Thousands of people lost their lives or were subjected to extreme cruelty; around 1,000,000 people were displaced and as many as 60,000 children were abducted and forced to become child soldiers. Numerous children were orphaned. There was and still is a need for help. We responded in 2009 by providing grants for education to a small Ugandan CBO (Community Based Organisation) in Lira. Now, as Imara-Uganda Education Fund, we are awarding scholarships to some of the most disadvantaged children, mainly orphans, and bringing a new hope and purpose to their lives.
Our aim is also to raise the level of opportunity for schools and their communities through the provision of materials and facilities for education. Find out more…
SCHOLARSHIPS: We need to help more children with visual impairment and other disadvantaged children in northern Uganda to go to school. PLEASE DONATE to make a big difference to the life of a child. Visit our Get Involved page to see how you can help.
SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: Please help us to add much needed rooms to the secondary school for the blind and other learners next to their primary school in the Lira area. Work is about to begin on the building of dormitory accommodation for the girls.