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Soul Uganda
Supporting Opportunities for Ugandans to Learn (S.O.U.L.) Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Brooke Stern and her father, Kenneth Stern in the Bujugali Falls region of Uganda. S.O.U.L.'s mission is to foster sustainable and vibrant Ugandan communities through unique partnerships focused on education, women’s empowerment, food security, and maternal health.
Shortly after finishing nursing school in 2009, Brooke and her father, Kenneth Stern, set out on a backpacking trip through Eastern Africa. After spending just five days in poverty-stricken Bujagali Falls, Brooke's idea of creating a not-for-profit foundation devoted to helping the impoverished Ugandan community began to take shape. In reflecting on her first visit to Uganda, Brooke states, "In the village, we saw hunger but we also saw thirst: thirst for knowledge, thirst for a better tomorrow, thirst for the opportunity to lift themselves out of gripping poverty."
Brooke returned to Uganda one month after her initial life-changing visit. She immersed herself in the culture and community for 13 months. Like her village neighbors, she lived without electricity, hot water or the comforts of modern society. She devoted this first year to listening to and learning from the villagers before she realized that the most effective S.O.U.L.ution for the community would involve a focus on accessibility to education. It was shortly after that S.O.U.L. Foundation was born.
Uhambo
We are Uhambo, an organization that transforms lives and makes opportunities accessible to people with physical disabilities in rural and underdeveloped parts of Africa. Our mission and work directly impacts people with disabilities who are vulnerable and, often times, forgotten.
Our name (Uhambo) means "journey" or "traveling forward" in a South African language, Xhosa. And that's exactly what we're doing. Uhambo USA’s vision is to reduce inequalities and barriers to participation for children with all disabilities. We do this primarily through our focus on parent and caregiver empowerment programs, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Usangule
Our mission is to promote access to education in rural Tanzania through sustainable agricultural projects that provide food for students and income for school expansion.
One of our core beliefs at UFFT is the sentiment that nourishing minds empower dreams. Hunger, the biggest obstacle to our goals, led 100% of students to report difficulty focusing in school and that 1 out of every 4 students leave school as a result of hunger and family poverty. Once basic needs are met and sustained, more students will attend and complete education, as well as achieve access higher education. Then, educated students will return to—and join efforts with—the community to develop and sustain a flourishing Usangule village.
Village Health Partnership
Every day worldwide, women die from preventable complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Most of these deaths occur in developing countries where deep poverty prevents women from seeking, reaching, and receiving medical care. In the isolated areas of rural Ethiopia, the majority of women deliver alone at home without skilled medical assistance.
As a result, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal and neonatal mortality rates in the world. What’s more, without access to medical care, women who survive delivery in these rural areas are often left with debilitating complications that destroy the quality of their lives and result in in social ostracism, depression, and economic hardship.
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