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Nawezakana... Helping women help themselves
We are working closely with a Ugandan NGO called Ray of Hope in Namuwongo, the slums of Kampala. Ray of Hope has a school, which is free, for P1 through P3. They do all they can to find sponsors for those children, and others in the slums, from P4 on. Ten Eighteen is currently sponsoring 36 children from P4 through University.
Nawezakana, which is the ladies' group, makes beautiful jewelry from handmade paper beads, and from other materials such as seed beads. They also sew jewelry purses, and are working on some other items to sell locally and internationally such as buntings. Ten Eighteen buys items from Nawezakana at market prices, brings them back to the US, and gives them away to donors who specify this ministry.
Other ways Ten Eighteen is helping Ray of Hope:
We provide micro-grants to women to enable them to become self sufficient. To date we have helped 7 families, and provide follow up help and business advice.
We provide micro-grants to women to enable them to become self sufficient. To date we have helped 7 families, and provide follow up help and business advice.
We pay the monthly rent for two elderly ladies in the group who aren't able to cover their expenses, as well as several women who are struggling. Our goal for these younger women is to help them, through our micro-grants, to become self sustaining.
We bring donated clothing for women and children to Ray of Hope, and help distribute it when we go down to their homes.
We have provided them with Quickbooks, so that they are able to move to the next level of organization. Ten Eighteen also donated a brand new laptop in 2011.
We pay the salaries of 2 social workers who work full time with the women and children in the programs.
We'd love for you to help us help Ray of Hope with your donation!
The ladies from Nawezekana thank the kindergarten class from Our Lady of Lourdes in Raleigh for their fundraising efforts.
August, 2010. We visited Nulu's family in Namuwongo. Nulu has 7 children of her own, and has taken in 2 orphaned relatives who used to be in her mother's care. Her mother died, so Nulu is caring for them now, in her home that is about 10'x12'. The oldest of the two hasn't been to school in over a year. We gave Nulu clothing for these precious ones, and arranged with a social worker from Ray of Hope for the 2 children to start at the Ray of Hope school with the next term.
