Newsletter January-March 2008

Letter from the Editor

Dear KACCAD Friends,

All the following entries dated April 3rd are from the first quarter 2008 newsletter January-March. There are introductions to many of the authors by the piece written by them.

We changed the format of our newsletter. There are multiple reasons for the change, the primary one is group empowerment and skill building. As many of you know, I will be in Uganda working with KACCAD for about eight more months. My close of service date is some time in November 2008. I have been primarily responsible for the newsletter to date. As I am soon to leave I am looking around to see what we have accomplished, what is yet to be accomplished and what we need to work to sustain. We have all grown to value the newsletter as we see it bringing our international supporters more on board. In order for the newsletter to be sustainable other people need to take responsibility for its writing. I am stepping back from being the primary author with my counterparts as editors to being the editor with our national and international volunteers as authors. We hope though this change in format you will get to know KACCAD’s working team at the same time that you read about our quarterly successes and challenges. KACCAD’s staff members and volunteers have written their own pieces for the newsletter based on their areas of focus. We all hope you enjoy the newsletter and look forward to any feed back about our new style.

Take care,

Amanda Milholland

KACCAD Peace Corps Volunteer

(Tori, Sofia, Courtney and Amanda)
Meet Our Real Uganda Volunteers

Clementine Johnson of Sydney, Australia (not pictures) is a double master’s student in international trade/commerce law and international relations. She worked with KACCAD through the month of January. She most enjoyed her work with Mercy Home Orphanage where she worked teaching youth of all ages about health and wellbeing.

Courtney Campbell is from Vancouver, Canada. She graduated from the University of Victoria in December with a degree in Economics and Biology. She arrived in Uganda on February 1^st and will be working with us until the end of April. She is currently working with two primary schools in additions to the secondary schools KACCAD work with and is actively involved in the HIV/AIDS Outreach and Support Program.

Sofia Graflund of Sweden and Tori Fraser from Calgary, Canada also worked with us this quarter. Sofia finished six months work with KACCAD in February and Tori will similarly finish six months at the end of April. Sofia who focused on the HIV/AIDS Outreach and Support Program and water and sanitation development is now back in Sweden continuing to make connections for KACCAD and enjoying work as a judge.

Tori Fraser has done a lot of work with youth in her time with KACCAD. She worked with Mercy Home Orphanage and now with Nicaragua Primary School and the secondary and vocational schools KACCAD partners with. She also has been very involved with home visits to families affected by HIV/AIDS.

Donating made Simple

Through our partnership with Global Volunteer Network (GVN) we are now able to offer a secure way for you to make donations to KACCAD over the internet. You can do this from GVN’s website: http://www.gvnfoundation.org/programs/projects/uganda/real/. Your donations will go direct to our in-country partner, Real Uganda. Real Uganda, the group we receive temporary volunteers through, will deliver our donations on a quarterly basis-January, April, July and October. To make a donation through GVN go to the above listed site, write what you intend the donation to be used for under “description,” choose KACCAD under the “please select” drop down menu, enter your donation amount and than press “pay here.” Ongoing and one time donations of all sizes are welcome. This donation method is great for you as well as KACCAD. It is quick. You can donate from your home computer with confidence knowing that we will receie your donation securely and you will receive a receipt from GVN for tax purposes-good for US citizens. It is great for us because we will not be charged bank fees and thus can get more out of your support. We encourage you to email us to let us know what you want your donation to be used for: HIV/AIDS outreach and support, HIV/AIDS/Life Skills education, individual or group income generation activity development, spring well construction or administrative support. You can even make a donation in the name of a friend as a gift. Email us at kyosigacommunity@gmail.com.

We do ask you to remember that we receive donations on a quarterly basis. If you need to get a donation to us in a certain time period you will ether have to plan in advance and make sure it is to use by the closest quarter mark before it is needed or you can send your donations through our bank account or Western Union. Students sponsors, this is especially important for you to remember as the students you support depend on your timely donations to continue school. We thank all those who donate to KACCAD and sincerely hope this partnership in giving allows you more ease as you continue to help us serve our communities.

Thank you!

We have received a lot of support this quarter for school sponsorship, our group chicken rearing project and basic operations. We sincerely thank all those who have chosen to sponsor a child, who have invested in the group chicken rearing project that is benefiting seven HIV/AIDS affected families in Bulenga and those who have given funds for operation costs. Our special thank yous for this quarter go out to:

• · Real Uganda: Donations for the HIV/AIDS Outreach and Support program, support for construction of the volunteer center and most of all for provision of volunteers, 2007-present.

• · With God’s Little Ones (USA): Purchase of computer equipment, sponsorship of internet for the KACCAD office, sponsorship of four students and a chicken rearing project for an HIV/AIDS affected widow, 2007-present.

• · The Milholland family (USA): Ongoing administrative and project assistance, 2007-present.

• · Lee Miller, Maheen Merchant and Sofia Graflund: Donations to the group chicken rearing project, December 2007-first quarter.

• · Sofia, the Graflund family and donors from Sweden: Construction of 19 spring wells in Wakiso District, September 2007-present.

• · Reverend Rudolph and Carol Kurz, With God’s Little Ones, Telyn Kusalik, Clementine Johnson, Ida Norlin, Christina Dahlberg-Norlin, Sofia Graflund, Helena Graflund Hanna Graflund, Graflund Family, the Lions Club Eskilstuna, Martina Engstrom, Mikael Stahl, Linda Hellqvist, Ann Bokinge, Annette Westoo, Markus Almerud: Student sponsors, 2008.