Unified for UNIFAT

Unified for UNIFAT

Hello, I saw this page on facebook and decided to check it out. After watching the intro video, I knew I wanted to help, and when I saw that I could suggest an organization to be assisted, I knew the perfect one.
Unified for UNIFAT is a student-run organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio that works in conjunction with Friends of UNIFAT, a registered nonprofit.
UNIFAT school is a primary school located in Gulu, Uganda, of over 1300 students from kindergarten to 7th grade. Northern Uganda has been caught up in the turmoil of a twenty-year war complete with mass killings, burning of villages and child abductions. Abitimo Rebecca Odongkara, the school's founder, started it in an effort to instill the youth with values of education to give them opportunities to better their lives.
Unified for UNIFAT is purely student run and relies on the hard work and dedication of countless high school students. We raise funds through events such as bake sales, benefit concerts and variety shows. All of the money we raise goes directly to UNIFAT to pay the tuitions of 120 scholarship students as well as contribute to bettering facilities for learning. So far, we've succeeded in sending laptops for teachers and mentors to use and we have paid for new textbooks for the students.
This past summer, I, along with seven other students and three chaperones, traveled to Gulu. We spent two weeks connecting with sponsored children, the teachers, and in general seeing what more we could do for UNIFAT. I have seen firsthand the desperate poverty in which many students live, there are often over eight children taken care of one adult living in a tiny mud hut, or just on the street. Often, the meal they receive at school is the only one they get.
What we do for them makes an enormous difference, and we need all the help we can get to improve the lives of these precious children. I sincerely believe that this cause is wholly worth peoples' wages.
Our website is www.unifiedforunifat.com. Please visit it and browse, we have information as well as multiple videos elaborating on the work we do and why we do it.

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great organization!

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hey!
i'm so glad you brought this organization into the minds of more people. What Unified for UNIFAT does is truly life changing both for the children in Uganda but also for those involved here in the U.S.!

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