I started a personal team to help support Child Mothers through an organization called Mochaclub.org. For only $7.00 a month, the cost of 2 mochas, you can help Feed, Educate, Save and Provide for someone in need. There are 5 other projects that you can donate to as well (Education, HIV/AIDS, Job Creation, Orphan Care and Sudan Regrowth).
Gulu, Uganda is replete with people who have lived in fear since the mid 80's. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel paramilitary group in Northern Uganda, has terrorized villages through raids where they are taking children to add to their army, killing villagers, and destroying the village. Joseph Kony, the leader of the LRA, has denied this. There are many young women in Gulu, Uganda, however, who tell a different story...
These young women are called "child mothers" because they were only children themselves when they were abducted, trained as fighters, and given as sex slaves to rebel soldiers in the LRA. Now that they have escaped or been excused as expendable, the community at large rejects them and their children.
Please join us in funding the "Village of Hope" where nearly 500 of these child mothers can live in a safe community with shelter, a job training center, a medical facility, and a school for their children.
Please visit the site and get the word out!
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Thank you.
For volunteering and getting involved closer to home, check out
Hands On Orlando
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It is so easy, open the calendar and any activity that has a link there are still spots available. Click the link, sign up and show up! That is all there is too it. Bekah and I have volunteered at the Westminister Care of Orlando and really enjoyed doing crafts with the residents there. Bekah and Zack volunteered at a Special Olympics basketball tournament through Hands On Orlando as well. Our experience with Hands On Orlando has been very positive and rewarding.
