Dear friends and colleagues in Social Justice,
I salute you all from Mbale in Uganda.
I truly feel excited as I continue sharing about the progress that FDNC continue to make despite the limited resources and means with which we continue working.
FDNC embarked on this new idea- Bridge for innovation to set up a Center for Arts/Music and Sustainable Development. The Center will serve various grassroots beneficiaries and community based organizations and the people that are committed to help make this world a better place for all.
I have full confidence that with the completion of this facility, it will be a great step in fulfilling FDNC vision of healthy and sustainable communities liberated from poverty and thriving with self reliant individuals who have improved education,skills and livelihoods hence good attitude and positive exposure.
Please as you explore further, think about choosing this project and FDNC to be on the list of your favoured organisations.
I welcome any ideas and suggestions that could lead to further possibilities to make this vision to become a reality.
Your idea sounds very relevant to your local needs. Nicaragua is also a place where NGO coordination would be of great benefit. My company Nica Geeks plans on launching a collaborative website for the community of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. It will be used by the community to coordinate various activities including volunteer programs. The best of luck with your effort and I want to stay informed of your progress as it may prove insightful to mine.
This organization should be a model for many others. Their successes have been many despite limited funding. They have changed many lives in their community. I have had the pleasure of seeing a number of FDNC's project in action, including a special needs school--a sorely needed project in Uganda. This foundation needs our support!
I was in Uganda last January and got a chance to see some of the amazing things that FDNC is doing --- like a performance by the brass marching band (the only brass band in Uganda)! Also, they have an incredible health program and vocational school. I have been working with Victoria Brown, a teacher at the vocational school, to set up a pen pal exchange with students at FDNC and students in a mentoring program that I work with at the University of Virginia. So far it has been going well and we are hoping to do our first exchange this spring! FDNC is a phenomenal organization that reaches out to the surrounding communities in a number of ways. Bridge for Innovation is an important extension of this program that will provide support to many different non-profits, and it is a cause that needs support!
We just recieved a donation worth 4,500 dollars from a UK based Kimbuta Rural Development Center (KRDP) www.krdp.org towards this cause. This is a good positive support to begin 2009 and Iam optimistic that our dream will come to pass. Thank you all for your good thoughts and comments. The struggle continues.
D yoes your webpage say that you put this organization together after being inspired by ideas put forth by three men digging a latrine on YOUR property? So you yourself are one of the privileged--one of the few moneyed people in Uganda? Is that right?
Just curious.
SIG: One thing I learned while working in the advertising field....the wider the smile, the firmer should be the hold on your wallet. ;)
I sincerely thank you so much for your critical view. To clarify this, The three were assisting in excavating a pit latrine on the potion of land my late dad left for our family. The aim of my setting this though I was unemployed was to improve the apauling sanitation conditions within our neighbourhood with support from the local subcounty. We had lost close to 16 people due to Cholera. I chose not to sit back waiting but to create a solution.
If you critically read by message, you will realise my vision has gone through stages and I have chosen to remain optimistic under all circumstances and I am not this African who will just show a gloomy face because I want to show the whole world my problems but I will determine to use my circumstances to find solution. I will continue to strongly cherish this value in me as I believe in my talents that have been tried, tested and now trusted. By the way, some of the gloomest and saddest people I have ever met and read about are those with large sums of money and wealth while some of the happiest people are those that despite challenges they have undergone, decide to take life simple and make the most out o it and this is the secret that I have and for sure I will not change my smile at all.
I would also like you to sign for news on our website so that you recieve our regular news letters to see for yourself photos of those with whomwe work and how happy they are despite misfortunes due to nature here.
Non the less, I thank you very much and I welcome more ideas like these if you can email me separately on fdncuganda@yahoo.com and I would like you to let me know at least one thing that you have liked in regard to FDNC's accomplishments.
God Bless.
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Dear friends and colleagues in Social Justice,
I salute you all from Mbale in Uganda.
I truly feel excited as I continue sharing about the progress that FDNC continue to make despite the limited resources and means with which we continue working.
FDNC embarked on this new idea- Bridge for innovation to set up a Center for Arts/Music and Sustainable Development. The Center will serve various grassroots beneficiaries and community based organizations and the people that are committed to help make this world a better place for all.
