Jane starts her Culinary Career
The Hand Up fund has a new graduate to celebrate. Jane completed her degree in Hotel Management with a focus on Catering from the YMCA Institute. She recently accepted a…
Mike’s Teaching and Music Dreams
Congratulations to Mike, who graduated from Makerere University with an Education degree earlier this year. He’s currently inspiring other students to learn and study hard as a teacher at Emmanuel…
Julius has a new sponsor!
Thank you to Doug, Kelly, Dalton and Anniston Lowery for sponsoring 14-year-old Julius. He’s studying hard at the St. Jude Matama primary school and his favorite subject is science. One…
Share the Love Update: Mary Patronik, OHU Development Director
A note of thanks and an update on the progress achieved with the help of donor support for this year’s Share the Love Hand Up campaign. Thanks to our donors,…
Moreen is sponsored!
Thanks to the hard work of the 7th grade bakers and their parents, the money raised at the OHU bake sale will help Moreen start trade school training in a secretarial…
Spare change changes lives
Congratulations to the 6th grade St. Andrew Class, who took first place in the Penny Challenge benefitting One Heart Uganda that raised a record-breaking $3100! This annual tradition pits one grade…
Bake no little plans
The total money raised – $1000.00 – from yesterday’s 7th Grade Bake Sale is amazing and impactful on the surface. Take another moment to consider the inspiration – three young women…
Goodies for Good
The Saint Andrew 7th Graders held a bake sale for OHU that would have put the Cake Boss to shame. Colorful cupcakes, macaron pops, muffins, cheesecakes, candy bags and more. The beautiful…
Hand Up Scholar Update
We’re providing a “hand up” to several college and trade school students, who are working their way to a diploma and we’d like to expand this program. Currently this collective…
Menswear Share: Ellie Arndt
On my family’s most recent trip to Uganda, we had the idea of gathering menswear and bringing it with us for men and young adults. My dad, Tom, who was…
Celebrating Jaki and OHU
Rainbows of colorful dresses, good food and drink, amazing music and lots of dancing surrounded our celebration of Jaki’s Makerere University graduation – it was a BIG colorful celebration. The…
Graduation Makerere University Style
After 14 years of watching Jaki excel on her educational path, we had the great fortune to participate in her graduation from Makerere University. We’ve participated in many large U.S.…
Super School Celebration
St. Andrew School is celebrating being super this week in several ways despite the polar vortex. Wearing red under their coats, students showed their support of Uganda. First, they’re competing…
Marth is sponsored!
Congratulations to Marth and a big thank you to the Hankee sisters for their sponsorship. 5-year-old Marth is excited to start her primary school education in Kampala and enjoys mathematics. She…
The Gift of Giving: by Ivette Cebrero
It was early Sunday morning and our OHU team was on the way to the second mass of the day, out in one of the outskirts. We arrived at this…