Education Uganda Project #29614

Build Resource Centre for 4000 children in Kibuli

by 40 days over 40 smiles Foundation

Build Resource Centre for 4000 children in Kibuli

Project Report | Aug 24, 2021
Giving in a pandemic

By Esther Kalenzi | Team Leader

How are we nearing the end of the year already? Are those Christmas carols we hear?

Well, we are incredibly grateful to have made it this far.

2021 has been quite the rollercoaster ride. Having experienced multiple lockdowns last year, we thought we had got the hang of it but alas! We are still learning.

Schools have remained closed and sadly, we have barely interacted with the children we work with. Our plans to set up the foundation for the first learning centre have been slowed down but we are determined to bring the dream to life- eventually.

While we cannot facilitate learning activities with the children, we have continued to engage our volunteers and supporters.

You can read some of our volunteers' experiences here.

We have mainly focused our energy on providing urgent support for vulnerable groups.

We were able to donate foodstuffs worth Ugx 3,287,000 (almost $1000) to the families of the children we support, along with their teachers.

In July, our Team leader teamed up with a Doctor (Dr. John Mark Bwanika) to run a fundraising drive for Healthcare workers who have worked tirelessly during the pandemic. They were able to raise over Ugx 23 million (aproximately $6,400). The funds were used to purchase groceries, masks and sanitisers for Healthcare workers across 5 hospitals in Entebbe, Sorori, Gulu, Mbarara and Fort Portal. Distribution was concluded this week.

We are indebted to you for your support.

Much love to you and yours.

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Feb 26, 2021
Let's do this!

By Esther Kalenzi | Team Leader

Jul 6, 2020
Still we rise

By Esther Kalenzi | Team Leader

Lockdown donation

We have already hit the half way mark this year and can literally see Christmas in the horizon. Can you?

What a year it has been already and yet it many ways, it also feels like it is just getting started.

Our last update was a positive one, we felt like we were ready to start work on the learning centre and it was a pretty exciting time. 2020 had different plans but we have kept it moving.

During this period, our work has revolved around teaching/training, fundraising and celebrating milestones.

We were able to donate food to the families of the children we work with under the Angaza program when the Government announced Lockdown measures. Up to 61 families received food stuffs in April.

As you know, we raise most of the funds for our programs through fundraising events. Since we were not able to host large groups of people in our usual venues for the safety of everyone involved, we decided to find online alternatives. We have since hosted 3 online Quiz events and raised Ugx 5,865,000 (Approximately $1,600) from them. This warms our hearts that much more knowing that people are going through the most difficult of times and yet they still give of their resources to 4040.

We are running a campaign to raise funds to donate up to 5,000 books to children across Uganda this year and part of the proceeds from the events are going towards this cause.

During the Lockdown, we have also been able to host different facilitators to share knowledge with our interns, volunteers and supporters at large, through diffrent discussions, ranging from branding to succedding as a multipotentialite. These discussions have been both fruitful and beneficial to the hundreds of participants who have joined us.

Last month, we successfully hosted an Intern graduation for 22 interns who volunteered with us for the 2019-20 period. It was a beautiful event filled with reminiscing and wonderful testimonies. I have shared the highlights in the links.

There is so much which is unknown and so many possibilities at the same time. We have gotten this far because of the love and support from people like you and know that we will go further still.

I hope that you and yours are keeping safe and hanging in there amidst everything.

Sending you lots of love and light.

4040 night- Online edition

4040 Masterclass

Intern graduation

Buy A Book Campaign

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