The New York Times did a multimedia slide show with sound about former child soldier Okello Ronald coming to the United States to receive a prosthetic arm.
Ronald was abducted when he was 9-years-old and forced to be a child soldier for four years. He saw his father hacked to death.
Ronald is healing thanks to the family atmosphere of the LEAD Uganda initiative and donors like you.
New York Times Multimedia on Ronald
The New York Times featured Okello Ronald in a multimedia presentation Sunday June 29th.
Look at New York Times multimedia presentation
LEAD Uganda Student Accepted by Elite African Leadership Academy.
LEAD Uganda high school student Ntege Paul has been accepted by the prestigious African Leadership Academy. This elite boarding school, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, accepted only 100 students from all of Africa. Paul received a full scholarship (worth over $20,000) from the school. He starts this September.
“Ntege is a disciplined boy with an excellent record. I am not surprised that he passed the African Leadership academy interviews”, Nakiggude Proscovia, an English teacher at Paul’s former school, Uganda Martyr’s Senior Secondary School -Naumgongo, said amidst cheers from other teachers.
His excited Mother, Topista added, “Paul is a focused boy both in his studies and while doing chores at home.”
“Believing in my self in my daily life and keeping focused while at school yields good success,” Ntege says, “I am happy and I owe my success to Concern for the Future and Stephen Shames, who took me to Concern for the Future. I had a problem with school fees. At one time I thought I would never make it, because when I was 11-years-old, I had to work in a stone quarry to provide food for my family. But with God’s grace, all is possible.”
“There’s no short cut to success. Success comes through hard work and trusting in God,” says Monica Nankoma, Director of Concern for the Future, “Paul exhibits such traits. I knew he would not disappoint us.”
We are proud of Paul. His success shows what can be achieved when deserving youngsters are given the chance to become leaders by studying at the best schools. That is what our LEAD Uganda educational leadership program does.
Donate
LEAD Uganda has two premium contribution levels: Sponsor and Patron.
Sponsors and Patrons receive a photo, letters from
their student, and progress reports from us.
Sponsors pay all costs for one child — $150 a month.
$150 a month — $5 a day pays for
everything a child needs to succeed: school fees, books, clothes, medical care, workshops in math, science, computers, and leadership, emotional support, counseling, and a family.
Sponsors are assigned a student. They receive monthly letters from their student, and progress reports from us. They may also receive photographs, drawings, and other materials.
Patrons donate $50 or $100 a month.
$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 – $1.50 a day – covers school fees for one scholar at a top school.
Patrons receive letters from students and progress reports from us. They are not assigned one student.
Please give what you can. Every donation helps.
$25 a month covers workshops in leadership, video, science, and writing, transportation home during school breaks, school visits, and staff support for one student.
$10 a month buys school supplies. clothes, shoes for one child.
$5 a month provides medical care and books for one student.
Please help a child achieve his or her dreams.
All contributions make a difference.
LEAD Uganda is a 501(c)3 non-profit.
Donations are tax deductible.
Photography except as noted © 2008, Stephen Shames / Polaris
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