Empower African Children Blog

New Scholarship Students From Uganda Have Arrived!

 

Three Ugandan students have been selected to participate in the U.S. Scholarship program.  They arrived THIS WEEK!

We welcome new scholarship students Peter, Betty and Francis to the United States. They arrived in Dallas, Texas, today from Kampala, Uganda. All three will begin classes at Richland Community College in January.

We are excited about the next few years for them as they learn valuable career and leadership skills. Our hope is that our investment in them will help improve the lives of many others in Uganda and as they apply their education. 

Check back soon for profiles of each of the new students.

Holiday Gifts

 
We're thankful for your support!

Please consider Empower African Children when making your year-end contributions.

And let us help you finish your last-minute Christmas shopping.  Make a gift in honor of a loved one and we'll send them a card with a small authentic Ugandan gift drum.

Click here to make your gift online or send a check to: 

Empower African Children
PO Box 141226
Dallas, TX 75214

Questions?  Email us at info@EmpowerAfricanChildren.org or call 214.828.9323

End of the LRA?

Yesterday, a group of joint forces from Uganda, Southern Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo attacked the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). According to the forces' spokesperson, the attack had a clear objective: to "destroy the LRA and eliminate or capture rebel leader Joseph Kony."  The LRA is notorious for abducting and using children as soldiers and conducting horrific raids in Northern Uganda over the last 20 years  — affecting some of the children we serve at Empower African Children.

Read more about the recent attacks from the Associated Press  or New Vision (Uganda newspaper). Learn about the LRA on Wikipedia.