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A Very Special Request

June 18, 2010 at 7:19 am

The Laroo Vocational School in Uganda works with ex-child soldiers, training them with practical and marketable skills to help them re-integrate with society. Many in Uganda look down on or are afraid of these poor kids because of the atrocities they’ve been forced to commit and without a way to support themselves in the city they are often left ostracized by their villages and communities. The Laroo school plays an essential role in helping these kids heal from their past.

The school has sent an urgent request for funding the education of these children. Like everyone these days they’re finding it hard to survive. Read on to see the numbers, and you’ll get a little perspective on how things really are:

For their sewing school, they need €370 to purchase thread, mirrors, stools, yamato rolls, tape measures and scissors for the semester.
For their carpentry school they need €365 to purchase chess cram, triangular files, saw frames, saw blades, arc saws, and smoothing planes
For their construction school they need €120 to purchase t-squares, overalls, wooden floats, and straight edges.

That’s €855 all up to keep the entire operation going. When you think of all the little lives that will be influenced by that, it’s nothing really…

This is a great chance to partner with a school that is working hard to not simply see these kids survive but to see them thrive. If you contribute through Zest4Kidz you can be sure all your money is going straight to the Laroo school and not into administration. Donate now

Thanks.

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