tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37221212571521027912024-03-05T03:33:41.263-08:00The Bernie ProjectThe Bernie Project positively impacts the lives of vulnerable children in Uganda through holistic initiatives.
The Bernie Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444837159798656932noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722121257152102791.post-39336448509867437352014-02-06T14:02:00.002-08:002014-02-06T20:07:44.604-08:00Faith and Fees<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is so much to learn
every day in Uganda. This week I am learning more and more about the education
system here. When students graduate from P7 they take an exam over four
subjects: reading, math, science and social studies. They then have an aggregate score, the lower
the better. I've been told that students who score with a number higher than 20
typically tend to struggle in Secondary. Faith who called me at midnight scored
a 27, so in theory she doesn't seem to be a "good" candidate for
secondary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the past 36 hours I have
had many thoughts and many discussions on this matter. I said if someone had
not paid my school fees in high school because of my grades, I wouldn’t have
gone to high school…I was not a great student, not because I’m not smart, but
because I don’t really learn the way I was taught. I’m more of a “hands on”,
have to see it to believe it kind of student. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What if Faith is the same
way? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or what if Faith can’t focus
in school because she receives 1 or 2 meals a day? And those meals consist of
posho and beans, hardly enough food to quiet the growling stomach let alone
learn in school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or what if Faith missed
school last year each month for four days because she didn’t have adequate
supplies to manage her period?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or she missed days of school
because she doesn’t have a net over her bed and continuously contracted
malaria?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or had a bout or two of
typhoid from dirty drinking water?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or because her access to
basic hygiene supplies is limited and she gets sick often? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or she needs more hours to
study but there is no electricity to study by? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faith and her mom were at
WSH by 9am yesterday, waiting over 90 minutes before I arrived to the school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her mom a beautiful woman with kind eyes and a big smile, sat there speaking to
me in Luganda, telling me she didn’t have an education and she wanted more for
her daughter. I asked Faith yesterday, “if no one pays your school fees, what
will you do?” She replied, “I’ll go home and sit”. Sit and do what I
thought?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later in the day I went home
and I googled something about secondary schools in Uganda and I came across
this <a href="http://ritchiesinuganda.blogspot.com/2012/02/life-of-secondary-school-student-exams.html">blog</a>
The following quote was enough for me to know that allowing Faith to go back
home to her village to sit and wait for someone, anyone to pay her school fees
was not the answer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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'transactional sex' - providing sex in exchange for something, usually money.
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I began to
brainstorm ideas for Faith and the others who according to their scores aren’t
strong students, what if the students who graduated from P7 who are over the
aggregate of 20, stay at WSH, help in the kitchen, in the dorms, in the garden,
on the grounds and at night they get some additional help and sit for the P7
test at the end of this year. If they hit the 20 or below mark we fight like
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Uganda it’s beat into everyone’s head you must go to Secondary
and you must go to University, the reality is that’s not going to be many
student’s options if they don’t have family, a sponsor or the ability to
continue with their studies. Today as I was having lunch with my friend Frank,
I said you know I feel like when students finish P6, someone needs to sit down
with them and say “if you continue to study hard and test well in P7, you
should have no problem in Secondary” but if the student isn’t showing signs of
being a strong student, someone needs to say “you know secondary may not be
your best choice lets find a vocation for you” And set the child’s expectation
of what their future is going to look like well before they graduate from P7,
not a week before classes in Secondary start. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight I had dinner with the group from the UK who provides a
majority of the funding to the school. Out of the 30 P.7 students, they have
identified 11 who have tested well and need sponsors, they are able to commit
to 5 students, that leaves 6 children who have an aggregate of 20 or below who
are in need of school fees. It costs approximately $1,000 a year to send a
