PROGRAMS & SERVICES
Where we fund
GBB began funding small community based projects in Uganda in May of 2006. We are currently funding four projects in Uganda. We have an application process which will be posted soon. In the meantime for more information contact Amy Peterson at petersona@archmil.org.
Who we fund
GBB provides small grants to organizations who are caring for grandmothers and their grandchildren in Uganda, Africa. We support grass roots projects which provide emotional support, HIV/AIDS prevention education, food and basic necessities, and income generating initiatives.
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Bicycle Donations
One of the goals of the newly formed elders associations is to identify and elect leaders in each association. These leaders then set out to find grandparents living in their villages, which can mean
walking for miles and miles, often barefoot and in the rain. Once identified, these grandparents attend monthly meetings, but
if they are too sick or weak, they get regular visits and supplies from association volunteers who themselves often exceed the age
of 60. This March, when volunteers from GBB asked the elders how we could help facilitate this effort, the answer was purchase
bicycles.
Before leaving Uganda, GBB donated two bicycles for each association; making it a little easier for the grandparents
to connect to one another. You can see in the photo that these elders will not have helmets or riding gear, but instead, be armored with a sense of purpose and hope for the future. |
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