On June 1, 2017 International Children's Day, generous donors gave a meal for every visit to V2V Project's new website, to raise awareness about the famine. In 24 hours, there were 2300 unique visitors from around the world. The "Click For A Meal" campaign provided 2300...
The staff of Village2Village Project in Uganda would like to thank one of our generous donors for providing the opportunity to come together and be acknowledged and appreciated for their work and commitment to the V2V children. The staff have been very hard at work in...
He spent his fourth birthday in the hospital last week. I’m still in shock. It hurts to enter the world of another family: a loving and diligent single mother; a sweet little boy in pain. This was supposed to be a success story. A story of a boy...
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! I am so excited to share with you about the impact of the first annual Gabe Schwartz Serere District Soccer Tournament that took place on December 14th, 2016. It was a HUGE success! When Gabe Schwartz turned 13, he decided to use his...
This is George. He is 5 years old. When I imagine a child I love sitting like this boy, with only a raw potato to eat provided by his teenage brother, my heart breaks. In September, I spent time with George and his three brothers. And I had...
‘Twas the night before the Christmas party and all through Serere (pronounced Sararay) Not a creature was stirring which made me quite wary The laundry was hung on the thatched roof with care In hopes that Mama Laurie soon would be there (January) The children were nestled, snug, under...
Today we are CELEBRATING a Young Woman Named Atim Bridget! Bridget had lost both of her parents to AIDS (they had been Primary Teachers) and was living with her HIV+ grandfather when she was accepted into Village2Village Project in Serere, Uganda. Bridget stands on her mother’s grave on her family land. Bridget...
Yoga noi. Greetings from Village2Village Project. This past month brought with it a scary experience for one of our children and a great example of why the comprehensive care we provide is so critical. Akol Carol, one of our secondary students, was having stomach pain while at...
While Village2Village Project is raising and supporting each child in our program UNIQUELY, we are ALSO creatively engaging each child’s extended family members through our Family Empowerment ministry. Each child’s guardian comes to monthly Guardian Meetings at the site where we keep them informed about the...
Visiting the homes of new children in our program can be shocking. Families who have had little if any intervention. Over time, after a child has been in our program, and the family visited on a regular basis, you see the SPARK of HOPE increasing,...