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- EIN 20-8766079
- (212) 787-2844
- 202 Saint Marks Avenue #4 Brooklyn NY 11238 USA
- www.leaduganda.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy, Scholarships, Scholarships & Student Financial Aid, Youth Development Programs
Mission: L.E.A.D Uganda transforms forgotten children into leaders. We locate the brightest children living on the edges of society — AIDS orphans, former child soldiers, abducted girls, and child laborers. We give them a family so they heal. We educate them at the best schools so they gain the entrepreneurial skills they need to achieve their dreams and help their communities.
Results: We Educate Leaders To Create Real Change. What differentiates L.E.A.D Uganda is we enroll our children in the top schools and give them whatever they need to succeed and become leaders. We believe training leaders in underserved communities is the most efficient, cost-effective way to promote development and help Africa solve its own problems. Our children have talent but lack opportunity. When educated at top schools, they excel: • 90% of our children attend elite schools where more than half earn “A” averages. • Our students receive scholarships to universities in Uganda, India and the U. S. • We have more students in top schools than any NGO in Uganda. • L.E.A.D Uganda student Joseph was the 1st poor child ever elected Head Boy at Uganda’s elite primary school. • Katongole, a former quarry boy, received a full scholarship to study pharmacy at Uganda’s leading university. He was elected to the Student Guild as a freshman. • Sanyu, who was head of her household at 10, looking after two younger siblings, is now a straight A student at one of Uganda’s leading high schools. Village elders told Sanyu, “You are the hope of the village.”
Target demographics: Bright children with eadership potential who are affected by AIDS, war, and poverty in Uganda: AIDS orphans, former child soldiers, abducted girls, street kids, child-headed families, and child laborers.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 104
Programs: Eduction of children in uganda africa
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