child to secondary this includes, fees and other requirements that add-on
quickly. When 35% of the country lives on less than a dollar a day, you can see
how sending one or any of your children to secondary is far out of the realm of
possibilities. The Bernie Project’s mission for this year is nutrition and
hygiene, but I feel it is imperative to find a way for these 6 kids to get to
school next week. The Bernie Project needs commitments and donations of
approximately $350.00 for each child by next week. The additional funds can
come throughout the year. We will be posting stories of each of these students
in the next few days. If you are interested in helping sponsoring one of these
children, please donate via our website or if you are mailing a check, please
reference “school fees”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what about Faith? When I was finishing up the conversation with
she and her mom yesterday, she asked “shall I stay here at school? My mom
doesn’t have transport money for me to go home with her.” I could have given
her 5,000 shillings ($2.00) and she could have been heading back to the village
to sit and wait. But instead I said, “no I think you should stay at school.” I
learned today that students who don't have someone to sponsor them can retake
P7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, tomorrow I’ll go to school,
speak with Faith and encourage her to retake P7 and then maybe next year,
she’ll have a better aggregate and a better chance of succeeding in Secondary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the reason why her aggregate will improve:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because at the end of 2014 The Bernie Project will have provided:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- A well-balanced nutritional program to help Faith focus and
learn better in school.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- AFRIPad menstrual supplies to keep Faith in class during her
period.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Basic Hygiene supplies like bathing soap, clean drinking water and
mosquito nets to keep Faith from getting sick.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the mean time The Bernie Project will start to design a pilot
program for the kids who are never going to make it to or thru secondary, some
type of program that allows them to still become a productive and contributing
member of their world, because while our focus this year is nutrition and
hygiene, I think it’s a damn shame to invest in kids through P7 and then let
them go back to their village to sit and wait for something better to come
along. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Help us give these kids a better, brighter future. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By donating today, tomorrow, or next week or next month at <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thebernieproject.org/donate<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Abundant Gratitude,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The Bernie Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444837159798656932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722121257152102791.post-59292651240179130272014-01-21T07:15:00.001-08:002014-01-21T07:15:59.494-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
Greetings from Uganda!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally an update about 10 days late! It’s hard to believe
that I have been here for 2 weeks already, I started this blog last week and
well time has slipped by.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A friend said to me “well two days in Uganda is like a week
in the States”. I will say this morning when I realized I had arrived to the US
exactly two weeks ago, I was surprised myself as it feels like I’ve been here a
month already. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I will post a blog for gulleysadventures.blogspot.com
detailing an overall view of what the past 2 weeks have been like on a personal
level, but now an update specifically for The Bernie Project. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Currently the school is on holiday break and the kids will
return to school on February 1<sup>st</sup>. The Ugandan government highly
stresses that kids go back “home” during holidays, home could be their parents,
grandparents, uncle/aunt’s house or even some distant relative. However at the
Wakiso School of Hope there will typically be 60-80 kids left behind because
they have nowhere to go or there is some other reason they did not go back to
the village during this time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The second day I was on the ground I learned that the school
would have no food the next day, so we purchased a 50 kilo bag of posho and a
50 kilo bag of beans so that the kids would have food through the weekend that
would cover the school until I could sit down with the staff and discuss what
our first “test” menu was going to consist of and make those purchases. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Last Monday we purchased rice, posho, beans, cabbage, dried
fish, pineapple, tomatoes, and onions. We also added eggs for two days with
bread for breakfast and meat for lunch on Sunday. After we purchased the food
