71 boys need uniforms for schools, uniforms that cost just $7.35 each. Many of these boys have HIV. Most of them are orphans. All of them live in Uganda.
The Sabina Primary School and Boarding House provides housing, education, and support services to about 300 children aged 5-13, many of whom are orphans and vulnerable (living with HIV, living with physical disabilities or mental illness). My aunt and cousin visited the Sabina School in August on a mission trip to support Children of Uganda, a non-profit organization that provides housing, food, primary education, and support services (HAART treatment, counseling, food supplements) to over 600 children, many living with HIV and many orphaned, in the Rukai and Mukono districts of Uganda.
My aunt has been fundraising for the Sabina School for 4 months. During a recent conversation with the principal, she was told that 71 of the boys have uniforms so old they have fallen apart. A new uniform, a new set of clothes, will make a difference in their lives as students and as boys.
If you are inspired to purchase a new uniform for one of the boys from Sabina School, please write a check to "Children of Uganda" for $7.35 and write "Boy's uniform-Sabina School" in the memo line. You can give the check to me in class our any other time before winter break. Or you can give me cash and I'll write a check for the bulk amount of cash I receive.
For more information about the Children of Uganda, visit: www.childrenofuganda.org and my aunt's blog http://cmafrica.wordpress.com/
Humbly,
Cristina Fernández
p.s. of course the girls need school uniforms too, and if you would like to buy a girl a uniform, each costs $9.15 (the higher cost is due to the fact the girl's uniform is a dress)
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