Last night I sat up late with my amazing team in Uganda. After I put my 8-year-old son to bed under a hot and sticky bed net after his first full day in Africa, we consumed more than our fair share of Nile Specials, which we consider the best local …
The news of Bin Laden’s death has captured world attention, and it’s made me wonder, as civilians, how can we create our own counter-terrorism efforts? Here’s my story:
A few weeks ago I told my eight-year-old boy that I was going back to Uganda in May to work “on the ground”. …
Children,Education Programs & Schools,Empowerment,HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise Programs,Program Updates,Project Justice,The Mandela Project
26 April 2011
I recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Uganda where the Just Like My Child team and our partners powered through a rigorous agenda. We negotiated a deal with Heifer International to put over 500 Ugandan families in business, we sealed a contract with women attorneys who will carry …
Education,Education Programs & Schools,Main Content,Program Updates,Project Universal Education
21 April 2011
In 1996, President Museveni of Uganda promised his people that the government would provide free primary education for up to four children per family – a program commonly called Universal Primary Education — our version of a free system of Public School. However, Uganda’s government-sponsored Universal Primary Education (UPE) program …
Education,Education Programs & Schools,Main Content,Project Universal Education,Volunteer Spotlight
19 April 2011
You’ve probably never heard his name or wouldn’t recognize him if you were standing next to him. He’s no Brad Pitt and his wife is by no means Angelina Jolie but with the amount of children they have you would beg to differ. This man, a dedicated professor at a …
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