Project Uganda Video

Please take a look at the short video of our 2007 project, from this you will see why we are going back this year and why your donations are so important.

Orchid IT helps Project Uganda

Brett Critchley the Managing director of Orchid IT and his finance director James Twigg who both set up the business in one of Brett’s spare bedroom donated a laptop computer for Project Uganda to use to fund raise to help their trip to Uganda.

They also provided 200 copies of the DVD about our last project in 2007. These are being used to give to people that helped with fund raising last time by their contributions or to send to possible sponsors this time.

Derbyshire Building Society 10K

It was a cool start to the 10K at 9am Sunday morning, but our runners did us proud. Everyone running in a “Project Uganda” T-shirt finished in under an hour with the fastest of the team completing the distance in 45 minutes – well done Matt!

The lead runner of the 3500 participants appeared to have sprinted for the whole course, finishing in approximately 29 minutes.

James Raynor and James Whelan from Project Uganda have received promises of donations upon completion of the 10K and the other runners supporting Project Uganda are Matt Pluck, Michael Booth, Duncan Watts and David Judge who have donations from generous colleagues and friends.

Although the final total is yet to be calculated it appears that between them the runners have raised well over £1000!

Thank you so much to all the runners, your efforts have been extremely worthwhile.

More photos from this and previous events can now be viewed by double clicking on the image displayed under the “2009 Project Pictures” heading.

If you would like to make your own donation, please click on the Donate button.

Project Uganda in the local Newspaper

Yesterday an article on Project Uganda was published in the Derby Evening Telegraph.

STUDENTS who worked in an impoverished Ugandan district last year are to return to see what difference their help has made. And they hope to give out more aid to schoolchildren there.

Eight students, five from Ecclesbourne School at Duffield and three from Woodlands School in Allestree, will go to Uganda for nine days. For three of the pupils, it will be the second time they have taken part in Project Uganda, organised by city councillor Pauline Latham.

Last year they went to the Mukono district, where they helped to create a science lab at a school and install a water butt so that pupils could have a drink. This year, they will revisit that school and see what help they can give to another school in the district.

Ecclesbourne pupil James Raynor, 17, is looking forward to returning to Uganda. He said: "I saw so much and it was such an experience going out there that I really want to go again and see what we had helped to achieve. "Getting a water tank at the school was such an important thing because children were setting off at 7am to get to school for 9am and then having a full day without a drink after walking that distance."

He has been passing on his experiences to those students who will be travelling out for the first time. Rebecca Jepson, 15, of Allestree, attends Woodlands School and said she was looking forward to her first visit to Uganda. She said: "I really wanted to get involved because I know sometimes it can be easy to be selfish and I wanted to try to give something back and think it will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me. "I have heard from some of the pupils what it was like on the first visit and I think it will be a real experience for me."

James and Rebecca will be joined by Francis Walker, 17, Amy Wicks, 16, Ciara Nation, 17, Shelley Reynolds, 15, Oli Watson, 15, and James Wheelan, 15. The pupils will travel out with Mrs Latham on July 10 to spend nine days in Uganda.

They have each paid for their own air fares and inoculations and are now busy raising more than £8,000 to put towards the two Ugandan schools they will visit.

They held a fund-raising fashion show on Wednesday, March 25, and have organised cake stalls and bag-packing sessions at supermarkets. Mrs Latham said that she had been impressed with the students' enthusiasm in raising money for the trip. She has revisited the area herself with her husband, Derek, since the pupils last went out to hand over money to the schools and see the work on the science lab. "We gave the money because the government there said schools had to offer science or they would be shut down. The money went for materials to finish the construction of the science lab and to fully equip it," she said. "We also spent money on a solar panel and water tank for the roof. "The other school we are going to this time is basically a shack and I think it will be a shock to some people.

Click here to visit the Derby Evening Telegraph web site: http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Pupils-Uganda-difference-year-makes/article-897852-detail/article.html

Ever wondered what a Mayor's Parlour is ?

Now is your chance to visit one!

Project Uganda has been invited by the Mayor of Derby, Councillor Barbara Jackson, to hold a coffee morning in the Mayor's Parlour (Reception Room).

If you would like to visit us, we will be there on Thursday 16th April 2009 between 10:30am and 12 noon. We will be serving coffee and have a variety of homemade cakes and biscuits for you to purchase, with all funds raised going to Project Uganda.

Directions:

The Mayor’s Parlour is situated in the Council House on Corporation Street, Derby and is entered by the corner entrance and up the ceremonial staircase.

All are welcome

Project Uganda visit St Edmunds Allestree

On Sunday the 5th April the Project Uganda team visited the St Edmund's Allestree Parish Church to tell the gathered congregation why we are involved with the project and the aims and objectives.

After the morning service the team sold cakes, marmalade and soft toys to the congregation raising a staggering £205 towards the project!

Project Uganda would like to say a very special thank you to the Revd Canon Chris Dyer and her congregation for their warm welcome and generosity today.

We would also like to thank the team members for baking and helping out at the church today, these were Ciara, James Whelan, Amy, Fran, Becky, Pauline, Jane Walker, Maggie Wicks, both Ken and Cherril Raynor.

"Pack your bags ?" at Sainsbury's Kingsway

On Saturday the 4th April the Project Uganda team and a large following of friends helped the busy shoppers in Sainsbury's pack their bags. People were very generous and grateful for the help they were given.

We would like to thank the management of Sainsbury's Kingsway for allowing us to "Bag Pack" for their customers and to get closer to our target by raising a staggering £1187.

Pauline Latham, team leader of Project Uganda, was delighted at the number of Year 10 and Year 12 friends who gave their support and whole the team wish to thank Eliot Fallows, Jon Vickers, Mark Raynor, Nick Sowter, Ruby Richardson, Toby Cumming, Aaron Stewart, Emily Short, Eliza Dawson, James Holt, Sarah Holmes and Phoebe Simpson.

Finally, thank you to all the shoppers at Sainsbury's for their generosity in making the day a great success; Project Uganda and the Ugandan schools are very grateful to you.

What is Project Uganda ?

Schools in Uganda face huge challenges due to their lack of facilities. This makes it far harder for the children to learn and for the teachers to teach to a reasonable standard. Their schools are often only half built, without textbooks or any kind of teaching aids beyond a blackboard to help stimulate the children's minds.

Project Uganda has been set up to raise money that will be used to provide much needed equipment and facilities at the schools we visit. This in turn will help give these Ugandan children a chance of a better education and ultimately a better life.

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