Education for war affected children in Uganda

Summary

To build a block of two classrooms and school benches/seats for extremely disadvantaged children in Northern Uganda. Many of these children are former child soldiers and or orphans.

Received £73 from 5 donations from people around the world like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Northern Uganda suffered from a 20 year long civil war which ended three years ago. Thousands of people were displaced and thousands of children were forcibly taken to become slaves or child soldiers. Thousands of other children lost one or both of their parents due to the war or HIV/AIDS. Education infrastructure collapsed and is now in dire need of replacement.

Activities

The project will construct one block of two classrooms which will accomodate the neesd of 120 primary age school children. The project will also use local artisans to fabricate 40 bench/seats for the children

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The provision of classrooms and benches will create a safe and stable learning environment for many years to come.

Project Message

This project is desperately needed by the children and community.
- Richard Adupa, Project Development Officer (Uganda)

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Adrian Hatch,
Staff Member
International Refugee Trust
303 Chiswick High Road
London, London W4 3HH
United Kingdom
02089949120
Email:

Project Sponsor

Adrian Hatch

Organisation

International Refugee Trust
PO Box 31452 Chiswick
London, London W4 4JG
United Kingdom
020 8994 9120
http://www.irt.org.uk

Learn more about International Refugee Trust and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Uganda and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Uganda, read the Human Development Report on Uganda or the Wikipedia entry for Uganda.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 31, 2009.

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