Raising the Village
focus | poverty alleviation through sustainable education solutions in rural Uganda.
Raising the Village |
believes that everyone should have access to education.
believes in community.
believes in sustainablity.
It’s easy to build a sustainable world.
It’s easy to change livesHelp us help change lives. One step at a time.
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We’ve moved!
Please find us at our new home, well back home as it turns out! We’ve got stories, reports from the field, photos and videos to keep you in the loop with our progress in Uganda, all on our new blog: raisingthevillage.org/blog
Update from Kisoro
Greetings! Claudia here with an update from Kisoro. Since our first post, so much has actually happened with each day being so eventful however due to our hectic schedules this was the only down time we found to be able to update you guys with a little bit of what we’ve been up to since … Read more
Day One: Grace
Hi everyone, we’ve all arrived safely to Uganda. Jen was late by 2 days, but she finally caught up to us and hit the ground running. There has been electricity black-outs so we haven’t been able to update as regularly as we’d like. Richard met us and he couldn’t be a greater guy and representative … Read more
Happy 5th Birthday RTV
On February 25, 2006, Raising The Village was born. There wasn’t a party, or an announcement, and there definitely wasn’t a press release. It was the day that Richard Kiweewa was hired as our Ugandan project manager. There were two of us. The first steps of Raising The Village came out of treks into the … Read more
$6,000 raised
With two weeks to go before we leave, we’re all anxious, excited and thick into preparations. We’ve got all our vaccinations and are checking our gear and battery packs. Don’t want to be surprised by non-functional cameras! But we wanted to take a minute and tell you how amazing you are. Shawn, Claudia, Wilson and … Read more
50% raised for Uganda: March 2011
With one month left before we leave, we’ve reached 50% of our fundraising goal today! Thank you, thank you. It’s been amazing watching each donation that comes in. To know that our friends and supporters believe in us so much as to invest in our trip is a humbling thing. We’re excited to get out … Read more
help get us to Uganda!
Help get us to Uganda! from Raising the Village on Vimeo. Claudia tweeted a video today. Check it out. Check us out!
Photo of the week ~ fruit travels
Where are all these jackfruits going? Bags and bags of fruit luggage, I wonder how far these guys are going…hmm
Ssanga Tales: Mayende Gideon, a parent
Mayende Gideon is an active parent and participates in all school activities – I wish all the Ssanga parents were like him. Gideon is a parent and the chairman of the school management committee. He is among the few community members with a stable family who lives by example, and a good agriculturalist that practices improved methods of farming. … Read more
Mr. Wamage – Kanga’s “Next in command”
If I were asked to describe Mr. Wamage, they would be: warm smile, “ancient” English and devotion to teaching. He is in his late 60s and everytime I see him he is always greets me with warm smile, addresses in his “ancient” but rather interesting English while clad in his always clean “ancient” outfits. He is the … Read more
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