More Information on HACM

The NGO we are working with, Hope for African Children Ministries, currently runs on a sponsorship model, matching sponsors with a child in need. The Roosevelt Institute International Development has been working with HACM to develop more sustainable alternatives to this system. However, HACM has been able to help children in seven rural villages, providing them with not only school fees but school uniforms, lunch for a year, a first aid kit, shoes and stationery. Our trip will not focus exclusively on being an aid delivery system, but on finding solutions to the underlying problems that keep children out of school. The Roosevelt Institute has also been working on income generation programs, which would allow families to send their children to school without relying on donations.

Uganda 2011!

We are a group of Yale University students who have been given the amazing opportunity to spend two weeks in Uganda, working with local dignitaries to understand the complexities of the issues facing rural villages. In the second part of our trip, we will be working with a local NGO, Hope for African Children Ministries, assessing the effectiveness of a semester-long project to help HACM discover improvement and alternatives for their current program. Please help us finance our trip! We want to create a sustainable program that will improve the lives of the villagers after we leave.