This summer was a huge success for our
education program! With the help of several stateside volunteers, Fount
of Mercy hosted two literacy trainings. We were thrilled to have over 22
teachers and parents participating in our phonics training. More
trainings to come this Fall.
990
submitted! Woohoo! (Nonprofit annual taxes) Riveting news, I know, but
such a relief to have them done. Back to the exciting work. Have a
lovely weekend everyone.
We
have a new village bank in Bukaya, Uganda! The village bank has 30
participants- both men and women. The group meets once a week and is
quickly becoming a tight knit community who cares for each other. We are
so eager to watch this group grow.
This
month our community health program associate has been visiting past
HIV/AIDS workshop attendees to survey their students. The hope is that
teachers have been passing along the life saving information they
learned in our workshops to their students. We want to break the cycle
of misinformation and believe well informed teachers are vital to this
cause.
Our
vocational development program had a great month. We taught 3 business
class, started a new advanced business class, and now have a second
successful village bank moving forward.
Recently we celebrated our one year
anniversary of employing 12 Ugandans in our scarf making workshop. So
far we have made over 4300 scarves for the GO Exchange and are currently
working on an exciting line for the Fall.
