Florence is one in a million
We are currently running a campaign asking supporters to sign up to Give Every Disabled Child the Right to an Education. Florence works as a campaigner with USDC our partner organisation in Uganda. Her story shows just how important an education is in making a difference to the life chances of disabled children in Africa. [...]
Smiles party success
The charity night at Boujis in South Kensington on 9th June was a massive sucess. So many lovely people came out to support us and raised £5000 on the night to support surgery for disabled children which will take place in Uganda later in the year. We have also raised over £2,500 online before and after the [...]
Dancing on Wheels
Last night I was watching Dancing on Wheels a spin off of Strictly come dancing where a wheel-chair bound dancer is paired with someone able bodied. Some of the scenes reminded me of something I had been thinking about earlier this week when I went to visit Anne Wafula-Strike. Anne is a Kenyan born Para-olympic [...]
Are you willing to go the extra mile?
One of our 2010 marathon runners has already gone the ‘extra-mile’ and visited Uganda in advance of the run itself! Kat Tucker, who has previously lived and worked in Uganda visited in December and ran a training session for some of the teachers working with disabled children in schools we support. The feedback from the [...]
Changing Childrens lives in Uganda
My name is Saskia and I am an advocacy volunteer with USDC, the organisation which AbleChildAfrica works with in Uganda. My work in the first few weeks involved traveling around Uganda and meeting disabled children, their families, teachers and local officials. It was an honor and a privilege to be able to do this. I [...]
A Story From Uganda
First of all a Big Thank You to everyone who has so far supported my on-line campaign. I have now raised over £3000 on-line – 6% of my target. In order to reach my target of £50,000 by 7th Janurary to ensure the continuation of AbleChildAfrica’s valuable work I need to reach a lot more [...]
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