Charities in Uganda
Jillian Spicer
Sharon Campos
Stephanie Liebel
Helen Starrs
Living conditions in uganda
Right now, in Uganda, the people living there do
no have extreme poverty and civil conflicts.
Uganda holds the largest orphan population.
Water is unclean and very sparse, disease has
stricken the area including AIDS and HIV and
food is rarely eaten.
60% are poor and 30% are VERY poor.
This picture to the right shows
the poverty density in uganda.
The dark green shows less than
2o people in square km, while
the light green show 20-50
people. The tan color represent
50-100 people and thn next
color, light brown is showing
100-200. Greater than 200
people is shown by the darkest
brown and the gray is no data.
Education in uganda
Currently in Uganda, many people who are
looking for any kind of a job are unable to
because of their little education.
Getting an education is extremely difficult at
these tough times.
Charities
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Children of Uganda
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Children of Nations Charity
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Learning Paper in Uganda
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Meeting Point Kampala
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Keep a Child Alive
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Uganda Water Project
Children of Uganda
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Charity that cares for orphans and vulnerable
children in Uganda
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They provide shelter, food, clothing, education,
medical care, and life skills
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They also provide support to AIDS-related
orphans and those at risk, while also promoting
awareness of the diseases
Children of Nations Charity
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They plan to raise children to transform nations
and be productive members of society
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They set up homes and provide resources, so
Uganda can raise their own children
Learning Paper in Uganda
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They plan to improve the education by giving
supplied to the primary schools in Uganda
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They also hope to improve the drop out rate in
the primary schools, so the literacy rate is
increased
Meeting Point Kampala
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They care and support to more than 2,000
people living with AIDS, give medical support,
counsel, visit homes, give food and non-food
support, spiritual support, sponsor orphans in
schools, have vocation training for girl and boy
orphans, give informal education, finance
projects for people infected and affected by
HIV/AIDS, create awareness about HIV/AIDS,
and give education talk and films
Keep a Child Alive
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They help to diagnose HIV and treat the disease
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They also help the families with planning, infant
diagnosis, and nutrition
Uganda Water Project
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They develop small scale water resources in
Uganda, so that the people can have clean
drinking water
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The rain water is run through water tanks to
purify it, so that it can be healthily digested
Sources
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www.wri.org/files/wri/images/map02.preview.jpg
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http://meetingpointkampala.blogspot.com/
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http://keepachildalive.org/our-work/alive-medical-services/
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http://ugandanwaterproject.com/water-tank-questions
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http://www.uccf.org/facts/facts_about_the_children_of_uga
nda.cfm
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http://www.cotni.org/pages/uganda
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http://www.thelearningpaper.com/