we went back to the school where we met with a sales representative from Feed a
Million Mouths- Uganda. Which is the African version of Feed My Starving
Children, but the food is produced on the continent and not shipped across the
world to get here, which I like because it’s stimulating the economy within
country opposed to the food being shipped thousands of miles from the US. They
supply a Meal in One porridge that provides the same nutrients as 4 slices of
bread, 2 eggs, 2 large portions of Fruit and Vegetables and 8 oz of milk in one
serving. The contents have a low glycemic index and it is made with all natural
ingredients. The rep brought a sample for us to try, I must say I was skeptical
at first, but it was really quite good. We then called some of the kids over to
give it a try and it was a big “thumbs up”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Seems perfect, right? It’s a bit expensive so I need to do
some budgeting to see if that is something we can continue throughout the year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Wednesday of last week, I spent the day at the school
observing and participating in the cooking for the kids, I stirred the
porridge…the stick is taller than me and being 4’11 that’s not saying much, but
seriously when was the last time you cooked with a spoon that big? I also
helped cut the cabbage for lunch…there are no cutting boards and Ugandans are
much more savvy wielding knives freestyle than I am, so I was using my leg as
the cutting board with a dull knife I fully expected to leave with a deep gash
in my leg…well I cut myself indeed but it was more of a nick to the thumb than
my quad thankfully!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The first week of the improved menu was a big hit! There
were many smiles on the faces of the kids and many of them saying they were now
looking forward to meals. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yesterday, we took inventory of the remaining balance of
food from last week and made plans for this week. We have created Menu A and
Menu B where we plan on alternating each week so the kids have some variety in
the meals that are prepared.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m also in the process of identifying and meeting with
schools that have meal plans, food suppliers, built out kitchens and ways to
track usage of food and waste of food. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On behalf of all of the kids at the Wakiso School of Hope
thank you so much for your support!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It’s been a long while since I’ve updated The
Bernie Project blog, I apologize, it’s not because stories and words haven’t
been rolling around in this pumpkin size head of mine, it’s because finding the
time to sit down and tell the story has been used doing something else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Starting a non-profit is like well starting a
business and the list of “to-dos” does not get shorter, couple that with my
“real job”, things have been really busy since June. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For people who don’t know me personally,
professionally I’m a corporate meeting and event planner and the last few
months have been nothing short of insane. The fact that I’m writing this blog
en route to my “Swan Song” in the event industry is sort of amazing,
bittersweet and perfect timing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">My fourth trip to Uganda in August was
fantastic and I was lucky not one time did I think “what am I doing here?! This
is a mistake.” Those 9 days could not have gone better, the affirmations I
received that week were a blessing. Sure is there a lot of hard work ahead of
me and The Bernie Project no doubt, did I leave there with more questions than
answers like I do every time I leave Uganda, yes, but unequivocally moving to
Uganda, starting The Bernie Project is exactly what I’m supposed to be doing
next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will it look exactly like it does
today in 6 months, I hope not, will things ebb and flow as we progress, I’d bet
on it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">What exactly did I do while I was there?
Thanks to all of you who have donated, we were able to provide posho and beans
to the kids during August, along with providing general hygiene kits for all of
the kids, they received bathing soap, washing (laundry, yes they hand wash
their own clothes) soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, Vaseline and a hanky in a draw
string bag. We also equipped all the girls who have their periods with AFRIpad
kits. Many girls in Africa miss four school days a month because they don’t
have adequate supplies to manage their period. AFRIpads is an awesome Uganda
based organization that provides washable, reusable pads. Most Western women
grimace at this thought, but if you were using, newspaper, leaves, rags or old
clothes, reusable pads would be a welcome product. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For the past few years a UK based
organization has been providing the funding for the school’s feeding program, but
this past year they have not been able to raise funds for all of the months,
the launch of The Bernie Project could not have come at a more perfect time.
