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 …
Children,Empowerment,Entrepreneurship,Human Rights,International Development,Program Updates,The Girl Power Project,Volunteer Spotlight,Women
15 September 2011
“I discovered ways of building my self esteem”
“I unlearned the mentality that men are stronger than women!” – Two Graduates of The Girl Power Project
For centuries, Ugandan women and girls have been forced to meekly kneel before men. We are so proud of Nyiraguhabwa Monica, who is teaching our girls …
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 …
Daily Life,Featured!,Volunteer Spotlight
26 July 2011
Tessa Davis greeting Nyangoma Rachaels mother, Florence.
Catching up with our “on-the-ground” team in Uganda can prove difficult when it comes to the Just Like My Child Foundation’s blog but we caught Program Manager and former Peace Corps volunteer, Tessa Davis for a brief moment to answer a few quick questions …