A donation for the project

Yeah! Finally some good news. We have recieved a private donation for Hands of Hope. 450 US dollars has been send to the Tororo office.

Phibby has written to us that: "I receieved the money you gave us for the office. I had to pay pending office debts since last year, so it helped a lot". 

Some of the volunteers from Hands of Hope in front of the office. 

Even though 450 dollars is not a whole lot, it makes a great difference to Hands of Hope. They are really struggling to make ends meet. Running expenses such as internet access, electricity and water, really is a great challenge for them. 


Hoping to recieve even more funds in the future - please let us know (send an email to sfof@sfof.dk) if you are interested in helping us helping Hands of Hope! 

Weekend reading

Governor Cohen

Want to know more about what happens in Uganda - written by the ugandans themselves? Then the Monitor  might be a good place to start.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/

According to our sources, the ugandan newspapers actually do have their freedom to write critical stories - although they might sometimes get in some kind of trouble for it. But they persist and the Monitor covers a lot of what of happens in Uganda.



This week, for instance, you can read about a ugandan human rights group, who is protesting against police violence. But you can also get a glimpse of ugandan history as the Monitor tells the story about the English Governor Cohen who prepared the road to independence for Uganda.

Applying for funds... not so easy!

Hi everyone

These days we (SFOF and friends) are trying to look for funds for Hands of Hope and their many good projects. We are working on several applications, trying to cook up some good ones. It is not as easy as it might seem!

Even though Hands of Hope is a genuine organization, their projects such as prevention of diseases, health promotion, basketball clubs and schools for orphans are necessary etc etc, it is still a complicated thing to fill out all the forms required by donators. Understandable - they need to make sure, that there is no corruption etc - but still very complicated for us who just want to help Hands of Hope :-)

If you know anyone who would like to help us in our fundraising efforts, please contact us at sfof@sfof.dk! Money, used equipment or a helping hand to fill out the forms - all help is usefull.