Success Stories
Success Stories
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American Artists train Batwa Pygmies to make crafts from recycled materials
April 19 2011 The Batwa Development Program used a $3,000 grant from the Special Self Help fund to purchase equipment, tools and materials to support Batwa pygmies in creating signature crafts and works of art as an income generating activity
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Kinawataka Women's Initiative.
April 19 2011 The Ambassador’s Special Self Help Program supported the Kinawataka Women's Initiative, a non-government organization that works to improve the quality of life of women in Kampala's slums.
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The Kitega Community Centre winning UN awards.
March 05, 2011 Washington — The Kitega Community Centre in rural Uganda has emerged as a global model for volunteer networking, capturing a top United Nations award for online volunteering in each of the last two years.
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PEPFAR, Community Grants, Peace Corps and TASO Power Real Change
August 10 2009. When Peace Corps volunteer Hannah Gardi first arrived in her village in Iganga two years ago, she found a community struggling with an unusually high rate of HIV infection and an absence of patient support services.
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Which is more important: the chicken or the egg?
August 10 2009 The Banyatereza Sisters of Fort Portal know the answer. Six years ago, the sisters started a poultry project with only 200 chicks.
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New Water Tanks Support Remote Clinics' Work
August 10 2009 Bundibugyo is at the far end of a bumpy, mountainous 3-hour journey from Fort Portal, on the Congolese side of the Ruwenzori Mountains.
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Solar Panels Brighten the Night for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
August 07 2009 The Manna Rescue Home in Fort Portal is for orphans that have no where else to go. All thirty boys and girls living at the Home are HIV positive...