If you would like to read more about this, please visit:
http://fdncuganda.org/programs_building_sustainability.html
I have full confidence that with the completion of this facility, it will be a great step in fulfilling FDNC vision of healthy and sustainable communities liberated from poverty and thriving with self reliant individuals who have improved education,skills and livelihoods hence good attitude and positive exposure.
Please as you explore further, think about choosing this project and FDNC to be on the list of your favoured organisations.
I welcome any ideas and suggestions that could lead to further possibilities to make this vision to become a reality.
In Solidarity,
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Samuel Watulatsu
Samuel W.Watulatsu,
Founder & Trustee,
Foundation for Development of Needy Communities (FDNC)
P.O Box 2431, Mbale, Uganda.
Email: fdncuganda@yahoo.com
: b4iuganda@gmail.com
: fdncuganda@yahoo.com
http://www.fdncuganda.org/founder_message.html
Keep up the good work Samuel!
Good luck,
Scott Beale
Founder, Atlas Corps
http://www.atlascorps.org
Your idea sounds very relevant to your local needs. Nicaragua is also a place where NGO coordination would be of great benefit. My company Nica Geeks plans on launching a collaborative website for the community of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. It will be used by the community to coordinate various activities including volunteer programs. The best of luck with your effort and I want to stay informed of your progress as it may prove insightful to mine.
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If not me who
If not now when
Best of luck in your impressive progress!
This organization should be a model for many others. Their successes have been many despite limited funding. They have changed many lives in their community. I have had the pleasure of seeing a number of FDNC's project in action, including a special needs school--a sorely needed project in Uganda. This foundation needs our support!
I was in Uganda last January and got a chance to see some of the amazing things that FDNC is doing --- like a performance by the brass marching band (the only brass band in Uganda)! Also, they have an incredible health program and vocational school. I have been working with Victoria Brown, a teacher at the vocational school, to set up a pen pal exchange with students at FDNC and students in a mentoring program that I work with at the University of Virginia. So far it has been going well and we are hoping to do our first exchange this spring! FDNC is a phenomenal organization that reaches out to the surrounding communities in a number of ways. Bridge for Innovation is an important extension of this program that will provide support to many different non-profits, and it is a cause that needs support!
-Montana Stevenson
We just recieved a donation worth 4,500 dollars from a UK based Kimbuta Rural Development Center (KRDP) www.krdp.org towards this cause. This is a good positive support to begin 2009 and Iam optimistic that our dream will come to pass. Thank you all for your good thoughts and comments. The struggle continues.
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Samuel Watulatsu
D yoes your webpage say that you put this organization together after being inspired by ideas put forth by three men digging a latrine on YOUR property? So you yourself are one of the privileged--one of the few moneyed people in Uganda? Is that right?
Just curious.
SIG: One thing I learned while working in the advertising field....the wider the smile, the firmer should be the hold on your wallet. ;)
I sincerely thank you so much for your critical view. To clarify this, The three were assisting in excavating a pit latrine on the potion of land my late dad left for our family. The aim of my setting this though I was unemployed was to improve the apauling sanitation conditions within our neighbourhood with support from the local subcounty. We had lost close to 16 people due to Cholera. I chose not to sit back waiting but to create a solution.
If you critically read by message, you will realise my vision has gone through stages and I have chosen to remain optimistic under all circumstances and I am not this African who will just show a gloomy face because I want to show the whole world my problems but I will determine to use my circumstances to find solution. I will continue to strongly cherish this value in me as I believe in my talents that have been tried, tested and now trusted. By the way, some of the gloomest and saddest people I have ever met and read about are those with large sums of money and wealth while some of the happiest people are those that despite challenges they have undergone, decide to take life simple and make the most out o it and this is the secret that I have and for sure I will not change my smile at all.
I would also like you to sign for news on our website so that you recieve our regular news letters to see for yourself photos of those with whomwe work and how happy they are despite misfortunes due to nature here.
Non the less, I thank you very much and I welcome more ideas like these if you can email me separately on fdncuganda@yahoo.com and I would like you to let me know at least one thing that you have liked in regard to FDNC's accomplishments.
God Bless.
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Samuel Watulatsu