African Children Today Inc.

As Americans, our lives have been impacted by Covid in any number of ways from fighting the virus to receiving the vaccination. We’re now relieved to see our friends and families, and return to some normalcy. 

This is not the scenario in most of the world, and certainly not in Rakai, Uganda where Covid is on the rise, with four different variants present. In just one school, 900 of 1000 children tested positive for Covid, including all of the teachers. Hospitals are overwhelmed with no beds or oxygen. Uganda has enough vaccinations for about 5% of the population, but none of those vaccines are reaching the rural area of Rakai.

Will you make a donation today to help others survive the Covid pandemic just as you did?  Due to the generosity of several donors, every dollar will be matched up to $12,500!  By providing food and masks, you’ll reassure the isolated people of Rakai that they are not alone.

Last week, the government shut down the country for the next 42 days. Orders to stay home. No markets to buy food. No transportation. Prohibited from going to gardens and farms to get produce. Stopped from going to clinics for medical care. 

African Children Today has a primary school for 1500 students in Rakai - last week we had 500 children at school, who had returned after the last Covid lockdown was lifted. The school is now empty. The children begged to stay at school knowing a quality education is their hope for a better future. Instead, many return to a home like the one pictured here where a family of four shares a small piece of sugar cane as their meal. 

Our goal: provide 1,000 families with flour, rice, beans, masks and soap for the 42 day shutdown at the cost $75 per family. Will you make a donation at African Children Today.org or send a check today to African Children Today  P.O. Box 390123, Edina, MN, 55439. 100% of your donation will go to the purchase of these necessities - we have no administrative fees or overhead. (If you make your donation on our website, it is tax deductible and we will send you a receipt for tax purposes.)

“Where you live should not determine whether you live, or whether you die.” - Bono