FOCUS Friends of Children in Uganda Scotland

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FOCUS aims to build the capacity of extended families in Uganda to look after the children of their deceased relatives, thereby helping to keep children in their communities and prevent them from being sent away to orphanages.

FOCUS supports the relief of poverty of orphans and vulnerable children and young people in Uganda and their extended family carers affected by HIV/AIDS through raising funds to support:

 - breakfast feeding centres, so that school-aged children will be better prepared to learn at school
- after-school clubs that support the development of the children’s education, their social and emotional development, and widen their access to leisure opportunities

FOCUS is run by a small group of volunteer trustees in Scotland who work to raise a minimum of £7000 per year to support the continued funding of the 2 breakfast centres (Breakfast Centres D at Bulindo & E at Kiwologoma) run by NFSC in Uganda.  We have no running costs in Scotland so every penny raised goes to the projects in Uganda.

We also promote volunteering opportunities and links between Scotland and Uganda.  Strong links have been made between the community of Muirhouse in Edinburgh and Namugongo, with further exchanges planned.

Our Annual Report for financial year 2009-10 is available.