Stand up and SAY NO
to Starvation in Kamuli Uganda

Greetings from Buwaiswa Orphanage Children's Home in Kamuli Eastern Uganda Africa.

Am sending out this appeal for help which requires immediate attention. Currently our Orphanage just like the entire Buwaiswa Village is facing a serious food shortage and crisis. This crisis was caused by the floods/Elinino rains which flooded the gardens and destroyed everything in its path. The food crops and plants were all destroyed. In Uganda almost all our food supplies comes directly from the gardens to the Kitchen, we hardly buy any from the stores. Now the trend has changed, we have to depend totally on buying from the stores to feed the Children. This is a challenge as we don't have the financial ability to purchase from the stores. The Children's Home desperately needs your help and every little bit will help to keep the children going; they need to eat and they need to continue to go to school so that they have a future.

I know times are tough (relatively) but I urge you to do as much as you can.

Share this message with friends and family.

~Christopher Kalema

Be the Change

Emergency & Relief Appeal for
Food & Medical Supplies

Since 2007, Eastern Uganda has suffered several storms, strong winds and flooding in the some parts of the districts of Soroti, Kamuli, Kumi, Karamajongo areas, part of north eat Uganda and of course the usual areas in the central. This has destroyed houses, caused cholera, blocked the roads making it harder even to deliver supplies, destroying farm fields/gardens of food, killing people and above all affecting the social and economic life style of the area.

Eastern Uganda is 83.9% rural, without access to power/electricity, no access to safe clean water, no access to health care services, not even proper schools, housing is very poor and almost 91.4% of the total population is food insecure. Eastern Uganda has a population of over 14.8million people as on Feb/2006. Because of the on and off flood-likes and its effects, now the entire Eastern Uganda has been badly hit by feminine which is likely to last up to the end of March/2011 when they get a new season and a new harvest from Uganda. The prices of food have skyrocketed and it also has to come from neighboring areas or even imported into the Countries. Buwaiswa Orphanage Children's Home and the entire village of Buwaiswa has been equally hit even harder following the March – May heavy, strong windy rains which posed the biggest cholera risk ever in the area. And these dangerous rains are still on and off which keeps on bringing a lot of health problems and killing people.

Now OGLM has created a 5 people committee to handle the crisis in the Buwaiswa community, this committed is headed by Barbara Munyaruguru – contact her on Barbara.Munya@oglm.org assisted by nutritionist Alice Mulondo, Agriculturist – Musa Kazimba, Nurse - Rosemary Nabirye and Advisor Dr. Fred Wakabi. This team is offering food supplies, medical and seeds for planting for next season. This team is focusing on the entire Buwaiswa Village which has a population of over 13,000 people. We are now appealing to you for your generous and kind support to make the work of the team even easier. To give you an idea, this is how your donations will be used and also sees its impact

$11 can feed a family of 5 members for a whole week.
$75 can provide seeds for a family for planting next season in March/2010
$43 can provide 4kg of high-yield crop seeds such as beans, maize, groundnuts, Soya beans
$32 can provide a full school uniform (made locally), includes shirt and pants for a boy, Blouse and skirt/jumper for a girl
Sanitary napkins so that an adolescent girl can stay in school $3/month
$85 to provide a bicycle that can be used to travel to school, to earn income or as part of our bicycle lending library, an income generating activity for the children's home
Livestock that will improve nutrition and create income for a granny and her family.
Chicken $5, Pig $25, Goat $62, Cow $95.
$12/term – 3 terms/year will provide school supplies such as exercise books, pens, pencils, etc.
$1/day to provide breakfast and lunch at school
$7 can provide a Mosquito net
$100 will provide a sewing machine, so that a woman can learn a trade and start a business
$800 to re-build a granny's home ravaged by flooding in 2007
$5,370 to Dig a well – providing fresh, clean water for many years to come!
$63 you can save a Pregnant mother, by a donation to allow her get antenatal & post antenatal care
$139 will provideHIV/AIDS Treatment for a whole year.
$20 will provide Malaria Treatment and prevention
$224 you can feed the Orphanage for 3 days

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Our books of account are kept by a certified accountant. These books of accounts are audited by CLAYTON & Company (Certified Public Accountants)

Please wire all your donations to

Information for corresponding Bank
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
ABA: 021001033
A/C: 04409233
P.O.Box 318 Church Street Station, New York New York 10008-0318 SWIFT ADDESS: BKTRUS33
Beneficiaries Bank Account details;
Bank Name: Bank of Africa. Bank Address: Jinja - Kampala Road Kampala Uganda. City & Country: Kampala Uganda
Branch Name: Bank of Africa - Jinja Branch. Account Number: 03011350002.

Beneficiary: Organization for Good Life of the Marginalized (OGLM). Swift Code: AFRIUGKA

Thanks for your priceless donations and kindness

Christopher Kalema (Founder Member - Fund Raising Officer)
Buwaiswa Orphanage Children's Home
Organization for Good Life of the Marginalized (OGLM)
Mvule Crescent 46 Opposite 3rd Lane,
P.O.Box 19 Jinja Uganda E.Africa

Tel: +256 434 120 528,
Fax: +256 434 121 322,
Cell: +256 392 822 548 or +256 774 157705
E-mail: Chris.Kalema@oglm.org or ckalema@yahoo.com