Miramichi News: Miramichi Uganda Foundation "ON AIR" Fundraiser on LIfe Rodio

These are some of the accomplishments and goals of MUF:

Website:http://www.wix.com/lysoft/miramichiugandaNakitokolo School Project and Child Sponsorship Program:

• 433 students presently enrolled in school.
• School includes Kindergarten to Primary 7.
• MUF currently supports 178 orphans/children-in-need including school uniforms.
• Still many more orphans / children-in-need going to school & need support.
• Current cost to support an orphan / child-in-need - $25/orphan/month.
• 99% of money donated to MUF goes to children and projects.
• MUF helps supplement 24 teacher’s and staff salaries in school.

Projects supported by MUF in Nakitokolo, Uganda

• School – teachers, desks, books and supplies.
• Start of a Vocational school – building of 3 classrooms, materials & 5 teachers.
• Micro loans for buying and selling maize, beans and cereal produce.
• Tree Project – planting of approx 3,500 eucalyptus trees on 10 hectares.
• Pig farming
• Chicken farming
• Brick making - upwards to 160,000 per year.
• Electricity supplied to school and village
• Three pigs each and feed for 10 families
• Two goats each and feed for 10 families
• $100 of seeds per family for 10 families

Vocational school subjects being planned for 120 students:

• Tailoring and knitting
• Carpentry and joinery
• Catering and cooking
• Computer studies
• Agricultural and animal husbandry farming