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9 March 2012
Universal Primary Education is key to tackling poverty. Children who receive primary education have higher chances of being empowered to make their own decisions and to provide for their families in the future. Since 2008, Just Like My Child (JLMC) has built partnerships with five communities to build schools where …
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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 …
Several of my recent blogs talked about the importance of education in developing countries, specifically in Uganda. I talked about the great impact the Just Like My Child Foundation has had within certain rural Ugandan villages, the schools and programs that were built specifically to educate, young children who might …
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8 July 2011
When I met Nalubombwe Josephine in May of 2007, she was a 10-year-old-girl living in one of the most vulnerable situations imaginable.
Nearly 30% of her neighbors were infected with HIV, she was surrounded by dozens of orphans, and she was going to a school that had no books and barely …
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24 June 2011
While in Uganda our sustainable programs inspired us so much that we’re calling our 5th annual gala:
and we would love for you to be a part of this special evening. On Thursday, October 13th, 2011 from 6 – 9PM, we will celebrate at the historic and iconic Don Room at the …