Aid Africa Giving Tuesday 2019
Support Global Change through Local Action
In Gulu, Uganda Aid Africa staff member Lily and a Gulu University volunteer are making stove maintenance rounds. These annual visits help communities reduce air pollution and carbon emissions by re-mudding their high efficiency stoves. Last year Aid Africa installed 4,505 stoves that burn less wood, more completely and now earn carbon credits. These efforts are part of the work Aid Africa donors support.
Aid Africa’s goal is to support continued development in 1,000 rural villages.
Aid Africa is helping local communities in northern Uganda build sustainable infrastructure with a goal of 1,000 new donating members today.
How can you support global change through local action in northern Uganda?
$35 = 20 trees planted
Aid Africa grows seedlings in its nursery, planting both fruit and firewood trees. Fruit trees support improved nutrition and give families additional fruit to sell to pay for medical care and school fees for their children. Planting Trees
$25 = one stove installed
Half of the world cooks on open fires. In rural villages, everyone does. Smoke is unburned fuel. An efficient fire has very little smoke. Six Brick Rocket Stoves use just a third of the wood of traditional fires, emit a quarter of the particulate matter (less smoke) and reduce cooking time by half. Rocket Stoves
$1600 Builds One Well
Aid Africa staff works with local communities to build sheltered springs; drill new wells close to villages; and repair broken pumps, providing clean, accessible water. Finding Water
$100 supplies ten pregnant mothers with birthing kits
1 in 13 women in Sub-Saharan Africa die of causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Infection following delivery is the leading cause of death among these mothers and newborns. But the risk of infection can be greatly reduced by providing the most basic elements of medical sanitation during childbirth… soap, a clean blade to cut the umbilical cord, a clean cord to tie the umbilical cord, and a clean sheet for the mother and baby to lie on during delivery. SAVE TWO LIVES with soap, a clean blade, a simple cord, and a clean sheet!
$1000 provides HIV testing/counseling for one village
All of our staff have received training about HIV and AIDS local professionals. We are not a medical organization, though, so we take healthcare professionals with us for the testing.
$17,000 replaces our aging used van with a newer used van
The current staff vehicle requires increasingly greater expense and time in repair, negatively impacting service delivery to local communities. A new used van will require less maintenance and allow staff and volunteers to continue to serve and strengthen infrastructure within and between local communities.
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