AFRICAN CHILDREN'S CHARITIES OF ARIZONA
African Children’s Charity of Arizona is a non-profit organization and orphanage in Uganda, committed to educating orphans in Uganda with their flagship project in 2007. The program aims to provide safe and nurturing educational environments for children and quality teaching.
With more than 1.7 million orphaned and abandoned children, Uganda has a full-blown crisis. Many orphaned children have never attended school. Our charity for orphans in Uganda depends on your support and contribution. Read on to learn how your contributions make all the difference in the world in an orphaned child’s life.
We now collectively have 14 children; 6 children in technical training after having completed high school, 3 children in high school, and 5 children in junior high. We expect at least another 7 years of operation to get these children through school and into a productive life in Uganda. All 14 children still receive medical care, food, lodging, and religious instruction.
GENERAL FUND
The General Fund covers the cost of food, clothing, transportation, mail, Ugandan internet costs and wages for in-country personnel, and other miscellaneous expenses.
SCHOOL FUND
Education in Uganda is not subsidized by the government or funded by a system of school tax revenues found in other countries. The education cost per child is one of the major expenses for ACCA. The School Fund covers all the expenses for attendance to a Christian school: books, general materials familiar to American schools, school uniforms, room and board. $20.00 covers the cost for one month of school expenses.
MEDICAL FUND
All of the children receive yearly physical examinations and they have received vaccinations against the most serious diseases found in Uganda. Some of the children have tested HIV positive or active AIDS and need additional medical attention, dietary supplementation and medications. There is no state health care; it is a pay-for-service expense. A gift of $65.00 per month would cover the cost for one HIV-positive child.
PERSONAL FUND
In addition to school and medical expenses, there are the on-going costs for clothing, hygiene supplies, food and miscellaneous items. A gift to this fund will help with these expenses.
BIBLE FUND
A gift of $19.00 is used to purchase Bibles and associated literature for our children and for distribution in the immediate community of the orphanage. Ugandan children are taught to read in English from the time they enter school, and to have a personal Bible would be a very special and greatly appreciated gift.
The Humble Beginning
These are some of the 14 children we started with in 2007
Malik
Malik was 8 years old
Nashim
Shadia was 9 years old
Faridah
Faridah was 9 years old
How your contribution changes children’s lives by
Providing Learning Environments
Education is a basic human right, yet many communities in Uganda lack access to quality education. Rural areas of Uganda are the most affected, with generations of poverty-ridden families unable to get an education.
Data from a survey shows that orphaned children are more vulnerable to running out of resources that help them continue their education because they often don’t have a safety net.
Our initiative is aimed at helping orphans in Uganda by eliminating this void in education and making it more accessible. Your donations will improve educational opportunities for children in Uganda and ensure access to quality educational resources.
Saving Them From Child Labor
Uganda has the highest number of children involved in child labor, totaling more than 6 million children. Orphaned children are particularly at risk of being pulled into child labor schemes and agencies, with young girls twice as likely to be engaged in child labor than young boys.
Your contribution will directly go into efforts to educate orphans in Uganda so that they don’t have to engage in labor. Our initiative aims to guarantee safe learning environments and high-caliber teaching to ensure a bright career for disadvantaged and orphaned children.
Saving Them From Exploitation
During COVID, many children were orphaned, and this put them at risk of exploitation via child trafficking and transactional sex. Out-of-school orphaned kids are much less noticeable and, therefore, much more vulnerable. Many young boys are sold to extremist groups, and girls are married off as children.
Your donations can directly help educate orphans in Uganda by having stable schooling and safe learning environments.
Testimonials
Below are some of the Testimonials from our children
