VILLAGE2VILLAGE PROJECT INC

Child Sponsorship Program: Village2Village Project encircles orphaned and vulnerable children with love, dignity, accountability and hope through a team of caring staff, the child's extended family, and like minded friends. This love is combined with the commitment of a sponsor who provides them with letters of encouragement, nutritious meals, needed medical care and an excellent education. We build relationships with children and families one at a time - seeing them as individuals with the untapped potential to change their communities. The children served are from Serere, Uganda; a northeastern district of rural villages which has the lowest achievement scores on primary standardized testing in the nation. Village2Village Project has two campuses in different subcounties in Serere, which has a population of 350,000. Our program serves more than 250 children and young adults from preschool through University level, providing social and spiritual mentoring and daily casework support in an effort to transform children with stolen futures into leaders. Village2Village Project also builds the capacity of their guardians to provide and care for them and for the other children in their care. Village2Village Project children do not live in an orphanage. The sponsor, the V2V staff and the extended families who shelter and guide the children are all partners in this care and become a community that changes lives.

Emerging Leaders Program: Students that complete secondary school at the ordinary or advanced level are able to apply for professional or university studies. Caseworkers visit, monitor and support these students, quarterly gatherings are arranged and they have an annual campout. The university students also help with the primary and secondary program during school breaks, and an effort is made to give them projects that relate to their course of study. These students are encouraged also to be involved in charitable projects that serve the wider community.