Change a Life Uganda

Help Us Turn Wine Into Water!!

Benefit Dinner Honoring Dawn Marzerella

(For Her Outstanding Dedication and Tireless Support!) Friday, September 20th, 2013 West Lake Golf and Country Club Jackson, NJ 08527 6:00pm – 9:00pm Donation: $35 Purchase Tickets HERE: www.TurnWineIntoWater.Eventbrite.com Dinner, Gift Auction, & 50/50 Raffle Featuring a Special Presentation on how a Grass Roots Non-Profit is making a difference in the lives of Children in Uganda, through Education, Healthcare and Micro-Enterprise, by Fr. Lawrence Kimbowa, who has inspired and led this life changing work. Learn all about the Quarters for Water Project that has defied all odds!! Bring home the beauty of Uganda through beautiful Hand-Crafted Baskets and Jewelry made by the women of Migyera, Uganda. Please RSVP by 09/15/2013 Mail Check Payable to Change A Life Uganda, to Liz Annino, 11 Crooked Stick Rd Jackson, NJ 08527 For More Information Contact Liz Annino 732-928-8776 www.ChangeALifeUganda.org

Change A Life Uganda Festival

Join the fun – African themed activities, soccer games, live Auction, pony rides, paper bead jewelry making, water jug races. Come be inspired by Fr. Lawrence Kimbowa as he provide us with an update on how lives are changing because of Change A Life Uganda‘s help with education, health care and income generating activities. Help us with Quarters for Water to bring clean water to our school and health center. You can make a difference in a child’s life.

Tickets Available HERE: Change A Life Uganda Festival

Turning Wine Into Water!!

"Friendraising" Reception & Brief Program

Wednesday, September 18th, 2013

Beaver Brook Country Club

Annandale, NJ 08801

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Donation: $15

Tickets Available HERE: http://www.TurningWineIntoWater.Eventbrite.com

Learn how a Grass roots non-profit is making a difference in the lives of children through Education, Healthcare and Micro-Enterprise.

Meet Fr. Lawrence Kimbowa, who has inspired and led this life changing work.

Hear about the Quarters for Water Project that has defied all odds!!

Bring home the beauty of Uganda through beautiful Hand-Crafted Baskets and Jewelry made by the women of Migyera, Uganda.

Please RSVP by 09/15/2013

Mail Check Payable to Change A Life Uganda, to Rosemary Carroll, 19 Westgate Dr. Annandale, NJ 08801

For More Information Contact Kathleen Brown 732-673-4384

http://www.ChangeALifeUganda.org

Training and Sensitization of CALU Beneficiaries.

It is a policy by change a life Uganda to carry out training and sensitization of its beneficiaries before any new activity or program is initiated. We believe that the best gift we can give is education.

In the field of micro enterprise, change a life staff has carried out training to enable the beneficiaries understand clearly the policy and tools of the micro enterprise program.

The assistant director(Juliet Nankumba) explaining the micro enterprise policies and tools to kitebi group members as she met them in one of the homes of the members.

The micro enterprise programe co-ordinator(collins Kivumbi) explaining more about the program as he met the loan group leaders at the health unit in Nabbingo.


The loans officer (Nankinga cate)training the loan group leaders in Nabbingo on the newly printed passbooks, receipt books and loan application forms as she met them at the health unit in Nabbingo

By Nankinga Cate,Loans officer, CALU

Menstrual Period Made Safe in St. Lawrence School Migyera

Many women and young girls in Uganda look at menstruation as a burden due to lack of good and safe protective materials to use when they undergo their cycles. They could use old and dirty piece of clothes. This has always created fear, stigma and discomfort among many girls especially those of school going age in fear of soiling their uniforms. This has always been accompanied with missing classes and drop outs.

Student excited over afri pads

In 2011 Change - A-Life came in to support students at St. Lawrence by offering them free afri -pads packs. These can be used for at least one year. Afri-pads are new brands in Uganda they are used, washed, well dried and kept. They can last for one full year of use. They are environmental, and cost friendly as compared to other sanitary materials commonly used. Primary and secondary students have continued receiving afri pads and guidance on how to use them in the consecutive years (i.e. 2012 and 2013) with the support of Change – A – Life.