Once I came back from my trip, Chris the woman I’ve been in contact with from
the UK organization emailed me and asked if she thought The Bernie Project
could cover the feeding program for 6 months in 2014. I told her yes we will
cover 6 months, and we will also provide hygiene supplies each term. A few days
later she emailed me and said the group who raises money for the feeding
program now feels they can only commit to four months in 2014. I know people
are thinking “what would the school do if The Bernie Project wasn’t on the
scene”, we don’t need to answer that question because we are there. Universe, God,
divine intervention, whatever you’d like to deem it, has put me and you right
where we need to be to ensure that 250 kids at the Wakiso School of Hope don’t
go hungry and suffer from malnutrition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">While I was at the school it was very
apparent the school has a lot of issues that need to be addressed and it’s
going to take a lot of patience and resources to bring this school up to a
level we can all be proud of we are a part of, there are many people all over
this world who have had the fortunate experience to know the kids at this
school and I’m confident if we work together we can prove that the phrase “it
takes a village” a “global village” at that is a true statement. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Bernie Project’s short-term goals
ensuring that the kids don’t go hungry for one day, like they recently did,
because the firewood was wet and they couldn’t cook for a day. That was a fun
phone call to receive as I’m spending thousands of dollars on a corporate
dinner for a few 100 people in the US; I’m getting a call that the kids at the
school hadn’t had anything to eat for a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Talk about a stressful 24 hours! Another short-term goal getting
mosquito nets back up in the dorms, there were few over the beds while I was
there and the few that were there had massive holes that an ostrich could
infiltrate. The number of malaria outbreaks while I was there was
disheartening. Ensuring that the kids have access to hygiene supplies every
term and encouraging them to practice good hygiene is an essential initiative
to keeping the kids healthy. Long term goals: finding sustainable ways the
school can feed itself, creating incentive programs to keep mosquito nets in
tip top shape, incentive programs for keeping the compound of the school neat
and tidy and finding ways to encourage and support the staff that has little
resources or motivation to stay at a school that is in dire need. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Before I head to Uganda in January, raising
funds for the 2014 feeding program will be The Bernie Project’s main focus,
along with committing to providing hygiene supplies to all children every
school term (3 times a year).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
October 12<sup>th</sup>, I will be directing much of my energy to creating
fundraising events and speaking engagements through the end of November in
California. After Thanksgiving I’m taking The Bernie Project on the road and
will be stopping in Phoenix, Albuquerque, Denver, Kansas, Missouri and
Illinois. I would love to come and speak to students of all ages, organizations
and groups of any kind to discuss our goals and how you can become a part of
our community. If you’d like me to come and speak at an event or have a
fundraising event in mind, let’s talk, email me at april@thebernieproject.org.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A college friend of mine recently, innocently
asked me, “April, there is so much need in Chicago, why don’t you do something
here? Why do you have to go Uganda?” I said Jake, “it’s a fair question. But
Chicago is not my path, Uganda is, I can’t explain it and I don’t I have a
concrete answer for you. All I know is a number of events have happened in my
life that there is no question Uganda is where I’m supposed to go next.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is need all over this world and while I
strongly encourage you to support me and The Bernie Project, I equally
encourage you to do something, anything to make a difference in someone’s life
whether it’s in your own back yard or 2,000 miles away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">With Abundant Gratitude,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Bernie Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444837159798656932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722121257152102791.post-18526862014330305832013-07-10T22:53:00.004-07:002013-07-10T22:59:58.185-07:00August Objective<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 5 weeks, I will be heading back to Uganda for the fourth time. I'm eagerly counting down the days to return back to a country I fell in love with 4 years ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bernie Project launched just 2.5 weeks ago and already the support has been tremendous and for that I am so thankful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I'm in Uganda The Bernie Project has three main objectives:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deliver 250 hygiene kits that include the following: soap, hanky, toothbrush, toothpaste and vaseline to the students of WSH </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start the research process for a sustainable farming program in 2014. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have raised $3,500 since we launched on June 22nd and we have set a goal to raise an additional $7,000 before I depart on August 14th. </span></div>
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The Bernie Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444837159798656932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722121257152102791.post-7851640548174635282013-06-02T22:06:00.002-07:002013-06-15T17:58:34.636-07:00A Message from the FounderThank you so much for taking time to learn about The Bernie Project!<br />
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I am so excited for The Bernie Project to be getting off the ground. This project has been percolating in my soul for many years, but it began taking real shape over the past four months.<br />
