2/20/13 11:51 AM ChangeALife Uganda: Water Project Closer to Completion (Feb 2013 Newsletter) Page 1 of 10 http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=anlbffdab&v=0…xKLoLR6qKjQkWLh_bh8rBjNZXdPFMgcQJIVY2ZTQ_5_vrutQ6oa39oPp1A%3D%3D Hi, just a reminder that you're receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in Change A Life Uganda. Don't forget to add [email protected] to your address book so we'll be sure to land in your inbox! You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails. CALU Has A New Address! ChangeALife Uganda Jean Semler, President Dave Thelen, Vice Pres. 46 Oakmont Lane Jackson, NJ 08527 732 833 1736 SANDY WASHES AWAY SPONSORS Do you have a friend or a group of friends to sponsor a CALU child. Hurricane Sandy's impact February 2013 ETS Global Donates Pencil Boxes to the Students of St. Lawrence School "Pens for Success" from ETS Global Thanks to a chance conversation on an airplane, students at St. Lawrence School in Migyera now have basic writing tools to begin the new school year. On his journey to Uganda last summer, CALU Vice President Dave Thelen sat next to Lucia Loyo, Director of Global Affairs for ETS Global on the flight to Amsterdam, the first leg of his trip. Dave told Lucia about CALU and its mission to empower children to become change agents in their country through improved education, health care and income generating activities. Lucia told Dave about ETS Global's program "Pens for Success" to provide basic school supplies to children in developing nations. She agreed to help CALU.
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2/20/13 11:51 AMChangeALife Uganda: Water Project Closer to Completion (Feb 2013 Newsletter)
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Hi, just a reminder that you're receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in Change ALife Uganda. Don't forget to add [email protected] to your address book so we'll be sure toland in your inbox! You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails.
Do you have a friend or agroup of friends to sponsora CALU child.
Hurricane Sandy's impact
February 2013
ETS Global Donates Pencil Boxes to theStudents of St. Lawrence School "Pens for Success" from ETS GlobalThanks to a chance conversation on an airplane, students at St.Lawrence School in Migyera now have basic writing tools tobegin the new school year. On his journey to Uganda lastsummer, CALU Vice President Dave Thelen sat next to LuciaLoyo, Director of Global Affairs for ETS Global on the flight toAmsterdam, the first leg of his trip. Dave told Lucia about CALUand its mission to empower children to become change agents intheir country through improved education, health care andincome generating activities. Lucia told Dave about ETS Global's program "Pens for Success"to provide basic school supplies to children in developing nations.She agreed to help CALU.
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continues to unfold in bothexpected and unexpectedways. Unfortunately some of oursponsors were unable torenew their commitment totheir sponsored child'seducation.
Could you sponsor aanother child or invitefriends to make adifference in a CALUchild's life?
This time of year planningbegins for our 2013 trip toUganda. We would love tohave you join us. Meet your sponsored child,their family and our staff.Visit St. Lawrence School,the students, the newhealth center, the craftcenter, our micro-financeprojects and the wonderfulpeople of Uganda. See first hand thedifference you are making. Departure the last week inJune. Contact Jean formore information.
St. Lawrence Students will begin the 2013 school year well prepared.
A few months later, a van pulled up to St. Lawrence School anddelivered cartons filled with metal school boxes. Each boxcontains a pen, pencil, ruler and eraser and every student receivedone. Parents are responsible for providing writing tools for theirchildren attending government-sponsored schools, like St.Lawrence. However, in Migyera, many parents cannot affordthese supplies or they are not educated themselves to realize theimportance of equipping their children with the required items.
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A big thanks to themany sponsors whogave the gift of water through our HolidayGift Card project.
Your child received yourcards and greetings. They send a warm
thank you for helping tobring St. LawrenceSchool clean water.
$20 buys one yard of
pipeline.
We are 165 yards closerto funding the pipeline.
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"The best gift you can give a poor country like ours is to educatethe children who are the future of our nation," said Fr. LawrenceK. Kimbowa, CALU's Director. "Education will empower them,open doors for them, and forge a destiny of opportunity forthem." CALU remains grateful to Lucia Loyo and ETS Global for theirsupport and partnership in our mission. ETS or EducationalTesting Service is best known in the United States for its collegeand graduate school entrance examinations.
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Ambasize is promoted to Gr. 4Name of Child and Number Code ChangeALife UgandaFoundationP.O.Box 23469Kampala, Uganda
Ambasize Rebeccah's Report
This year we are trying a new approach to inform our sponsorsabout their child's performance. Our CALU team in Uganda hasbeen e-mailing us updated student photos and report cards which,over the next month, will be printed and mailed to you. Our goalis to keep you updated and committed to the educational journeyof your student. Your feedback is important so let us hear fromyou. Ambasize in the photo above is from a family consisting of 11members. Most of her siblings have dropped out of schoolbecause the family was unable to pay school fees. Ambasize is agood student and ranks 3 out of 66. We are grateful to the ChenFamily for making this educational opportunity possible forAmbasize.
