The Good People Fund is responsible for funding our Holiday Enrichment Program at SMK. Change the Truth is highlighted in their hot off the press e-newsletter (see below). We thank them for their continued support of this important project. “For a group of children living in St. Mary Kevin Orphanage Motherhood in Uganda, their ‘truth’ until 2007 was a very bleak one. Civil war, the AIDS epidemic and extreme poverty decimated the tiny country, leaving over 2 million children orphaned and struggling to survive. That is, until a photography workshop brought Gloria Baker Feinstein to Uganda and the orphanage. The 180 beautiful children that she captured in her pictures ultimately captured her heart. Three months after Gloria returned home, she decided to change the lives of the St. Mary Kevin orphans with the establishment of Change The Truth. Today more than 30 children receive academic scholarships for secondary school, college or vocational school; three balanced meals are served daily; a full-time social worker lives on site; musical instruments and uniforms have allowed the children to form a marching band; and a computer lab and textbook library supplement the children’s learning. The kids’ academic successes can be attributed in part to the Holiday Enrichment Program that we fund. Gloria tells us ‘it has been absolutely invaluable.’ During holiday breaks, secondary school students benefit from supplemental tutoring, additional courses, motivational speakers and team-building exercises. Even the kids have remarked how this program helps prepare them for their regular classes. We are honored to provide it.” - The Good People Fund
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:05:39 +0000
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