In a nutshell afri-pads have improved school attendances, cut down on the rate of drop outs, and costs incurred while buying the disposable sanitary pads. They also reduce on bacterial infections which have been affecting some of our learners as a result of using dirty pieces of clothes.

Robinah Nampungu,

Social worker Migyera ,

Change-A-Life Uganda.

Mend For Charity

By; Claire Namukwaya
Crafts and Tailoring Coordinator CALU

When a child has a torn uniform it mentally affects their learning; they cannot raise up their hand to ask a question during class because they are embarrassed of the hole in their under arm, embarrassed to stand up because of the hole at the back or front of their shorts, dress, shirts and afraid to interact with their friends because they don’t want them to see the holes in their uniforms.

The mend for charity activity was thought of to help children with torn uniforms. The teachers in class on that specific day help pick the pupils from class so that no child is left out; they are sent to the tailoring workshop to have their uniforms mended by the trainees in the tailoring project, in that way the trainees give back to CALU and their community.

Above; Miss Ginnie and Miss Jill replacing the missing buttons on the boys' shirts

Trainees figuring out how to repair a pupil's uniform

The trainees provide the wrappers used by the pupils as their uniforms are being mended;

Children waiting as their uniforms are being mended, using wrappers provided by the Trainees

when the uniforms have been mended they dress up and go back to class confidently, and go on with their learning.

Happy children wearing mended uniforms

Update From St. Joseph's Primary School Chess Club - Nabbingo, Uganda

The Gates Leading to St. Joseph's Primary School Nabbingo

It is hard to put into words how good it feels to check Facebook and see the updates from Morish Ogwang and the St. Joseph's Primary School Chess Club. To see the joy in their faces as they play Chess and to know that we helped make those smiles happen. I didn't expect this much from only spending a day with these wonderful children and leaving a few extra Chess Boards until I could arrange additional Chess Sets be provided to them. To be honest, I didn't even expect to teach Chess at St Joseph's Primary School at all. My children, Timmy & Judy, and I were prepared to teach 10-12 students and 3-4 teachers at St. Lawrence Primary School in Migyera, Uganda. We had only bought about a dozen Club Quality Chess Sets with us to teach and play on and half a dozen Dollar Store Chess Sets to give away as incentives for the Chess Class. We intended on teaching these few students for 4-5 days and then have them teach their peers that were interested in learning how to play Chess. I was not prepared for the OVERWHELMING response we received at St. Joseph's and the follow-up that has happened since our departure from Uganda, as it was a late and most welcomed addition to our itinerary. We were able to teach Morish and 10 Students from St. Joseph's Primary School on our 2nd Day in Nabbingo, Uganda. We spent about 3 1/2 hours teaching and playing Chess only stopping for a brief "Soda Break". ;-)

We finished our trip by teaching Chess at St. Lawrence Primary School in Migyera and going on a 2-Day Safari and then returned home. To his credit, Morish has kept us updated on the growth of the "St. Joseph's Primary School Chess Club - Nabbingo", as they have added an additional 20members and have added 3 additional teachers. We have sent out an additional 10 Club Quality Chess Sets, ScoreCards and Teaching Materials to Uganda to help the Chess Club move forward. I can't wait to see those pictures once they get posted. Keep up the GREAT Work Morish!! For more pictures visit www.ChangeForChess.org

Putting You in Control of Health Penetration

We at CALU have worked with pride cheering as St Francis health center has reached milestone after milestone on that long road of development called Progression. That first bed,That first cure, microscope..............................

But if you are like us and wish the most of the people we serve, the milestone that looms largest and is most daunting lies ahead to complete this facility project. And that of course is $50,000-$75,000

You can control the speed of health penetration and progression and the services you wish developed. As such, we recognize Jersey Shore Medical Center courtesy of Dr. Wells with grateful thanks who have enabled us offer services by supporting our journey through with materials. The latest of materials received at St Francis healthcenter include; Adult scale, testing sticks, masks, ENT model, NG tubes, IV cathetas, Surgical gloves, bandages, thermometers, antiseptics, syringes, pedriatic oxygen masks, Oxygen resastators, amplism stockings, vacutainars, Stetoscopes, BP machine, trauma compressor seat, surgical instrument sets, Sprints, artery foceps-toothed and untoothed and a dental chair.

We know that materials really do matter. So speak our language – the life changing language and expand horizons