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Name of Organization: Children of Hope-Uganda

Operational Location: Lira, northern Uganda

Amount Requested: $700

Purpose:

To purchase 5 sewing machines @ $140 each to start a school uniform sewing business to be operated by the caregivers committee of Children of Hope-Uganda.

C of H pays partial school fees and provides scholastic supplies to 163 orphans and vulnerable children, ages 8 to 16, attending 31 schools, both Primary and Secondary, in Lira.

Brief Description of the Proposal and Budget plan:

The objective is to put the school fees support of these 163 children on a sustainable footing. By helping the caregivers committee start this IGA, income-generating activity, they can generate a steady income stream to be pooled as school fees for all 163 children.

Esther Atoo, Director of C of H, meets regularly with the caregivers committee to make decisions about apportioning school fees, as there is never enough available to help every child. Some of the funds are set aside to provide scholastic supplies for all the children at gatherings at the start of each school term in Feb., May and Sept.

C of H has depended since its inception in Dec. 2006 on donations from Canadians. Since March, 2007, Ugandan Orphans Fund, http://UgandanOrphansFund.giveme aning.com has funded over $25,000 Cdn, but the total school fees for 2009 for all 163 children is $46,445.

A small grant from Life in Africa of $700 to purchase 5 sewing machines would allow the caregivers to generate income for this school fees pool.