Assisting Ugandan Children

LEAD Uganda is an educational leadership initiative that locates forgotten children with innate talents and molds them into leaders.

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The LEAD Uganda staff of five, all native Ugandans, find bright, motivated AIDS orphans, child soldiers, children in refugee camps, and other vulnerable youth in Uganda who want to go to college but can't because of poverty, AIDS, and war.  

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LEAD Uganda's student-members attend the very best primary and secondary schools, then go to university. We give them the world class, 21st century skills necessary to lead Africa into the future.

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The LEAD Uganda initiative provides our scholars with everything they need to succeed: books, school supplies, medical care, food, clothes, emotional support, and a family. The Ugandan staff, aided by community partners, imbue the children with a strong work ethic, a devotion to democratic values,   and a desire to serve.

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While many non-profits in Africa pay school fees for children, what makes LEAD Uganda unique is its emphasis on training leaders.

It Works
In a few years LEAD Uganda has transformed the lives of 70-plus youngsters, turning outsiders into leaders

•  One of our students was accepted at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, one of Africa's top high schools.

• Forty-three of our sixty-four primary and secondary students (67%) received top marks at the best schools during the third term of 2008.

• Half had A averages or 1st grades. Fourteen of our high school students and six of our primary students received A averages. Six compiled A-plus marks.

• Namakula, Joseph, and Amos ranked 1st in their classes. Sarah, Victoria, and Rahim were second.

• Three of our graduating high school students, all four of our 11th graders, and three of our 7th graders received first grades on their national examinations.

• Thirteen of our students were elected to leadership positions at their schools.

• Three students — Katongole, Hilda, & Bayona— served as delegates at international conferences or participated in international exchange programs.

Our student's 2008 - 3rd term results

Transform a Child's Life
LEAD Uganda represents a prototype that is badly needed. The education and cultivation of young leaders is a crucial, but often overlooked, component of our efforts to alleviate poverty and create a safer planet.

But we need your help to make this a reality.

Please sponsor a child.

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LEAD Uganda is a bargain
• $150 a month pays all costs for one student.
$5 a day is all it takes to transform a student's life.

• $100 a month - $3 a day - pays school fees (tuition), plus room, and board, books, and uniform at one of the best high schools in Uganda.

• $50 a month covers school fees for one scholar.

What your donation accomplishes

There are two premium contribution levels: Sponsor and Patron. Premium contributors will receive letters from a child and regular updates on their progress.

Sponsors
$150 a month is all it costs to sponsor a child. Sponsors become "aunts" and "uncles" to the student. They become part of their life. Sponsors will receive monthly letters from their student, and regular updates. They may also receive photographs drawings, and other materials.

Patrons
Patrons, those who donate $100 or $50 a month, will receive bi-monthly letters from students, but may not be assigned one student. (Students need more than one patron to pay the costs of their education, so they will correspond with both patrons every other month.)

Please give what you can. Every donation helps.

$25 a month covers workshops in leadership, video, science, and writing, plus transportation home during school breaks, school visits, and staff support for one student.

$10 a month buys school supplies. clothes and shoes for one child.

$5 a month provides medical care and books for one student.

Please help a child achieve his or her dreams.

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LEAD Uganda is a joint project of the Stephen Shames Foundation (which raises money and awareness) and Concern for the Future, an indigenous Ugandan non-profit, that looks after the children.

The Stephen Shames Foundation
is a 501(c)3 non-profit.
Donations are tax deductible.