Tell Me Something Good--Campaign to Educate AIDS Orphans
Welcome to another installment of “Tell Me Something Good Thursday!!”
Today I wanted to share with you, information about emPOWER, which is a school based initiative that is designed to help all children, including orphaned and vulnerable children, receive a quality education in Africa. I think this is a great inititaitive; education can save lives in my opinion.
emPOWER stands for Providing Orphans & Vulnerable Children With Educational Resources; it’s a grassroot program that supports primary education for children in the Kabarole District of Uganda. The program came about as Andria Sherrow, the executive director of EDUCATE Foundation, walked her six year old daughter to Kyanyawara primary school. Along the way, she would often see a young boy, wearing a torn shirt and shorts and no shoes; Andria gradually learned his story.
His name was Muhebwa Richard. Both of his parents died and he was living alone, working to raise crops on his small plot of land to survive. Muhebwa wanted desperately to return to school, but could not afford the required supplies. Deciding something needed to be done, Andria helped develop meetings with village leaders, teachers, parents and the school PTA; emPOWER was born. For the full story, click here. Also, check out the official website, empowercampaign.org.
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6 comments:
wow.....it is a very noble thing to do....Muhebwa and other kids like him are really in need of prog. like this........thanx, for sharing such inspirational story...lot is needed to be done in my country too.
Your awesome. Thank you so much for bringing your readers so much info that is good for the heart and mind.
Thank you so much for blogging this - I'll do what I can to help. I have a nice collection of beads from an organization called Beads for Life - do you know it? It helps women earn money for basic necessities etc. So many need so much!
thx for stopping by you guys!
@kavita, yea, it was a very noble thing to do. it just takes one or a few people to notice that there's a problem and something needs to be done.
@llnl, i enjoyed our phone convo! i love engaging people in the things that i feel is worth sharing.
@suZen, thanks for sharing the organization with me and my readers. i will check it out. you said it perfectly, "so many need so much."
@kavita, do you know of any organizations in your country that you'd like to share with me? maybe i could spotlight their mission and work.
yes indeed........though i am not directly involved but i know few who are..let me find out some more and i will inform you.THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST.
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