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Brighter Smiles Africa - Resident boys Ssenge with their 'honorary' grandmother

"We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold towards them."

Under the oversight of Brighter Smiles Africa, African Hearts is now a formal charitable project of Rose Charities Canada: a registered, non-profit organization with the Canada Revenue Agency, registration number: 859442303RR0001. Rose Charities will issue Canadian tax receipts for all donations above $20 made to support the activities of African Hearts in Uganda.

  • $25 gives a child treatment for malaria, pneumonia or gastroenteritis;
  • $30 provides a meal a day for month;
  • $50 makes 200 bricks for school construction;
  • $100 enables a child to go back to school.
  • $250 helps buy seed, plants and livestock that are the promise of future food security.
  • $250-$350(approx) can sponsor a secondary student for one year (You can also do partial donations)

For USA tax receipts, please donate through the Rose Charities USA Site here.

On-Line Donations

On-line donations can be made through CANADA HELPS, please select “Brighter Smiles Africa” from the drop down menu. And write the name of the child if it is for an educational sponsorship. Thank you for your donation!

Donations by Cheque

Please make cheques payable to: ROSE CHARITIES
and write “African Hearts” on the bottom of the cheque, and mail them to:

Rose Charities Canada
1870 Ogden Ave,
Vancouver, BC,
V6J 1A1
Canada

Make sure you have your address on the cheque if you would like a tax receipt.

Educational Sponsorships

For Donations related to Education Sponsorship, please click here to view the Sponsorship Agreement.

There are many children who are in need of sponsorship. Please read about them here.

These are two students who are in desperate need of sponsorship so that they can return to school as soon as possible:

Urgently needs school funding

Marjorie Nakakade  (Marjorie (left) with a friend) is 8 years old and lives in the Chibaga district of Kampala with her two brothers Marvin and Tony. Since her mother died Marjorie has been cared for mostly by her aunt and grandmother. Marjorie is in the P5 class at Kyaggwe Road Primary School, where her elder brother used to be head boy, She has been doing well in her studies, especially in math, and when she leaves school she wants to work in a bank to help people save money. However, at present she cannot go to classes, as her father is very ill, has lost his job as a bus conductor and is unable to pay her school fees. Sitting at home she tries to keep up with her studies but misses her friends. Marjorie urgently needs sponsorship to return to school, continue her studies, take the exams she needs to pass to be promoted to the next class, and be amongst her friends.

It costs $250/year to sponsor Marjorie.

 

 

UmaruUmaru Setongo is a member of African Hearts and needs a sponsor to enable him to go to school. He is 12 years old, has lost his father, and lives with his mother who has HIV. Umaru loves music and plays the trumpet in the band, he has had to miss a lot of school because he has not had anyone able to pay his school fees for a long time. In spite of this, he is always cheerful and ready to help those around him. He is quiet and hard working, loves bright colours and animals, and dreams that on his birthday he may be able to go swimming and have his favourite thing to eat – chicken!

 

It costs $250/year to sponsor Umaru.