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Uganda Project 2008
Children in Uganda go off to fetch water. This may mean walking for many kilometers.
The field of social services is being challenged to respond to the growing multicultural makeup of our society. Social service professionals must expand their knowledge, skills and attitudes in order to work effectively in this changing milieu. International involvement offers an important and essential way to broaden understanding and build bridges between cultures.
With your help we know we will be successful!
Donate to the Uganda Project
The Uganda Project is an initiate of the Community Social Service Work Program at Douglas College.
Four students will be going to Uganda, Africa, to work with organizations including:
- HIV/AIDS relief
- Masaka Referral Hospital
- Uganda Schizophrenia Fellowship
- Uganda Society for Disabled Children
- Primary and Secondary Schools
Each student is placed in one of the above projects, and they use the skills they have learned in the classroom to make a difference.
Students hold fundraisers at Douglas College and in the community to cover the costs involved. We need your support to help make this service learning project successful.
Your help is greatly appreciated!
The Student Perspective from Uganda
The following is an excerpt from the Uganda Project Blog, maintained by Douglas College Community Social Service Work students working in Uganda. You'll find more stories at http://ugandaproject2007.blogspot.com/
Well, we have been here for almost a full month, I can't believe it! I have been working in the hospital for the past two weeks and absolutely love it. In saying this, the first few days were fairly tough, the lack of funding is very apparent. IV's hang from rusty nails in the wall, patients are given very little to eat and if lucky some water. If there are no beds available, one must bring a mat to lay on and that is just the way it goes. Children are often struggling with malnutrition and mothers are trying to stay as strong as possible in order to support them on a daily basis. I often feel as though I am not able to provide these individuals with as much as I would like both emotionally and financially; however I realize that by being here I am learning and educating myself about this part of the world, and will bring that back to Canada and share with many others which I hope will make a difference in some way or another.
-Maegan"