Active Campaigns

Rally behind a specific goal.

Each campaign has a story, a target, and public updates. Every card links to the encyclopedia entry that explains the context.

Village celebration after a completed Acholi Resilience project
Village celebration — the sound of a completed campaign in Northern Uganda.
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Malaria Prevention

The leading killer of Acholi children under five. A treated net costs $6 and lasts three years — read the full encyclopedia entry.

Fund nets →
Nets, tests and supplies handed over household by household.
Nets, tests and supplies handed over household by household.
A field worker attends to a child at home during an outreach visit.
A field worker attends to a child at home during an outreach visit.
The ambulance out on a night call — severe cases need a clinic within hours.
The ambulance out on a night call — severe cases need a clinic within hours.
A child resting after treatment, out of danger.
A child resting after treatment, out of danger.
Feed 1,000 Children
Cooks serve maize porridge — one meal, one child, one day at a time.

Feed 1,000 Children

65%
$32,400 raisedGoal $50,000

"Before the porridge came to our school, my son used to walk home at midday. Now he stays until the last bell."

— Grace, mother of two, Pader district
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Build a School
The overcrowded classroom this campaign is rebuilding.

Build a School

23%
$18,700 raisedGoal $80,000

"We used to teach 94 children under a mango tree. The rain would send everyone home."

— Teacher Okello, P3 class
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Build a Borehole
40 metres of drilling from thirst to a village tap.

Build a Borehole

72%
$8,600 raisedGoal $12,000

"I used to leave at four in the morning to fetch water. Now my daughter fetches it before school in fifteen minutes."

— Betty, Kitgum district
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Support Sanctuary of Hope
The Sanctuary of Hope safe-house under construction.

Support Sanctuary of Hope

54%
$21,500 raisedGoal $40,000

"They said my child was cursed. Acholi Resilience said she was our child, and they would help me care for her."

— Mother of a child with Nodding Syndrome
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Emergency Food Appeal
Emergency porridge line during a dry-season shortfall.

Emergency Food Appeal

96%
$24,100 raisedGoal $25,000

"The rains failed. We ate one meal a day for three months. The emergency food kept my grandchildren alive."

— Elder James, Amuru district
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Christmas Giving
An elder receives a Christmas food parcel.

Christmas Giving

16%
$4,800 raisedGoal $30,000

"I have not received a gift since before the war. This year I received salt, sugar, and a blanket."

— Widow Adyero, Gulu
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Sponsor a Teacher
A teacher's classroom of 80 — sponsorship keeps her on staff.

Sponsor a Teacher

34%
$6,200 raisedGoal $18,000

"My stipend is small, but it is the reason 87 children have a teacher this term."

— Teacher Akello
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Girls Education
Girls in class, hands up — the future the campaign protects.

Girls Education

55%
$12,000 raisedGoal $22,000

"I was going to be married at fourteen. The sponsorship paid my school fees and my father agreed to wait."

— Sarah, S2 student
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Medical Outreach
A field worker attends to a child during a village medical outreach.

Medical Outreach

61%
$9,100 raisedGoal $15,000

"The nearest clinic is twenty kilometres. The mobile team comes here — we do not lose children to fever any more."

— Village health team, Nwoya
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Church Leadership Training
A pastor receives Bibles for his congregation.

Church Leadership Training

74%
$7,400 raisedGoal $10,000

"A Bible in the Acholi language changed my Sunday. Now I preach in the words my grandmother sang in."

— Pastor Ojok
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Agriculture Expansion
First harvest brought to the co-op weigh-station.

Agriculture Expansion

41%
$14,300 raisedGoal $35,000

"I had never planted before the training. My first harvest fed my family and paid for two school uniforms."

— Alice, co-op member
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Solar Power
The Sanctuary building — next: solar and clean water on-site.

Solar Power

23%
$6,500 raisedGoal $28,000

"When the lights came on at the sanctuary, the children clapped for an hour."

— Beatrice, Vice President
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Computer Lab
The classroom that will host the region's first computer lab.

Computer Lab

17%
$3,400 raisedGoal $20,000

"My students had heard of a computer. They had never touched one."

— Head Teacher, Omoro
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Vocational Training
Trainees weighing produce at the co-op.

Vocational Training

47%
$11,200 raisedGoal $24,000

"I trained as a tailor. Now I employ two other women from my village."

— Florence, Gulu
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Women's Business Program
A cooperative meeting — women planning the next season together.

Women's Business Program

61%
$15,800 raisedGoal $26,000

"The loan bought a grinding mill. The mill paid for the loan, and now it pays my children's school fees."

— Cooperative chair, Lamwo
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Microfinance
First harvest — the loan repays itself before season's end.

Microfinance

54%
$9,700 raisedGoal $18,000

"Six of us took the loan together. All six businesses are still open two years later."

— Women's group, Agago
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