Daily Life,Education Programs & Schools,Featured!,Health & Mortality,Main Content,Program Updates,Project Universal Education,Volunteer Spotlight 10 December 2011

The JLMCF family has unfortunately lost one of our most treasured and significant team members on the ground. Sadly our Construction Supervisor, George William recently passed on from complications after surgery at Malogo Hospital in Kampala from an obstruction in his intestines. This has been a shocking and tragic loss …

 Daily Life,Featured!,Main Content,Volunteer Spotlight 28 November 2011

Just Like My Child Foundation is proud to announce Sara Todd as its new Country Director in Luwero District, Uganda. Prior to her new role with JLMCF, Todd was the Program Manager for the Jinishian Memorial Program (JMP), an Armenian relief and development agency working in the Middle East and …

 Daily Life,Entrepreneurship,Featured!,International Development,Microenterprise,Microenterprise Programs,Program Updates 10 October 2011

There’s nothing like “Wekembe” to transform an African village! “Wekembe” is a Lugandan word that means, “We do it ourselves!” We all know how great “Wekembe” is in our lives, and this word totally captures the excitement we see when struggling people have new empowerment and the hope of economic …

 Daily Life,International Development,Politics & Policy,Program Updates,Project Justice 5 October 2011

When 15-year-old Jillian was pressured by her father to marry too young to a much older man, she pushed back. Unlike many young girls in rural Uganda, Jillian knew that she had legal rights and couldn’t be forced to marry against her will.
Many in Jillian’s community in the Luwero district …

 Daily Life,Microenterprise Programs,Program Updates,Volunteer Spotlight 17 August 2011

Meet Ruthie Espanol: The muscle behind donor relations and operations at Just Like My Child Foundation. Ruthie followed her heart to join JLMCF’s mission in 2008, gaining greater purpose in giving back to those need it most. We took a moment out of our busy schedules to ask Ruthie a …