$3200 for Ugandan KidsIn 2005, Montara helped another awesome team of students raise over $5300 to drill a well in Malawi, Africa, during the Water For Life project. With Project Uganda, a new group of students used this amazing opportunity to change the lives of some very special kids in Uganda. By the end of Summer 2007, they had raised $3200 in just a matter of weeks!
Why Uganda?
During the service project, students learned that in the country
of Uganda there are between 1.4 and 1.7 million people living in displacement
camps, unable to return home because of conflict. Combining first-hand
experiences from leaders with watching the Invisible Children documentary
film, students became aware of the injustice of the situation.
The Project Goals
Through Invisible
Children, this
brave team of Jr. High and High School students raised money to
scholarship Ugandan kids into schools, who otherwise wouldn’t
be able to afford any education.
The Events & Results
Students and project leaders worked together to come up with a number
of events to raise awareness and funds for Invisible
Children:
Displace Me: Montara
Students and leaders slept out all night in a parking lot, with only cardboard boxes for shelter. Around 16 students participated! See the photo gallery.
- City-Wide Garage Sale
Students flyered the whole city asking for donations for the sale, and all the proceeds went to Invisible Children. We raised over $1300 on Saturday, July 8, 2007! See the photo gallery.
Change Jars & Cash Donations
Montara residents donated hundreds of dollars in loose change, plus more by check and cash, totalling $1900! The team had a lot of fun counting and rolling all those coins.