Childcare Kitgum Servants

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Listed in the Child Soldiers category

Project Funding: $20,000 for the ongoing support of 5 CKS schools and staff.

Childcare Kitgum Servants was founded in 1988 by Irene Gleeson when she visited Africa and was concerned at the plight of children in war-torn northern Uganda. In 1991 she sold her Sydney, Australia beachside home, founded CHILDCARE Kitgum Servants (CKS) and waved a teary goodbye to her 4 children and grandchildren. She towed her caravan to the war zone of Kitgum of North Uganda, gathered 50 war traumatised children under a mango tree and began to teach and feed them.

Today, Childcare Kitgum Servants services and care includes:

10,000 children are given FULL DAY CARE / SCHOOLING / MEDICINE & FEEDING in 5 CKS schools.
Medical and malnourished feeding clinic
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FM Radio Station
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Category:	Child Soldiers
Location:	Kitgum, Uganda
Demographic:	Children and young adults ages 6-29
Project Funding:	$20,000 for the ongoing support of 5 CKS schools and staff.

Goals:

CKS is impacting the war traumatised children and youth of Kitgum Uganda through these daily activities on 5 project sites with 400 Ugandan teachers, nurses, builders, drivers, counsellors and cooks. Your support will enable us to continue offering these services to these children.

8,000 pupils receive daily:

FREE Breakfast and lunch for every pupil plus malnourished feeding program
FREE Education Primary 1 to Primary 7
FREE Medicine and Clinic sees 200 orphans
FREE clothing and blanket distribution
FREE waterbores and bathing facilities

And 1,500 students are trained daily (cost-free) as:

Builders
Carpenters
Office Workers
Tailors
Farmers

Website: www.cks.org.au/

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