Rubaga Friends
- a non-profit, tax-exempt charity
Use this menu and learn about the children, the school, and our program
www.rubagafriends.org
rubagafriends@gmail.com
Based in Tucson, Arizona
Phone 520-327-7922
African children in huge numbers have lost their parents to armed conflicts and illnesses. Insufficient nutrition and healthcare, and uncertainty about education and lodging add to their traumas. Their future is imperiled. The children need all the help they can get. It is the goal of Rubaga Friends to improve the living conditions for some of these children.
The Rubaga Friends program focuses on 280 children at the Rubaga Community School in Kampala, Uganda. Since its start, the school has cared for very poor children and children without parents. Rubaga Friends was established to help the school accomplish its mission by providing funds to cover fundamental needs. Read more about the children, the school, and our program on the following pages, navigating via the menu to the left.
Recent ACTIVITIES and NEWS
- In spring 2009, the papyrus kindergarten building was replaced with a slightly more durable one-room structure. Funding of a larger, more adequate structure is now in place thanks to the generousity of the Grammoo Family and Friends in Tucson. Construction work can start and the new building will be ready in a few months.
- At the Rubaga Friends Annual Meeting December 2009, members decided to continue the present $100 membership fee. Three board members were reelected: Rich Flieger, Dave Flieger, and Jorgen Mortensen.
- The uprising in Kampala in September 2009 resulted in more than 20 dead persons. During the unrest, intruders stole blankets, books and a computer at the Rubaga School. There were no casualties at the school but children and staff were of course very upset.
- Check "NEWS" in navigation menu to see the latest issue of RUBAGA NEWS.
Donations from Hrymfaxe LLC
Do not miss this:
Order Dances With Wolves, its sequel The Holy Road or other titles by Micael Blake through the Tucson based publishing company, Hrymfaxe LLC.
You'll get wonderful books for your own leisure reading or presents for family or friends.
Hrymfaxe LLC very generously donates 25% of the price of every book sold to aid our work for the children at the Rubaga Community School.
It is about $6 per book, which is enough to cover the school's expenses on food for one child in about 25 days.
The free-shipping offer has been extended to last until the end of February 2010,
Treat yourself and at the same time: Make a difference in the lives of very needy children in Rubaga.
The Hrymfaxe book store is only a click away. Use the link to the left of this text.
Provisional kindergarten building from 2008
AFRICAN CHILDREN
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Updated January 21, 2010
One of 280 students
Teachers and other staff
Useful links:
The Rubaga Community School
Pima Rotary Club
Sam Hughes Elementary School
One-room kindergarten structure, built 2009
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