active at the school. So sad,” Sonya, Canada. The morning of Friday, August 13th, 2010 has been a very tragic day for Asuman Ssebowa’s (11 yrs) family, Hope Academy and URF wider family. Asuman was hit by a speeding vehicle while on […]
Five summer interns bring new energy to URF
“They (URF) are teaching the people how to help themselves and I thought it was important to be a part of this work.”–Graham URF is rapidly growing and the demands on the administrative end have increased. This summer we have been blessed with five energetic young interns working with John Mary at our Richmond office […]
URF uses a participatory rural approach to empower its beneficiaries to fight poverty and move towards social change.
“In URF the ideal of togetherness is vital as it helps people/communities help one another in times of crises other“-Robbinah Two of our URF Kampala Chapter memvers share what inspired them to be part of URF and their experience working on various projects. Robbinah’s Experience with URF I am Robbinah Nabuloli a journalist by profession. […]
The experience when one is lucky enough to witness something truly good, the World never again looks quite the same.
“They are their mission…. In a nutshell, John Mary and the others of URF have a mission involving compassion, action, and empowerment for others.” ———- Forwarded message ———- From: <Chris Blake> Date: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Uganda Rural Fund Hi, John Mary Lugemwa founder of the Uganda Rural Fund asked that […]