QuartersForWater "Let it H2O" Brings Water Project Closer toCompletion
In the spirit of the holiday season, Kathy Fable of Quinn FableAdvertising in New York City, creator of CALU's beautifulwebsite, announced to her clients that she had made acontribution in their name to the QuartersForWater Program.
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Holiday "Let it H2O" card from Kathy Fable and Quinn FableAdvertising
With the help of famed advertising photographer Chip Forelli,Kathy designed a special holiday "Let it H2O" card explaining oureffort to provide a steady supply of clean water to the students atSt. Lawrence School, to the patients and staff at St. FrancisHealth Center and to the people of Migyera. She invited herclients to donate to the project, too. "Through the program, we're helping build water collection tanksfor on-site drinking water, enabling the continuing educationalstudies of many children at their new school in Uganda," shewrote. "So your donation will truly help change a life."
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From Chip Forelli's water photography collection.
As a memento of their donation to theQuartersForWater program, each client received a beautifulsigned print from Chip's water photography collection. Clientswere invited to visit the CALU website to learn more about ourmission, become Corporate Sponsors, and receive a complete setof four framed Chip Forelli water images. A big thanks to Maria Quinn and the staff of MammothAdvertising for their holiday contribution. ___________________________________________________________
QuartersForWater Power Lines Bring Water Project Closer to theFinish Line
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Power l ines instal led!Power l ines instal led!
It has been a long journey from 2009 when our CALU teamcommitted to bringing water to St. Lawrence School and healthcenter. The recent installation of power lines, funded by a SegalFamily Foundation grant, moves the project closer to the finishline. The "race for water" began four years ago when our schoolchildren had no water and previous attempts to drill traditionalwells in this semi-arid area failed. The beginning of any journey is the first step. For CALU, it wasresearch and community input. This was followed by projectplanning, installing rain water collecting tanks, hiring ahydrologist, searching for and finding water, drilling a well,building a pump house and constructing a 50,000L water towerand of course key to all of this, fundraising. We have raised over$154,000!
With two thirds of the work behind us, our 2013 goal is to installa pump and lay the network of pipes to connect the pump houseto the water tower, school and health center.
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Wouldn't it be wonderful that during the next DRY season,instead of filling jerry cans with dirty pond water, the children willdrink clean water from our new well? Remaining projectbalance is $73,000. $20 buys one yard of pipeline. Can you help?
St. John's Academy New QuartersForWater School Partner Schools are participating in the QuartersForWater Project andCALU welcomes St. John's Academy in Hillsdale, NJ as a newschool partner. Students at St. John's donated $1200 - or sixtyyards of pipeline - at their Thanksgiving service project.
Schools interested in learning more about our water project clickhere to view our video and may view the list of ideas for projectsfor their students.
QuartersForWater Community Partners CALU supporters might reach out to churches, schools,businesses, organizations and corporations near where they liveand invite them to become Community Partners. That's what sponsor, Bill Flynn did with the Rotary Club ofSpring Lake, NJ. The Rotary is committed to community,
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Pond during the dryseason.
national and international service projects. CALU appreciatestheir generous donation to our water project and thanks Bill forhis leadership and initiative. CALU welcomes our newest community partner, the
Colts Neck Reformed Church in Colts Neck,NJ. In addition to sponsoring a child andfunding a unique women's sewing project, thecongregations has embraced QuartersForWater as the Church's Lentenservice project. We are also excited to have JillNiehaus and Ginne Hooper travel to Ugandathis June to launch the women's sewing project. Stay tuned for more updates about our excitingpartnership with the Colts Neck Reformed
Church. Thank you Rev. Scott Brown for your leadership andcaring. The children and families of Migyera remain grateful to you -individuals, families, groups and schoolchildren - who have madethis "pipedream" a pipeline of clean water for them.
QuartersForWater
Be Part of the Team That Makes It Happen Dear Friends of CALU, We are so close to completing the waterproject in Migyera that we hope to wrap itup as soon as possible. We invite you tobe part of a team that makes that happen! With $72,000 to go, we are seeking 60friends to pledge a monthly gift of $100for one year. That's 60 peoplecontributing $1,200 each for a total of$72,000. Gifts may be made throughcredit card, on-line via PayPal, or a monthly billing and payment.You decide what works best for you. We hope to have the 60 pledges in place by the end of March sowe can proceed with the final phase of the project. A team, all 60of us, working together to lay the last yards of pipe line, install thepump and supply clean water to the school and health clinic.
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Please join our Team of 60. Every time you make your $100monthly pledge payment, you will be turning on the faucet andgiving a Ugandan child a fresh cup of clean life-sustaining water.
Email or call today! Let's get it done! [email protected] 732 833-1736
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