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Our first initiative, stabilizing the feeding program at the Wakiso School of Hope (WSH) is our most imperative and urgent. WSH receives most of it's funding from a small organization <a href="http://www.aglmuk.org/" target="_blank">AGLMUK</a> in Wales, those funds are stretched very thin as their budget manages all components of the school. Currently WSH has limited funding for their feeding program this month and no funding for the months of August, October and December. When I spoke with Pastor Joshua (the administrator of the school) this past week I asked him, "what happens if you don't receive the funding." He replied "the children receive fewer meals or we take out a loan for the food and we go in debt."<br />
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For 250 children to receive 3 meals a day of porridge for breakfast, posho and beans for lunch and dinner the total cost is approximately $3,000 for one month, that's .13 cents a meal per child. While these meals keep the children from starving to death it is far from nutritional. The Bernie Project wants to incorporate fruits, vegetables and protein, ensuring these children are receiving the vitamins and minerals that help them focus in class, ward off illness and grow to be healthy girls and boys. By donating $25.00/month you are providing one child 3 meals a day for a month, along with hygiene supplies that are appropriate for their age.<br />
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Once the feeding program is improved and stabilized, we want to evaluate the farm land WSH owns and create a program that not only allows for fruits and vegetables to be grown and used at the school but also to be taken to market and sold providing additional support to the school and village.<br />
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I'm traveling to Uganda in August and will sit down with Pastor Joshua and lay out a plan for improving the feeding program, along with plotting out what resources and finances will be necessary to create a successful and viable farming project. I hope to see the farming plans in place by mid-2014.<br />
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The short term goal of stabilizing their feeding program for the rest of the year is the most urgent. However, our long term goals of improving the nutritional quality of the feeding program and implementing a successful farming project are just as important.<br />
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I chose the tagline It Starts With One, because the first time I was in Uganda I wanted to personally affect positive change in one child's life, knowing at that time that was all I could invest in and afford. Over the past few years it has become apparent, that it is my duty to affect positive change not on only one child but many. However, I can't do that alone, so while it may start with one, it will take many to meet the goals of The Bernie Project. I hope you consider being a part of our team.<br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Bernie Project was named after a little girl in a photo who ended up being very much a little boy in real life. April first laid eyes on Bernie the summer of 2009, when her friend and roommate Jen Gash returned from <a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/" target="_blank">Sweet Sleep's</a> inaugural trip to Uganda. The photo to the left hung in their house. April's sister, Katie came to visit and named the girls in the photo Tasha (in pink) and Bernie (in blue). Katie and April spent a good 10 minutes making up a story about Tasha and Bernie's lives. Unbeknownst to April at the time, she would have a life changing encounter with Bernie while traveling in Uganda with Sweet Sleep just a few months later. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After spending three weeks working in Northern Uganda with Sweet Sleep distributing beds to child headed households, April was down to her last two days in Uganda. On one of those days April accompanied Jen and her colleagues to the Wakiso School of Hope (WSH). </span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sweet Sleep wanted to check on how the beds and mosquito nets that had been distributed in June were holding up, impacting the spread of malaria and improving the quality of sleep amongst the children.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When April arrived at the school, she was immediately mobbed by children reaching out their small hands looking for the smallest sign of affection. As April attempted to dole out equal parts of her hands, fingers, and legs to all the kids around her, Jen uttered the fateful words, "April this is where Bernie and Tasha live!" April quickly inspected the small faces around her in search of Bernie and Tasha**. Seconds later, April exclaimed to Jen, "Bernie's a boy!" Jen said, "How do you know?" to which April replied, "He has no pants on!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">April was officially introduced to "Bernie", whose real name is Mahadi. As Mahadi stood in front of April that day, he was shy and pensive, and he instantly won her over with his big brown saucer like eyes. April knew that meeting had forever changed her life. Though she had just met Mahadi, April decided on the spot that she would take responsibility for this child. She committed to pay for his medical care and to cover his school fees once he was old enough for school. In that moment, April didn't know how much that promise was gong to cost or the exact logistics of making that commitment come to fruition. But she did know that she was making a conscious decision to make a difference in one child's life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">April has been back to Uganda twice since that first trip. During a trip to Uganda in November 2012, April talked to a Ugandan friend about possibly sending Mahadi to a different (better) school in a year or two. After much reflection, April decided that she didn't want to pull Mahadi away from his grandma, his brothers, his friends and teachers and out of the only environment he's ever known. Instead, April was determined to find a way to improve Mahadi's school. The Wakiso School of hope can become a place where kids will learn, grow, and blossom into healthy and empowered young adults. Now, not only Mahadi, but all of the students April has come to know and love at WSH will have the opportunity to become well-equipped adults.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The roots of The Bernie Project started with one young lady making a commitment to one small child in Uganda. Join April in multiplying the positive impact, one by one, on the lives of vulnerable children in Uganda.</span></div>
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