Welcome to the African Dream Blog!

Inspired by the Combonian missionary father Enrico Colleoni, who has been working in Uganda for the past 40 years, African Dream was founded in 2006 by Vincenzo Baggio and Antonella Benigna.

The goal of our association is to help the less fortunate of Uganda and to assist those people who don't have the means to improve their own lives.
With its commitment, African Dream will raise funds directed entirely to help Uganda.

Our projects will finance activities for the improvement of the educational system, of health care and of the quality of life, especially in the most rural parts of the country.
Our objectives aim at creating better solutions for reducing poverty, famine, illnesses, illiteracy and sexual discrimination.

The first project is the a College for 300 students. We hope to finish the project by the end of 2009.

11/25/2008

News about the students of Nebbi

A message from Raphael, The Director of the College.


"Dear Vicenzo and Antonella

Greetings and best wishes to you.

I have been in a Diocesan Meeting the whole of this week. On Monday before going for the meeting I wanted to send you an update but was disappointed when the e-mail services did not respond.

The school is going on well. The Senior 4 finished their final exams on the 12th November and went home and the results will not be out till the end of January 2009. Then I will send you a copy immediately. The rest of the classes will begin their exams next week on Monday and again the results shall be ready by the middle of December then I will send to you the ones of those on sponsorship.

I talked to the students on sponsorship one by one and they wrote the "Thank you" letter which I posted to you on the 8th of this month about two weeks ago and they should be arriving to you soon. Four of the students that time had gone home to try and bring the little they could as fees from the parents and I sent their letters later. Two have not written, that is, Kasamba Cosmas because he is waiting for the new year to come and repeat Senior 4. He is not in the college. And Alan Jero who fell sick and went home last term is still at home and will come back next year.

The work on the new dormitory is going on well. The wall should be finished in the next couple of days latest in two weeks time and we start the roofing. THANK YOU for the donation.

We are giving holidays for the students on the 5th of December. On the 3rd of December we are inviting all the parents of the students to the college for a general meeting and together with them see how we can break even.

We hope to get a good number of students in Senior 1 next year. Many people have picked interest in the college and want their children to come and join us. This has manly been because of your efforts. The new buildings are attracting the people and the dedication of the teachers is also good.

As you meet over diner tomorrow send our best regards to everybody. I fully know it is a lot of sacrifice the people are making to contribute money at this time of hard economic crisis world over. We pray to God to continue to bless all of you people. We keep on remembering you people in our prayers. Greet everybody and God Bless you all. We hope next time many of the people helping us will come to see the fruits of their efforts. Thank you very much.


Thank you.

Fr Raphael OKUMU
DIRECTOR"

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